1. Are you concerned about the following?
**Matthew 5:17-30-- self-righteousness, selfish motives, spiritual hypocrisy, anger, ridicule, and character assassination
**Matthew 11:23 & Romans 1:17-32-- homosexuality, hindering of truth,
unthankfulness to God, futile living, vain imaginings, foolish reasoning,
stupid speculating, boasting, hero and animal worshipping, lusts sexual impurity, body dishonoring, unrighteousness, iniquity, covetousness, greed, malice, envy, jealousy, murder, strife, deceit, treachery, ill will, cruel ways,
secret backbiters and gossipers, slanderers, hate, insolence,
arrogance, boasting, inventors of new forms of evil, disobedience to parents,
unfaithfulness, and those who condone the above behaviors.
**Galatians 5:15-21-- partisan strife, selfish cravings, immorality, impurity,
indecency, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness,
divisions (dissension), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, h
eresies), envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.
**2 Timothy 3:1-5-- stress, troubles, self-love (self-centerness), loving of money,
desiring for wealth, pride, arrogance, contemptuous boasting, abuse,
blasphemy, scoffing, disobedience against parents, ungratefulness, unholiness,
profanity, unnatural (callous) affection, promise breaking, slander (false
accusing and trouble making), intemperance, uncontrolled brashness,
hating of those who do good, betraying, self-conceit, loving of sensual
pleasure and vain amusements more than and rather than loving God,
doing piety religion, denying the power of God for righteousness.
The 7 types of anger--
**One is verbal and physical abuse and is usually put-up with as if it were normal.
**One is because of very selfish reasons and usually is done to hurt or stop a
relationship. It can and usually has violent results.
**One is religious or prejudicial for purposes of influencing others to stop certain
relationships with certain types of people.
**One is just childish immaturity (no age limit) because one doesn't get what they want.
**One is due to self discouragement, usually because of too high expectations.
**One usually results from frustration due to impatience, misunderstandings,
untruthfulness, or lack of cooperation, usually with a spouse. It will never result in physical violence if agap� (God's special love defined in 1 Corinthians 13)
is in the relationship.
**One is the just or righteous reaction against what displeases God.
2. Do you have ideas about what can be done to help others get rid of the above indicated bad habits?
3. How should a true Christian use the Internet? How can he or she use it unselfishly? (My ideas are in this website.) |
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