● 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.