Take these off put these on... Part 2

Now lets look at what the Bible considers "bad" and "good"

Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Lets see what these words mean.

Take these off...
 Fornication (G4202) idolatry also G4203 Harlotry, unlawful sex,
Uncleanness (G167) Lewdness
Lasciviousness (G766) Filthy, wantonness, brutal, excess, immoderation, intemperance
Idolatry (G1495) Idol worship also G1497 and 2999 image worship
Witchcraft (G5331) magic, sorcery
Hatred (G2189) Hostility 
Variance (G 2054) Wrangling-contention, debate, strife.
Emulations (G2205) Envy, indignation, jealousy
Wrath (G2372) Fierceness, indignation.
Strife (G2052) Contention
Seditions (G1370) Division
Heresies (G139) Sects
Envyings (G5355) Jealousy, spite
Murders (G5408) Slaughter
Drunkenness (G3178) Intoxication see also 4224 banqueting or a drinking party
Revellings (G2970) Rioting

Put these on...
Love (G26) Charity, good will
Joy (G5479) Cheerfulness, calm delight, gladness
Peace (G1515) Quietness, rest
Longsuffering (G3115) Forbearance, patience 
Gentleness (G5544) Goodness, kindness
Goodness (G19, 18) Active goodness, benevolent G18 profitable, useful
Faith (G4102) Assurance, belief, fidelity
Meekness (G4236) Gentleness, humility
Temperance (G1466) Self Control

Take these off, put these on....

One of the main jobs of a Bible Believer is to strive to remove old deeds and bad behavior and practice good deeds and good behavior. This is what Messiah meant when he said in Matt 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
And Luke 11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

Lets take a look at the true meaning of some of these words, to gain an understanding of what Messiah is saying. 

In Matt 23:25 The words make clean (Greek concordance# 2511) means cleanse, purge, purify. 
The word extortion (G# 724) means ravening, and spoiling. 

Luke 11:39  The words make clean are the same (G#2511). Here we see ravening and wickedness at the end of this verse. Ravening (G#724) which means extortion and wickedness (G#4189) malice, plots, sins-iniquity, wickedness.

So we can see that Messiah wants those who believe in him to repent and purge malice and all sorts of other wickedness from themselves. 

See the next Blog post for what the Bible considers "good" and "bad".