Works of the Flesh

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

a·dul·ter·y voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.

for·ni·ca·tion 1.voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
2.Bible. idolatry

un·cleanness 1. not clean; dirty. 2. morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts. 3. Chiefly Biblical. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, esp. the dietary or ceremonial laws: an unclean animal; unclean persons.

las·civ·i·ousness 1.inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
2.arousing sexual desire: lascivious photographs.
3.indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: a lascivious gesture.

i·dol·a·try i·dol·a·tries 1. Worship of idols. 2. Blind or excessive devotion to something.

witch·craft 1. the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic. 2. magical influence; witchery.

ha·tred the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

var·i·ance 1. the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous. 2. an instance of varying; difference; discrepancy.

em·u·la·tion 1.effort or desire to equal or excel others. 2.Obsolete. jealous rivalry.

wrath 1.strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
2.vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

strife 1.vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife. 2.a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife. 3.competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace. 4. strenuous effort.

sedition 1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government. 2. any action, esp. in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion. 3. Archaic. rebellious disorder.

heresy plural -sies. 1. opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system. 2. the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine.
3. Roman Catholic Church. the willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church. 4. any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.

envy 1.a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc. 2.an object of envious feeling: Her intelligence made her the envy of her classmates. 3. ill will. 4.to regard with envy; be envious of: 5. to be affected with envy.

murder 1.Law. 10 Commandments the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
2.Law. to kill by an act constituting murder. 3.to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.
4.to commit murder. —Idioms In your heart. 5.murder will out, a secret will eventually be exposed.

drunkenness 1.intoxicated; drunk. 2.given to being drunken. 3.pertaining to, caused by, or marked by intoxication: a drunken quarrel.

revellings 1.to take great pleasure or delight (usually fol. by in): to revel in luxury. 2.to make merry; indulge in boisterous festivities. 3.boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry. 4.Often, revels. an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity with dancing, masking, etc.

Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Psalm 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Psalm 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Luke 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Proverbs 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Being right before God is not difficult. A sincere humble heart that desires to do God's will, a love for truth and faith, that is all that is necessary. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit do the rest. Hold fast to truth, let go of everything else.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

L,J,P&HG

Dave