Keep in step with the Spirit (Part 2)
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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Sermon
Serve one another with Unconditional Love
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Do not habour the sins of your brother & sister in Christ
Confess sins - requires unconditional love and forgiveness in the fellowship
Do not bit and devour one another - lest you consume each other
work of Flesh / Sin - tears others down
work of Spirit - builds others up (unconditional Love)
Society is full of broken people
God’s People need Healing
Brought about through serving one another with unconditional love
Sinful Nature - Withholding Love
Sinful Nature - Withholding Love
All sin is equal in the sight of God
All have sinned
Sin is against God, Yourself & Others
Worship Sins - destroy the church
Worship Sins - destroy the church
Darness of the absense of Gods Love in an individuals life
Sexual Sin
Sexual Sin
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
God made us to enjoy His Creation
Adam & Eve before the fall
It was very good
Natural outcomes to our sinful nature
Sin is natural
Natural does not mean good
Sex misused
as individuals & society
called to love the sinner, not the sin
society, and sadly Christians, have mistreated them instea
beaches to God’s sexual laws
sex outside of the marriage between a man and a woman
Leviticus 18
parent & child / grandchild, including adults, & partners
with step parents/child & inlaws
siblings & half-siblings, or their partners
with two individuals related to each other
homosexuality
animals
or as part of a religious ritual
Supernatural Sin
Supernatural Sin
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Idolatry
anything that replaces God in the primary position in your life
Sorcery
Leviticus 21
witchcraft or voodoo (e.g. witch doctor)
child sacrifices
mediums (contact the dead)
fortune tellers
hypnosis (inc reframing) / drug enduced spiritual experiences
desire supernatural powers or experiences
So called “gifts of the spirit”
Marvel or DC characters
Fellowship Sin
Fellowship Sin
emnity / hostility, contentious temper - controversy or arguments
strife / Quarrels - party divisions - bitter disagreements
jealousy - zeal, obsession or commitment against another
bursts of envy - aroused by position of good fortune of others
envious man has no desire to excel but is grieved at the excellence of others
fit of anger - unquenching fire, rage, uncontrollable anger
rivalries - selfish ambitions - unfair canvassing for office
dissensions - disunity & political revolt
one who creates divisions
Hedonist Sin
Hedonist Sin
drunken orgies - festivals of pagan gods, wild parties, drug abuse
characteristics from “culture” or “pagan worship” creaping into the church
21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
I warned you before - in open preaching or in orginal letter to Corinth
will not inherit the kingdom of heaven by works
actions bar ourselves, and distance us from the Grace of God and Holy Spirit
by your fruits you shall be known
fruits that show we are without the gift of Grace and the Holy Spirit
those in slavery are unable to show the true-born nature of the Children of God
warning for those who are impenitant or unrepentant
Conclusion
Conclusion
Have you given your life to this sins?
They should bring us to the foot of the Cross
They should should spark and over whelming love for others