Galatians 5:21
21 Envyings [phthonos], murders [phonos], drunkenness [methe],
revellings [komos], and [kai] such [toutois] like [homoios]: of the which [hos] I tell [prolego] you [humin] before [prolego], as [kathos] I have [proepo] also [kai] told you in time
past [proepo], that [hoti] they which do [prasso] such
things [toioutos] shall [kleronomeo] not [ou] inherit [kleronomeo] the kingdom [basileia] of
God [theos].
KJV-Interlinear
21 envying, drunkenness,
carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you just as I have
forewarned you that those who practice such things shall not inherit the
kingdom of God. NASB
If man cannot live by the Law, then man must die by
that Law. The study in Galatians pits
the works of man against faith. Since
man in incapable of fulfilling the works as set forth in the Law of Moses, then
another answer is needed in order to escape the terror of the Lake of Fire.
The overall subject is salvation. What is required in order to gain salvation?
Is it works, or mans efforts that gain him salvation,
or is it something else? And if works, then what does that really entail?
And here Paul has been itemizing the real
production of the efforts of mans fleshy efforts in life. They come from all categories of sin and nothing
more. And if anyone maintains that his
efforts are good enough, then the inheritance that God offers will never be
received.
Here, the third category list is continued from the
previous verse with envying and murders, both of which seek harm to others. Envying includes jealousy, and gossip, while
murder seeks a more permanent end to ones victims or targets of ones hatred.
The fourth category includes sins of excess.
Drunkenness, includes any escape from reality
through alcohol or drugs or even eating in excess. One can also become drunk with an intense
focus on daily activities, wherein you block out any and all responsibilities
of life, as God defines responsibilities.
Reveling, speaks to partying or socializing or
entertainment, as ones escape from reality, wherein any and all spiritual
considerations are ignored.
And so, when faith is excluded, and all human
efforts are focused on within ones life, the salvation is lost or missed, and
ones destiny, which should have been an inheritance in eternity with God, will also
be lost.
You cannot take that which God gives. You cannot work for that which God has
already done the work.
You cannot add to Gods work, or take away from Gods
work. You cannot add to Gods plan, or take away from Gods plan.
Gods plan calls for only one thing from you, as far
as salvation is concerned, and after that as far as spiritual growth is
concerned, and that one thing is faith.
Any and all human effort, any and all human good,
any and all human plans are all false, void of substance, illegitimate, and
really nothing more than an application of this long list of sins and
transgressions just listed in these three verses.
Your sincerity or opinion is as worthless as these.
