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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Galatians 5:20 http://www.dailybiblestudy.org
20 Idolatry [eidololatreia], witchcraft [pharmakeia], hatred [echthra], variance [eris], emulations [zelos], wrath [thumos], strife [eritheia], seditions [dichostasia], heresies [hairesis], KJV-Interlinear
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, NASB
Continuing the study in Galatians where works are set against faith. As we have noted, the Mosaic Law as set out in the Old Testament was set out to prove that man could not live by that Law. And if man cannot live by the Law, then man must die by that Law, which means that the Law in its entirety was set forth in order to condemn man and demonstrate that man needs something and someone better, in order to retain life. Paul continues the example list of works of the flesh, or of the carnal life that we have been studying. He places these sins in four categories. The second and third categories are listed here in this verse, and are those of irreligion and malignity. The first two, idolatry and witchcraft, have to do with false religions. The next describe characteristics of malignity or that of intense hatred and the desire to do harm. False religions include anything that is established as a priority over ones life, replacing God and doctrine as the priority. Remember that religions in general are those belief systems that elevate man or mans efforts, to a place equal with God, such that God will accept man as His equal or better, as a result of mans efforts. In religion man is able to define his own path to the divine level and beyond. False religion includes all religions, obviously, but it also includes all attitudes that disregard God, or reject God, as well as all attitudes toward do-gooder, or self-made, or human effort or hustle, as well as human defined self-righteousness or eliteness, or self-appointed destinies. False religion includes all attitudes that disregard God, Christ, and the scriptures, and especially the mandates of God that are set out in the scriptures. Idolatry has to do with any and all worship or pursuit of false objectives that promise contentment, completeness, happiness or some sense of security in ones life. Be that a stone idol, or the pursuit of secular things, or the idea of ancestral influence in ones life or destiny, and so forth. Idolatry looks to things outside of oneself, that somehow are seen to complete oneself or give one an advantage of some sort, for life. Witchcraft or sorcery, look to the supernatural through satanic methods, in order to gain access to the beyond life or spiritual realm. And given that satan is the father of lies and deception, then all sorcery is a lie and a deception. Whether it is demon worship or zodiac analysis, the same end of gaining some spiritual advantage by some supernatural or secret code, is all a false pursuit. Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship, totally dependent on Gods work, whereby man receives the benefit of Gods work, through grace, as a gift from God to man. Mans efforts, human good, works, and so forth are rejected within the entire plan of God. Man can earn nothing, man can deserve nothing. Only God does the work of life, of salvation, of everything. Only God deserves credit and receives all the credit for all that He does. In Christianity, man depends and lives on faith, and not on luck or magic, or even science. The next several words denote antagonisms against others that wish harm against others for selfish reasons. Hatred is the hostility of anger. Variance is the quarrelling or arguing or debate aspect. Emulation is the jealousy or the indignation or the heat of emotions in this regard. Wrath describes the heavy breathing or passion or fierceness. Strife describes the contensciouness or discord of annoyance. Seditious describes the division or dissention or disunion or rebelliousness of breaking up or apart. Heresies describe the profanities in the form of lies that are expressed and superimposed in place of truths. This can include anything from abusive laws or political views to rigid attitudes on clothing or makeup or social norms.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
