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1 Peter 2:1-3

1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

1. MALICE; It means two things in the Greek.
    a. In a general sense it means wickedness, all kinds and forms of evil.
This word strikes at the vices of men.
     b. In a narrow sense this word means, deep seated feelings against a person, hatred that last on and on; or a long lasting and intense bitterness.


1 Cor. 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Cor. 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

2. GUILE: (NIV-deceit) It means to mislead people. The picture is of one setting out bait in order to catch someone, or deceive them in order to achieve their own end. Two faced.

Disguised in flattery, false promises, and suggestive talk, off colored suggestions, enticing words, and outright lying.

3. HYPOCRICY:

It is acting one way but being something else.
To put on an outward show.

    Saying we love God but don’t obey His word.
    Pretend to follow God but live the way we want.
    We act like we care for people but are filled with selfishness, envy and pride.
    Courting friends but having an ulterior motive.
    Making promises that are not intended to be kept.

Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves
Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

4 ENVIES: Intense coveting to the point someone is willing to do what ever it takes to get it from the other individual.

"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, his wife or his servant, his ox or donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."



Prov. 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
1 Cor.13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5. EVIL SPEAKING: This means to criticize, judge, backbite, gossip, condemn or grumble against another person.

1.    Criticism boosts our self-image by pointing out others faults.
2.    Criticism enjoys speaking evil and by doing so exposes our sinful nature.
3.    Criticism is usually an outlet for hurt and revenge. We feel they deserve it.
James 4:11
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.


The word desire means to crave or long for. This
The word milk usually refers to the food needed by immature believers. It is usually contrasted with the meat of the Word.

Eph. 4:13-15 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature (maturity)of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.