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the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are; immorality,
impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy,
outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying,
drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I
forewarn you that those who practice such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.”

In chapter 5:22 he talks about the fruit of the Spirit, “But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such
things there is no law.” Sometimes those two things look alike.
If you look at someone’s life is it works or is it fruit?
Sometimes the works of the flesh are bad works; immorality,
impurity, anger, jealousy, envy, arguing. The works of the flesh
are not good. But sometimes the works of the flesh are good.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “If I speak with the tongues of men
and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong
or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and
know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so
as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver
my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me
nothing.”

Those verses describe a person that never existed.
You’ve never met a person like that. Let me, again, describe
that person. It’s somebody who speaks with the tongues of men
and angels. Have you ever met anybody like that? It’s
somebody, the Bible says, that has a gift of prophecy and knows
all mystery. Did you ever meet anyone like that? That person
is described as someone who knows everything and has all
knowledge. I never met anybody like that. I don’t think you
have met anybody like that either. Not only does he speak like
an angel and knows every mystery, has knowledge about
everything and you can’t ask a question that he can’t answer,
but the description is larger. It says that he has all faith so that
he can move mountains, literally. This is an amazing person.
And there is more. It describes his surrender. It says
that he took everything he had, sold it and gave it to the poor.