Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s • Revelries Works of the Flesh Envy Galatians 5: 21

HATRED ill-will, hostility (echthra) CONTENTIONS strife, contentious The (eris) temper one-upmanship; Anatom JEALOUSIES (zelos) rivalry y OUTBURSTS OF explosive displays of WRATH (thumos) of temper Division SELFISH factious spirit of partisanship Gal. 5: 20 AMBITIONS (eritheia) DISSENSIONS division standing Jas. 3: 16; 1 Cor. 3: 3; & Gal. 2

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s Envy (phthonos) • Embittered resentment (Barclay, Flesh & Spirit, 48) – “The feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others. . envy desires to deprive another of what he has. . ” (Vine, 204) 3

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s Envy (phthonos) • Embittered resentment (Barclay, Flesh & Spirit, 48) – Jealousy wants the same thing – Envy wants to deprive • “Chagrin or discontent at the excellence or good fortune of another; resentful, begrudging” (Webster) • Hating that others do well (The Works of the Flesh, Roberts, 19) 4

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s Envy Illustrated • Toward Isaac, Gen. 26: 1216 • Toward Jesus, Matt. 27: 18 • Toward Paul, Phil. 1: 155

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s The Nature of Envy • Worldly reaction to the advantages of others, Gal. 5: 21 – Comes from a heart not given to God, Rom. 1: 28 -29 – It sees the fortunes of others as hurtful to itself, Lk. 15: 27 -32 6

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s The Nature of Envy • It is most destructive, Prov. 14: 30 – Destroys peace; rottenness of bones, Psa. 73: 1 -3, 12 -14, 17 -19 • A deceptive motive, Phil. 1: 1518 – It can motivate doing something good… 7

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s God’ Prohibition Against Envy • Lay it aside, 1 Pet. 2: 1 -2 • Envy must not be at work in the Lord’s church, Gal. 5: 2526 – Members (compete & undermine rather than work together) – Elders & preachers (1 Cor. 3: 5 -7) – Congregations (size, building, $) 8

• • • Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkennes s Overcoming Envy • Practice love, 1 Cor. 13: 1 -4 • Fear & trust God, Prov. 23: 17 -18; Psa. 37: 1 -4 • See the big picture, Psa. 73: 1619, 23 -26; Lk. 15: 31 • Crucify self, Gal. 2: 20; Matt. 16: 24 • Remember we are members of the same body, 1 Cor. 12: 26 -27 9