FRUITY OR A BRUTE?

Hook: Where are you at? 

(Take a banana and let it brown and green banna or a wormy apply and a firm apple)  Ask which would you rather eat?  (Two Pieces of fruit one rotten one appealing)  Acts of flesh is brutish and the Fruit of Spirit has a Fruity appeal.

Book: Read Galatians  5:16-25

What is Flesh?  Sarx’s

sarx: flesh

Original Word: σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: sarx

Phonetic Spelling: (sarx)

Short Definition: flesh, body

Definition: flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

4561 sárksproperly, flesh ("carnal"), merely of human origin or empowerment.

[4561 /sárks ("flesh") is not always evil in Scripture. Indeed, it is used positively in relation to sexual intercourse in marriage (Eph 5:31) – as well as for the sinless human body of Jesus (Jn 1:14; 1 Jn 4:2,3). Indeed, flesh (what is physical) is necessary for the body to live out the faith the Lord works in (Gal 2:20).]

4561 (sarks) is generally negative, referring to making decisions (actions) according to self – i.e. done apart from faith (independent from God's inworking). Thus what is "of the flesh (carnal)" is by definition displeasing to the Lord – even things that seem "respectable!" In short, flesh generally relates to unaided human effort, i.e. decisions (actions) that originate from self or are empowered by self. This is carnal ("of the flesh") and proceeds out of the untouched (unchanged) part of us – i.e. what is not transformed by God.

List & Then define each term.

Acts of flesh                                                       Fruits of Holy Spirit

Sexual Immorality                                                            Love

Impurity                                                               Joy

Debauchery                                                       Peace

Idolatry                                                                Forbearance

Witchcraft                                                           Kindness

Hatred                                                                  goodness

Discord                                                                 Self-control

Jealousy

Fits of Rage

Selfish Ambition

Dissensions

Factions

Envy

Drunkenness

Orgies

Take Three Emotional Situations of conflict and ask yourself how would fruit of Holy Spiit look like?

Look: How does verses 13-15 relate to Verses 25,26?

Took:4 G’s for solving conflict from Peacemakers.Net

Glorify God

Get the Log out of you own eye

Gently Restore

Go and Reconcile

How would what we have studied effect this process?