Tuesday Sep 29, 2020

Political Party, wk 3: "Party Line"

What principles do or should we stand on as Christians. We should have top priorities that we are displaying, or want to display on in our lives. We set the standard or live

Love: All aspects (God’s love)

Eros - Romantic, committed love
Philia - Friendship or brotherly love (Specifically used in the Bible)
Storge - Familial, parental love towards a child.
Agape - Perfect love (Specifically used in the Bible)
Ludus - Uncommitted love, flirtatious
Pragma - Founded on reason, duty, or completion of shared goals
Philautia - Self love

Fruit of the Spirit

Galations 5:13-26 The Passion Translation

13 Beloved ones, God has called us to live a life of freedom in the Holy Spirit. But don’t view this wonderful freedom as an opportunity to set up a base of operations in the natural realm. Freedom means that we become so completely free of self-indulgence that we become servants of one another, expressing love in all we do.

14 For love completes the laws of God. All of the law can be summarized in one grand statement:

“Demonstrate love to your neighbor, even as you care for and love yourself.”[c]

15 But if you continue to criticize and come against each other over minor issues, you’re acting like wild beasts trying to destroy one another![d]

The Holy Spirit, Our Victory

16 As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self - life.[e] 17 For your self - life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and hinder him from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your old self - life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within you are your self - life of the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit.[f]

18 But when you are brought into the full freedom of the Spirit[g] of grace, you will no longer be living under the domination of the law, but soaring above it!

19 The cravings of the self-life are obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography, 20 chasing after things instead of God,[h] manipulating others,[i] hatred of those who get in your way, senseless arguments, resentment when others are favored, temper tantrums, angry quarrels, only thinking of yourself, being in love with your own opinions, 21 being envious of the blessings of others, murder, uncontrolled addictions,[j] wild parties, and all other similar behavior.

Haven’t I already warned you that those who use their “freedom” for these things[k] will not inherit the kingdom realm of God!

22–23 But the fruit[l] produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions:[m]

joy that overflows,[n]

peace that subdues,

patience[o] that endures,

kindness[p] in action,

a life full of virtue,[q]

faith that prevails,

gentleness of heart, and

strength of spirit.[r]

Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.[s]

Footnotes

Galatians 5:14 See Lev. 19:18.
Galatians 5:15 Both Aramaic and Greek manuscripts read “biting and devouring,” which is a metaphor for critical attitudes that will destroy the fellowship. These terms were often found in classical Greek literature to describe wild animals fighting each other in deadly conflict.
Galatians 5:16 Or “the natural realm.”
Galatians 5:17 The concept of the “new creation life of the Spirit” is implied in the greater context of Galatians, and referred to explicitly in 6:15–16.
Galatians 5:18 The word for Spirit is actually “Spirit-Wind.”
Galatians 5:20 Literally “idolatry.”
Galatians 5:20 Literally “witchcraft.” The Greek word for “witchcraft” can imply drug usage.
Galatians 5:21 Literally “drunken binges.”
Galatians 5:21 The Aramaic can be translated “those who devote themselves to these things.”
Galatians 5:22 The Greek word here can be translated “harvest.”
Galatians 5:22 There is clear textual inference that the “fruit” (singular) of the Holy Spirit is love, with the other virtues displaying aspects of the greatest quality of Spirit-life, agape love.
Galatians 5:22 The translator has chosen to supply action to these virtues, for they are not meant to be abstract virtues, but made visible with actions.
Galatians 5:22 The Greek word for patience is taken from a verb that means “ever tapping” or “never quitting.”
Galatians 5:22 The Aramaic word can be translated “sweetness.”
Galatians 5:22 Or “goodness.”
Galatians 5:22 Although the word self is not found in this verse, most translations render this as “self-control.” The word is actually “lordship,” or by implication “spirit-strength.”
Galatians 5:22 Literally “there is no law set against these things” or “there is no conflict with Jewish laws.”