pride and autonomy point to the fact that we are creatures who want something. We want more (Eph. 4:19). In the Old Testament, idolatry was typically associated with orgies, drunkenness, and other forms of self-indulgence (Ex. 32; 1 Cor. 10:7), but throughout the New Testament, idolatry is described as covetousness, greed (Eph. 5:5) and desire. So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Gal. 5:16) All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying
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