What are the Dead Works (2)

IV. Jealousies, Hatred, Contentions, Outbursts of wrath:
Jealousy may lead to hatred, and to Outbursts of wrath, and to Contentions. Some because they are JEALOUS of someone would allow HATRED with their fellow believer, thus allow Strife, or Contentions, with the person.
IT is difficult for some who claim they are Believers to live at peace with others—they are always Fighting. Such at times would have fought whoever God may want to use for them in the future.
CRITICAL spirit is always right while others are always wrong. Thus, if care is not taken it may result in high blood pressure and other heart related problems.

V. Selfish ambitions, Dissensions, Heresies:

HERESY is defined as a belief or an opinion that disagrees strongly with what most people believe.
SOMEONE with a SELFISH AMBITION would want to lure others, who may ignorantly follow him or her, into DISSENSIONS.
ABSALOM plotted a coup to topple his father's government because of Selfish AMBITION that leads to sedition or insurrection, and he eventually lost his life in the process (see 2 Samuel chapters 15 through 18).
DO not dissent from the views of your leaders and incite others against the leadership of the Church you attend. A Believer should not be part of church politics, causing people to rebel against the authority of the Church. When you do that, it is an affront to God, He takes such an Act personally.
IT is a rebellion that would make someone believes that he or she has better opinions than that of their pastors.
IF you always have the urge to correct your leaders, it is a sign of rebellion, you must repent, if you do not, it may lead to destruction:

“WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ANOTHER'S SERVANT? To his own master he stands or falls. INDEED, HE WILL BE MADE TO STAND, FOR GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE HIM STAND” (Romans 14:4).

READ: James 4:11,12

VI. Envy, Bitterness, Murders:

Envying usually gives birth to bitterness, and subsequently murder. Cain was envious of his brother, Abel, because God accepted Abel's offering whilst his own offering was not accepted (Genesis 4:3-7). He eventually killed his brother because of envy (Genesis 4:8).
Even If you do not murder the person, you are envious of, physically, you may, by pulling down the person through gossips, rumours, negative comments, or badmouthing.
SOME are never happy at other people's success; they always want to be like someone else, and that is a sense of inferiority complex.

VII. Revelries, Drunkenness:

A believer should be able to control his or her appetites for any number of things. MANY have been hooked, destroyed their lives and God's plans and programmes for them. REVELRIES, carousing, and drunkenness do not befit a child of God: “GIVE STRONG DRINK TO HIM [her] WHO IS PERISHING, AND WINE TO THOSE WHO ARE BITTER OF HEART” (Proverbs 31:6).
SINCE you, as a Believer, are not heading for destruction, you do not want to perish, and you are not bitter of heart, THEN for what would you need strong drink and wine? Strong drink is for those who are perishing and are of BITTER heart.
A BELIEVER should be filled with the Holy Spirit not with wine:
“AND DO NOT BE DRUNK WITH WINE, in which is dissipation; “BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT” (Ephesians 5:18).

• How to repent:

• Acknowledge the sin and be remorseful: “FOR GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE LEADING TO SALVATION, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death” (2 Corinthians 7:10).

• Confess and forsake the sin: “IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS” (1 John 1:9).

• Do not go back into it again: “FOR SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU, for you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:14).

READ: Romans 6:11-14; Luke 15:11-32; 2 Corinthians 7:9,10

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