Supplement #1 to Spiritual Warfare Study Sheet

 

John Gill on Jer. 17: 9®it deceives him with respect to sin; it proposes it to him under the notion of pleasure; it promises him a great deal in it, but does not yield a real pleasure to him; it is all fancy and imagination; a mere illusion and a dream; and what it gives is very short lived; it is but for a season, and ends in bitterness and death

 

Some examples of this®Proverbs 7; Proverbs 23: 30-35.

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2 Tim. 2: 22® “flee” is feugw 1) to flee away, seek safety by flight

2) metaph. to flee (to shun or avoid by flight) something abhorrent, esp. vices”

 

“follow” is diwkw “2) to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after 2a) to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal”

 

“lusts” is epiyumia “desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust”

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John Gill on Gal. 5: 17®The inclinations and desires of the flesh are contrary to those of the Spirit. They draw as away in an opposite direction; and while the Spirit of God would lead us one way, our carnal nature would lead us another, and thus produce the painful controversy which exists in our minds. The word" Spirit" here refers to the Spirit of God, and to his influences on the heart. And these are contrary, etc. They are opposite in their nature. They never can harmonize.

 

Fruit of the Spirit                                   Lust of the Flesh

Love                                                         Adultery

Wrath                                                        Joy

Goodness                                                  Strife

Gentleness                                                 Murder

Temperance                                               Drunkenness  

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1 John 2: 16®Lusts of the flesh®Unlawful sex, gluttony, drunkenness. In summary, all the sensual pleasures of life, which are fulfilled contrary to the Word of God.

 

Lusts of the eyes®Pornography and such things Matt. 5: 28; Job 31: 1; covetousness.

 

Pride of life®The wrong kind of ambition. Despising others.

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Eph. 6: 11, 12® “wiles” is meyodeia “cunning arts, deceit, craft, trickery”

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2 Tim. 3: 16, 17® “profitable” is wfelimov “useful,” “helpful,” “of advantage.”

“doctrine” is didaskalia “teaching, instruction.”

“reproof” is  elegcov “conviction.”

“correction” is epanorywsiv “restoration to an upright or right state”

“instruction in righteousness” is “training in righteousness.”

“perfect” is “complete, fitted.”

“throughly furnished” is “to furnish perfectly.”