Transforming our Greed (Avaritia) and Gluttony● Main Point: A life of the Spirit of Jesus helps us swap greed for love / generosity as we allow him to work in our brokenness. ● Fruit of the Spirit: Love (Generosity) UNPACKING GREED ● Focus: Excessive desire for material wealth, possessions, or power. ● Core Motivation: Insatiable longing to acquire and hoard resources. ● Example: Exploiting others for financial gain, hoarding wealth without generosity. ● Spiritual Consequence: Greed replaces trust in God with reliance on material security. ● Main Point: A life of the Spirit of Jesus helps us swap gluttony for self-control as we allow him to work in our brokenness. ● Fruit of the Spirit: Self-control UNPACKING GLUTTONY:● Focus: Excessive consumption of food, drink, or other substances. ● Core Motivation: Overindulgence driven by pleasure rather than necessity or gratitude. ● Example: Habitual overeating, drunkenness, wasting resources. ● Spiritual Consequence: Gluttony fosters a lack of self-control and diminishes awareness of spiritual needs.
