6. _Petting._ We just as well talk about it; everybody knows about it. Many have been guilty of it. Where would you put petting? Does it look like lasciviousness, tending to produce wanton and lustful desires, or does it look like it belongs with the fruit of the Spirit? Now about the only difference I see in petting and dancing is that the dancing is done to music and the petting without the benefit of music; dancing is usually done in public, where the presence of others imposes at least some degree of restraint, whereas the petting is done in a parked automobile on a side road or in some living-room with the shades pulled down. That’s about the only difference. I’m perfectly willing to leave the decision to your own honest judgment, because if you’re not honest you’re certainly lost anyhow. 7. _Tobacco._ Maybe you think I’m going too far, but I’d like to ask you to classify the use of tobacco. Would you classify tobacco—whether it’s dipping, chewing, or smoking—as a work of the flesh, or as fruit of the Spirit? Do you believe that using it will help you to save souls or hinder you in saving souls? Would you be a little bit ashamed to let the man whom you were trying to convert see you smoking or dipping or chewing? Again, I’m just asking questions. Not answering them. If anybody wants to know what my answer is, see me after we’re through and I’ll tell you. But I want to leave it up to your own judgment. Where would you place these things? Do they belong in the list of works of the flesh or the fruit of the Spirit? Friends, we are talking today about something that’s fundamental. There’s no part of the Bible more fundamental than the 5th chapter of Galatians. The Bible says those who do these things (works of the flesh) shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Against these things (fruit of the Spirit) there is no law. You’re perfectly safe when you’re on this side. There’s no law of God or man that would condemn anything in this list. You never heard of a law forbidding one of these fruits of the Spirit. There’s not a state legislature on this earth that would even think about condemning one of them. Against such things there is no law.