The works of the flesh

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The works of the flesh
Galatians

• Four other sins against love

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Outbursts of anger

• Greek thumos (outbursts of anger, wrath)
• The blaze of temper which flares into violent
  words and deed
• No excuses
• Thats just my nature
• 2 Pet 13-4 We need divine nature
• Eph 431-32 Need to put away wrath
• Col 38-11 Lay aside the old man

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Disputes

• Greek eritheia (selfish ambitions)
• Describes a self-centered attitude in the doing
  of any work for example
• Working solely for money
• Seeking and holding office out of a desire for
  recognition, personal ambition, or rivalry
• Phil 115-17
• The motive behind the envy and strife

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Disputes

• Phil 23-5
• Contrary to the mind of Christ
• Eritheia describes those who create party
  divisions in the church who are acting out of
  vainglory and a desire to be first.

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Dissensions

• Greek dichostasia (seditions, dissensions)
• Literally means a standing apart
• Describes a condition where all fellowship, all
  togetherness are gone
• Rom 1617-18
• Those who cause brethren to stand apart from
  other brethren are to be marked and turned away
  from.
• Not necessary that one cause a fight, just
  causing the break of togetherness is sinful

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Dissensions

• Such dividedness may be due to
• Personal division (people refusing to speak to
  each other)
• Class division (rich versus poor)
• Racial division
• Party division (where devotion to party or person
  rises above devotion to God)
• Arises with prejudice and stubbornness

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Factions

• Greek hairesis (heresy, faction, division)
• Divisiveness, the logical outcome of dissensions
• Dissensions refers to individuals holding
  themselves apart
• Factions speaks of groups of people holding
  themselves separate from others
• 2 Pet 21
• False teachers can be recognized by their trying
  to secretly introduce factions

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Sins against love

• Enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger,
  disputes, disensions, factions, envying
• All attempt to disrupt the bond of unity and the
  love of brethren
• Eph 41-3
• Jn 1720-23
• Are we working against Christs prayer?

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Pr 2224-25

• Do not associate with a man given to anger or
  go with a hot-tempered man, or you will learn his
  ways and find a snare for yourself.

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