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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 34
GALATIANS 5:13-23
The works that old Adam promotes, the playground of old Satan himself, or old Adamic nature, which is the only nature that a lost person has, and that's why the world is so saturated with immorality and wickedness of every sort. The works of old Adam are made manifest. In other words sexual immorality. Genesis 26:34-35
Galatians 5:20
"Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,"
It's just about automatic in the human nature to want to follow that drawing power to worship a false god, idols of one sort or another. Jeremiah 44:18
Now verse 19.
Jeremiah 44:19-21
"And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?" 20. Then Jeremiah saith unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 21. Men and women, places of authority, kings, and government people, they were all worshipping false idols and pagan gods. Now verse 22.
Jeremiah 44:22a
"So that the LORD could no longer bear,..."
The Lord couldn't take it any more. I mean we see so much that God has to look down on America, who at one time as a nation, was steeped in the Word of God, our founding fathers based everything on the Word of God. Now reading verse 22.
Jeremiah 44:22-23
It was because they turned against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then in verse 24 Jeremiah the prophet says -
Jeremiah 44:24
"Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: 25. Thus saith the LORD of host, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her; ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
God won't stand for that kind of behavior. Now let's come back to Galatians. Fortunately we're still in the age of Grace, and God is not pouring out His wrath on wicked men, but their day is coming, and we're getting closer and closer. Well anyway back to Galatians Chapter 5, and remember all of these in verse 20 can all be lumped into false worship.
Galatians 5:20
Israel, who we just saw back in Jeremiah Chapter 44, was trying to elevate the worship of this female goddess. It never entered their mind that it was God who was displeased with them, because they were so steeped in idolatry.
I thank God for a few men in high places that still call upon God, but for the most part when dilemmas come upon our nation, for most of the general population it never enters their mind that maybe God's got something to do with that particular dilemma, and maybe God's trying to get our attention, but that doesn't even enter their minds. Now let's move on into verse 21.
Galatians 5:21a
"Envying, murders,..."
Galatians 5:21b
"...drunkenness,..."
Galatians 5:21a
"Envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings,...""
A good time. Now Paul says-
Galatians 5:21b
Romans 1:28-29
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, (they have no concept of the things of God. Now look at the picture and it fits right with Galatians Chapter 5.) We'd rather skip verses like this, but listen, this exposes that true sin nature of man. Now verse 30.
Romans 1:30a
"Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,..."
Genesis 6:5
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
Now verse 6.
Genesis 6:6
Genesis 6:11-13
"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. I've always given America credit, we're still better than most places in the world. Romans 3:12
Now look at the picture, and remember before salvation this is where we were in God's eyes. Romans 3:13
18. There is no fear of God before their eyes." Now that's the world in general. They don't even give God five minutes of their time. Now let's come back to our text for a moment and time will be gone. And let's look at verse 21 again.
Galatians 5:21
If we have time there's one more verse I want us to look at in Matthew Chapter 24.37-39. Matthew 24:37
Now verse 39.
Now you have to compare the Lord's statements in that they were so busy with their daily, materialistic activity they did not have time for the things of God. Always remember that Genesis tells us that the world was filled with violence.

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