ENVY!

"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind...Crave pure milk..1Peter 2:1-3. Listen to me my friend, If you are a Christian, you must strip these five things out of your life: malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Do you know when you became a Christian you changed your wardrobe. These five attitudes went out of style when you were born again, do you know that? Envy is jealousy at the success of others or happiness at another's misfortune. It's a poison of soul that turns you into a resentful, angry, grouchy, miserable, critical person. Slander is speaking down about someone. It includes gossip, tale bearing, backbiting, spreading rumors, passing along a bad report, taking cheap shots, using humor to lacerate others, disparaging comments, and unkind words. Slander is the fruit of envy. Man, these rotten attitudes have no place in your Christian life. Envy loves to traffic in gossip, slander, hatred, retaliation, even thievery and murder. Because of Jealousy, King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, plotted to kill Naboth to get his vineyard. Haman was envious of Esther's uncle Mordecai and sought to have killed. King Saul envied David and threw spears at him to kill him. Joseph's brothers envied against him and sold him to slavery. In Matthew Chapter 27:18, we read "For he (that's Pilate) knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him. Bro: This sin dislocates our soul. We take God out of the throne of our life and put our own wants and desires in that place instead. Hey BRO: IF YOU DON'T WANT THE FRUITS OF SIN, STAY OUT OF THE DEVIL'S ORCHARD!! You know I am talking to you. Are you listening???