Homerton Baptist Church
Morning Service (210516)

      • Isaiah 40:3–5ESV

      • Psalms 36.1-3ESV

      • Psalms 36.4ESV

      • Isaiah 40:3–5ESV

      • Galatians 5.13-15ESV

      • Galatians 5.16-18ESV

      • Galatians 5.19-21ESV

      • Galatians 5.22-25ESV

      • Galatians 5.26ESV

  • Reading

    Galatians 5:13–26 ESV
    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
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    James 5:13–16 ESV
    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
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    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
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    Sinful Nature - Withholding Love

    All sin is equal in the sight of God
    All have sinned
    Sin is against God, Yourself & Others
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    Worship Sins - destroy the church

    Darness of the absense of Gods Love in an individuals life
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    Sexual Sin

    Galatians 5:19 ESV
    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

    Galatians 5:20–21 ESV
    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
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    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
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    Hedonist Sin

    drunken orgies - festivals of pagan gods, wild parties, drug abuse
    characteristics from “culture” or “pagan worship” creaping into the church
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    Galatians 5:21 ESV
    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
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    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

      • James 5:13–16ESV

      • Galatians 5:19ESV

      • Galatians 5:20–21ESV

      • Galatians 5:21ESV

  • Hymn 772 - Amazing Grace
  • Doxology - Hymn 115v1

      • Romans 1:7ESV

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