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THE LUST OF THE FLESH: THE LUST OF THE EYES: THE PRIDE OF LIFE: 59

“ A PRINCIPLE FEEDING SELF-INDULGENCE” “A PRINCIPLE FEEDING COVETOUSNESS” “A PRINCIPLE FEEDING SELF-IMPORTANCE”
AN INWARD FOCUS, OBSESSION, IMPACTED, TEMPTED, BAITED BY WHAT WE CAN TO STAND OUT IN THE CROWD…
UPON AN UNHEALTHY APPETITE SEE WITH OUR EYES THAT THIS WORLD POSSESSES.
FOR PASSIONATE CRAVINGS, THE VISIBLE TANGIBLE THINGS SET BEFORE US BY OBSESSION WITH OUTWARD APPEARANCES
BEFORE OTHERS. DRIVEN BY SUCCESS…
SEXUAL DESIRES, LONGINGS FOR SELF-GRATIFYING THE GOD OF THIS WORLD: THE DESIRE FOR RECOGNIZED ELITISM,
THINGS OR PLEASURES. “ALL THESE THINGS I WILL GIVE YOU…” SUPERIORITY , OR AUTHORITY…
“THE DESIRE TO BE RICH” THAT CAUSES
EXCESSIVE SELF-INDULGENCE, STRIVING FOR POWER, CONTROL OR POSITION.
PRACTICING AN OVER-INDULGENCE GOD’S PEOPLE TO: THE OBSESSIVE NEED TO BE ADMIRED,
“FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A SNARE, ENVIED, RESPECTED, LOOKED UP TO…
IN AREAS LIKE AND INTO MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL LUSTS
WHAT WE BUY, WHAT WE EAT, WHAT WE DRINK, WHICH DROWN MEN IN DESTRUCTION AND
PERDITION…AND STRAY FROM THE FAITH IN
WHAT WE WEAR, WHAT WE DRIVE, THEIR GREEDINESS, AND PIERCE THEMSELVES
WHERE WE LIVE, ETC. THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS…” (1 Tim. 6:9-10)

Perhaps these definitions will help you to see what kind of things fall under the categories of “The lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.”

To sum up how Satan uses the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” today, we need to see that
basically he will seek to deceive Christians to either misuse the Word or misuse the world:

An example of Christians SEDUCE CHRISTIANS An example of Christians
being deceived to being deceived to
TO MISUSE
“misuse the Word” for “THE WORD” “misuse the world” for
their own self-interests: their own self-interests:

“SEED FAITH AND 100 FOLD SEDUCE CHRISTIANS “…AVOIDING… “THIS IS ONE NATION UNDER
RETURN PRINCIPLES” WHAT IS GOD - GOD’S NEW ISRAEL”
TO MISUSE “GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
“THOUGH HE WAS RICH, “THE WORD” FALSELY CALLED
YET FOR YOUR SAKES HE KNOWLEDGE – INALIENABLE RIGHTS TO PURSUE
BECAME POOR, THAT YOU MAN’S IMAGE BY PROFESSING IT, LIFE, LIBERTY AND HAPPINESS”
THROUGH HIS POVERTY IN HIS OWN EYES “GET BUSY AND ELECT A
SOME CHRISTIAN PRESIDENT FOR
MIGHT BECOME RICH” (PROMOTES HAVE STRAYED THIS CHRISTIAN NATION”
“I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS PRIDE IN MAN) CONCERNING “LEGISLATE GOD’S LAWS OF
OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS” THE FAITH…” MORALITY ON THE IMMORAL”

“HAVE GOD’S KIND OF FAITH” 1 Timothy 6:20-21

MAN’S IMAGE
IN HIS OWN EYES

(PROMOTES
PRIDE IN MAN)

“…SOME DO THE MAN’S IMAGE In our next newsletter,
NOT HAVE TRUTH IN HIS OWN EYES Lord willing, we will
GOD’S IMAGE
THE KNOWLEDGE IN MAN’S EYES (PROMOTES examine the contrast
OF GOD. (PROMOTES PRIDE IN MAN) between what is
HUMILITY IN MAN) “falsely called
I SPEAK THIS
TO YOUR SHAME.” knowledge” (the Tree
of the Knowledge of
1 Cor. 15:34 Good and Evil”) with
what is true
“LET US KNOW, knowledge namely,
LET US PURSUE
THE KNOWLEDGE the knowledge of God
OF THE LORD.” (the Tree of Life).

Hosea 6:3