According to Galatians 5:19 – 21, these 17 works of the flesh will keep you from inheriting the kingdom of God.
The word emulation can be used in a negative or positive way and for this reason, Paul used it to describe one of the works of the flesh and he did not have the positive in mind.
We can provoke God to act with zeal against us and this is something we should stay away from because the consequences will be great. One such example was Lucifer who stirred up negative zeal with the angels to go against God. One-third of the angels went with him.