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Temperance (Lent 2024)
INTRO: Too much of a good thing
What is the problem with the flesh’s appetites?
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: [sexual sins] sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, [loyalty sins] idolatry, sorcery, [interpersonal sins] hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, [social sins] dissensions, factions, [sins of indulgence] envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I am warning you about these things—as I warned you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. —Galatians 5:19–21
What categories of behaviors does Paul consider immoral?
How can you explain the relationship between similar immoral and moral behaviors?
Why should we care so much about sinful behavior?
What happens when the appetites are tempered?
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. —Galatians 5:22–24
Which fruits of the Spirit do you desire to grow in?
What types of things do we need laws for?
What does it mean to belong to Christ?
Besides temperance, what are the other 3 Cardinal Virtues?
The most fundamental of the four cardinal virtues is temperence, on which the other three depend.
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How do you crucify the flesh?
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. —Galatians 5:24
So then, brothers and sisters, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh, because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. —Romans 8:12–13
What does the flesh demand?
What does Paul say we should do with the flesh’s demands?