• Self-Indulgence

• Religion Not the Cure

• The Cure

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*Self-Indulgence

Proverbs 25:16 “Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, lest you have it in excess and vomit it.”

Matthew 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence

*Religion Not the Cure

Colossians 2:20-23 “If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, ‘Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!’ (which all refer to things destined to perish with the using)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.”

*The Cure

1 Chronicles 16:11 & Psalm 105:4 “Seek Yehovah and His strength; seek His face continually.”

Matthew 26:41 “Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Romans 7:24-25 “Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus-Christ-our-Lord!”

Romans 10:13 “For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved”

Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.”

Zechariah 3:6 “‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My-Spirit,’ declares Yehovah-of-hosts.”