Sin (and iniquity) is the disease all men experience.
The symptoms of that disease in the body are summarized as the lusts of the flesh.
Lusts of the flesh:
>SEXUAL lust: All desire for sexual satisfaction outside of marriage
includes:
• Self-satisfaction(masturbation)
• Fornication (unmarried sex)
• Adultery (sex w/other married)
• Lasciviousness (filled with or showing sexual desire, lewd, lustful)
>GLUTTONY: 1: excess in eating or drinking; 2: greedy or excessive indulgence
A common misnomer today is “food dependency”-considered a “disease”:
“Food dependency is a disease typified by loss of control over the ability to stop eating certain foods.
(Of course it’s not a disease- it is one manifestation of the lust.)
Food disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating,..) are frequently driven by this lust.
For further understanding read this link:
https://www.milestonesprogram.org/eating-disorders-and-food-addiction-what-makes-them-different/
EATING DISORDERS AND FOOD DEPENDENCY – WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT
>SLOTH: a: disinclination to action or labor; b: spiritual apathy and inactivity
includes:
Indolence -inclination to laziness
Apathy - lack of feeling or emotion : result = IMPASSIVENESS
" - lack of interest or concern : result = INDIFFERENCE
Procrastination- to put off intentionally and habitually (something that should be done).
In light of these go back to your Feb rating done in Session 2 and prayerfully re-rate yourself if necessary:
MAN: in IMAGE OF God: Hindrance Self Rating now(1-5, per Study 1)
1. BODY LUST OF FLESH
Next time – the Aid/antidote to the lusts of the flesh!
