Becker Bible Teacher Resources

Non-avoidance of "works of the flesh" revealed in Galatians 5:16 are:

Adultery - Sex with a married partner

Fornication - Desire for unmarried sex

Uncleanness - Dirtiness

Lasciviousness - Lust

Idolatry - Worship of other gods

Witchcraft - Power from other gods

Hatred - Hostility

Variance - Different from the normal

Emulations - Jealousy

Wrath - Outbursts of great anger

Strife - Bitter conflict

Seditions - Discontent or rebellion

Heresies - Opinion or doctrine different from the Truth

Envyings - Wanting

Murders - Killing

Drunkenness - Inebriation

Revellings - Merrymaking and boisterous

Professional secrets must be kept unless the situation is exceptional and keeping the secret would severely harm another.  Clergy or confessor secrets must be kept from all but God, in all situations. Family and friend secrets are also sacred to the relationship; when a secret is divulged without good cause, the failure to keep the secret is a sin. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

When an offense is committed that offends justice or truth, it must be repaired, even in the midst of forgiveness.  When the sin cannot be undone in public, it must be at least made right in private. Damage to a reputation through the attack of truth must restore the good reputation of a person whenever possible. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

Lying consists of speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving. Lying is the work of the devil according to the Lord, and is a direct attack against God's Truth.  Lying brings error and confuses circumstances in victims lives as the aggressive liar manipulates deception.(Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

The mocking of someone through a malicious caricature of some part of victim's behavior. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

Every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages sin in another through condescending or duplicitous speech. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

Causes unjust injury when remarks contrary to the truth are made against someone and their reputation is harmed through the false judgment others.(Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

When someone's faults and failings are disclosed without an objective, valid reason to someone who did not originally know them, it causes unjust injury to their reputation. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

Causes unjust injury when one assumes as truth without sufficient foundation the charges of fault brought against another. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

When a statement is made publicly that is contrary to the truth it is a sin.  When the false statement is made in court, it is false witness.  When it is made under oath, it is perjury. Sins such as these contribute to condemnation of the innocent, exoneration of the guilty, or the increased punishment of the accused.(Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)