Chapter 12.2
Seven Deadly Sins
1 anger 2 envy 3
gluttony 4 greed 5
lust 6
pride 7 slothfulness Plus spinoffs;
adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, lies,
contentions,
jealousies, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, murders,
drunkenness,
wicked plots and plans, mischief and evil, false witnesses,
sowing
discord, and revelries.
Depending on
where you are in your relationship with God, it makes a difference
on whether this
list is considered as normal accepted behavior or “Seven Deadly Sins”.
First Word
The FIRST
LIST
that the Lord specifically HATES is found in the
Book of Proverbs stating SEVEN THINGS that are an
abomination to Him.[1]
A proud or haughty look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed
innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans and plot, Feet that are swift
to run into mischief and evil, A deceitful false witness that utters lies, he
that sows and spreads discord among the brethren.
The SECOND
LIST
is found in the book of Galatians
and includes more of the traditional sins, but with a substantially longer list
which includes; Immorality,
Impurity, Sensuality, Idolatry, Sorcery, Enmities, Strife, Jealousy, Outbursts
of Anger, Disputes, Dissensions, Factions, Envying, Drunkenness and Carousing. Since the Apostle Paul goes on to say that
the persons who practice these sins "shall not inherit the Kingdom of God", they
are usually listed as (possible) MORTAL sins rather than just major vices.
The THIRD
LIST
is the traditional list that
is considered the “CAPITAL” or head of all the other sins handed down
through the centuries which is what we will study here; Anger, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride
and Slothfulness; they are
actually the worship of one’s
SELF which
is IDOLATRY.
These seven sins are the ORIGIN of all the other sins and ALL are in rebellion against God.
Sin
Defined
Scripture comes straight to the point: Sin is Lawlessness in Word, Thought
and Deed.[2] It’s REBELLION against God; DEFIANCE of His holy Lordship and
rule; it’s a VIOLATION
of what God demands; it is deliberate wrongdoing. Sin is
knowing what you should do and not doing it.[3]
God is not mocked; whatever a man sows; that he shall also reap.[4] He will reap more than he sows and for longer
than he sows.
The word “sin” is an archers term literally meaning “To miss the Mark” as missing the mark on the
target. We are urged to press forward to
the Mark of God’s high calling for
the PRIZE of Jesus Christ.[5]
#1 Anger – THE SUDDEN SIN
Anger, Wrath or Rage is a SUDDEN
SIN that speaks in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS to the
listener. It is
an inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred. In its purest form it is violence,
self-destructiveness, and hate that may fuel and provoke feuds that can go on for centuries and persist
long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. These feelings
can manifest in different ways including impatience, revenge, and self-destructive
behavior such as drug abuse or suicide.
Anger indicates that a person’s basic boundaries have
been violated. It’s an emotional
response related to one's psychological interpretation of having been threatened. It
involves a strong emotional and uncomfortable reaction or response to a PERCEIVED harm that is considered deliberate or of unfair treatment or
provocation
by others.
It is displayed as a correction of wrong behavior by others and a promotion
of
social justice. It is when a person makes the conscious decision to
take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of an outside force. Sometimes
anger is released through retaliation, similar to a pressure cooker that cooks
until it explodes.
Physical and Mental Consequences; Anger causes increased heart rate, high blood
pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline. It impairs one's ability to process information and to
exert cognitive control over their own behavior.
An angry person may lose their objectivity, empathy, prudence or thoughtfulness
and may cause harm to others. Un-resolved anger turns inward and becomes Depression.
Changed
Countenance: It can be observed
in facial, body language, physiological
responses, and at times in public acts of aggression, sometimes making loud sounds, attempting to look
physically larger, staring and baring or clinching of one’s teeth.
Manipulation Strategy: Displays of anger are a result of "what has
happened to them personally," the angry
person can exhibit Tantrum Behavior that is used as a manipulation strategy for social influence in order
to get what they want.
The Bible teaches to Forgive and forget;[6] to
turn the other cheek, to harness the passion of anger for good.[7] Do
good to your enemy; it will be like heaping hot coals on their head.[8]
Righteous
indignation was displayed by Jesus Christ as He chased the merchants out
of the Temple; they had turned the House of Prayer into
a den of
thieves.[9]
Harness and focus your ZEAL for the things of
God.
#2
Envy – UNSPOKEN DISSATISFACTION
Envy disparages
everything: its unspoken
competition, Jealousy. It
spoils the pleasure of others and Hates everything. Some are so consumed with ENVY that they are unconscious
and totally unaware of it, this is a huge sin leading to anger and is teruly a condition to be
pitied.
Envy is characterized by an insatiable
desire similar to jealousy;
Envy
and Jealousy
both feel discontent
towards someone's traits, status, abilities, or rewards. The difference is the envious also desire the
entity and covet it. This runs parallel to the Ten
Commandments, specifically, "Don’t be envious of anything that belongs to
your neighbor or their status."
Cain vs: Abel was the first
Prototype of envy found in the first book of the Bible when Cain was envious of God’s approval of Abel’s
offering.[10] Abel had a relationship with God while Cain was
just going through the motions;[11] this
envy led Cain
to murder his brother Abel. [12]
Jacob (Israel) is another example of Envy, when he gave
a COAT OF MANY COLORS to his 1st
born son of Rachel
the sister of Leigh who Jacob was tricked into marring.[13] Joseph‘s
brothers from Leigh and her maid were envious of Joseph’s special coat and
plotted to kill him.[14] Just for the record; Leah had 6 sons, Zilpah her maid, 2 sons. Rachel
2 sons; Bilhah her maid, 2 sons for a grand total of 12 sons and there was also one daughter by Leah.
Peggy and Polly were
TWINS that I grew up
with at church and Peggy was by far the most popular, but as time moved on,
Polly’s happy and positive personality drew people to her and Peggy with ENVY withdrew into sarcasm and negativism pushing herself far
into the background. With arms folded, she seemed mad all the time
and it slowly CHANGED HER
WHOLE FACE.
They were no longer
twins.
This was sad as she seemed so unaware of
how her reactions were being received as people distanced themselves from her.
The Book: Envy is like a cancer that eats you up from the inside out,[15] ENVY ROTS THE BONES.[16]
#3
Gluttony – THE SIN OF
PLEASURE
Chocolate is naughty, but it’s nice: Bacon
is your friend; the more the better, eat your desert FIRST just in case
the RAPTURE comes before you have finished
eating.
GLUTTONY: The excessive indulgence of food and drink; a
longing and thinking of food. It comes
from the Latin meaning the “over indulgence” and “over consumption” of anything to
the point of waste.
Food was the Heart of Jewish observance, it
begin with a
feast TO SHOW WEALTH and the more you had to eat was symbolic of YOUR PROSPERITY; you should eat
as much as possible in case of a bad day, even though that day probably never
comes. Vomiteriums were available in order
to get rid of your food so you could go back quickly and GRAZE
some more.
The Epicureans Belief System, their world view was an
ethic of individual pleasure as the sole or chief good in life and advocated living in
such a way as to derive the
greatest amount of pleasure possible during one's lifetime.
QUAIL HUNT: Greedy
cravings revile the Lord:[17] when
the Israelites gorged themselves with Quail, God slew the FATTEST of them
while the food was still in their mouth;[18] God
says if you are given to gluttony, you should just cut your own throat.[19] Gluttony can be
interpreted as selfishness; essentially it places concern with
one's own interests above the well-being or interests of others. It is considered a sin when the excessive
desire for food causes it to be withheld from the needy.
We see it in the warning from Paul about taking “communion” or THE LORD’S SUPPER which was for
the rich and poor alike. The rich were
pushing ahead eating and getting drunk leaving the poor with little food to be
able to even participate. He said if
they were that hungry to eat and home first and then come participate.[20]
The Sin of Gluttony is considered EVIDENCE of lack of control in other areas of your life.
#4
Greed - NEVER
SATISFIED SIN
Monopoly: I first learned of Greed while playing Monopoly,
I would buy up all the properties I could and put hotels on them so I could
make more money from the rentals and bankrupt the other players who landed on
my properties. Oddly enough, I would
often borrow so much money from the bank that I would be the one that would go
bankrupt.
Earning more money raises the
expectations of what you need.
I don’t get NO satisfaction: when does wanting something turn into
greed? I’ll tell you; it’s when you have a very excessive desire and pursuit of
material possessions. Greed exist when you
don’t need it, but you would like to have it; when you are wanting more,
regardless of what you already have. It
can be defined by TWO different characteristics;
1)
Never
satisfied with what you have,
2)
The
need to keep hold of what you’ve already got.
Greed exist when you know that there is an
injustice going on, but you carry on the injustice so that it does not affect
your personal lifestyle.
Greed spins off Hoarding,
Trickery, Manipulation, Theft and Violence.
The “TRUE STORY” of the Rich man
and the beggar Lazarus is a great
example of Greed; when giving is so hard to do.
The rich man’s attention was on his earthly life and not on the
divine. He could not even give the
crumbs from his table to the beggar Lazarus.[21] Our Excuse; I don’t
give to poor people, because it encourages them to NOT get a Job. Greed like
Death is never satisfied.[22]
When does
the desire to “acquire” become bad? It’s when you have to have the latest device
or a particular brand or some “Bling” that’s showy, so that everyone will know
that “YOU
HAVE ARRIVED”.
The LOVE of money is the
root of all evil [23]and DEBT is the
punishment for the sin of GREED.
#5
Lust – MOST POPULAR SIN
Lust is the Most Popular Sin: lust is
selfishness; an intense desire for money, food, fame, power or sex. Lust or lechery is an intense desire or drive; SEX
is not Love, it’s a function for the pleasure of the body. It deviates into
affections for Prostitution,
Pornography, Fetish’s; leather, pain, Homosexuality and Lesbianism which the world identifies as just another lifestyle. A lifestyle that God calls AN ABOMINATION that He groups
with the sin
of
witchcraft.[24]
The lust of the Flesh is at war with
the Spirit, and the Spirit is at war with the flesh.[25] It starts with your eyes and fires up your
imagination,[26]
WHICH SPINS OFF 17 MORE SINS;[27] Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness,
Lewdness, Idolatry, Sorcery,
Hatred, Contentions, Jealousies, Outbursts of Wrath, Selfish Ambitions,
Dissensions, Heresies, Envy, Murders, Drunkenness, and Revelries
God makes it
pretty plain about how He feels about the sin of LUST and
the cost; He says “DO NOT BE
DECEIVED”;
the unrighteous; the fornicators, adulterers, the effeminate, and Homosexuals,
SHALL
NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.[28]
BUT WAIT; you are not yet
DIED AND FRIED,
you can still humble yourself; pray and seek God’s face and TURN from
your wicked lifestyle and receive forgiveness.[29]
Did you see it? Your Life is Choice driven; you do not have to stay
where you are!
It’s in the Book
#6
Pride – ORIGINAL SIN
Wikipedia: Pride, is considered the
original and the most serious of the SEVEN deadly sins, and is the SOURCE of all the
others. It is identified
as; believing that oneself is essentially better than others; Pride fails to acknowledge the accomplishments of others and
exhibits excessive admiration of the personal self; Pride is a boaster.
Fat
Cats have everything their
hearts could ever wish for; they scoff and speak
evil; wear pride like a jeweled necklace, clothing themselves with cruelty, seeking to crush
others.[30]
Pride is the love of one’s self; perverted into contempt for others; it’s the
overwhelming excessive confidence in one’s self. It is “Self-Love,”
Pride comes just before the fall, before destruction
and before disgrace.[31] I
see elected officials who swing their weight around, thinking more highly of themselves
than they ought to; then they are caught in their deceit. They SPIN LIES and WEAVE ILLUSIONS and put up SMOKE
SCREENS
as they tumble from power to disgrace.
Pride is considered the deadliest of all the sins and leads
directly to damnation as shown in the example of the story of Lucifer, also known as Satan,
who displayed pride within himself as he boasted his desire to compete with God;
this caused his fall from Heaven.[32]
Eve’s Pride: In my BS, I
wonder if Eve didn’t think a lot of her own self; possibly thinking in her IMAGINATION[33] that she could know as much as God, the ”EYE CANDY”,[34] was
PLEASING TO THE EYE and DESIRABLE FOR GAINING WISDOM, so Eve made a Free Will life decision to
eat the forbidden fruit. Pride is the opposite of Humility, is what we think “GOD
centered”
or “ME
centered”?
Do we hold ourselves out of “Proper Position” toward God?
#7
Slothfulness - THE DO NOTHING SIN
Sloth has been defined as a failure to
do things that one should do. While
slothfulness is sometimes defined as PHYSICAL
LAZINESS,[35]
it’s the SPIRITUAL LAZINESS that is emphasized. In the Christian faith, the sloth fails to utilize their gifts
and talents, and for the most part rejects the grace and
spiritual matters of God.
Slothfulness is a Sin that requires you to
just DO NOTHING AT
ALL; it’s a Lack of zeal, an Inability to get
going, just browsing or hanging around doing mostly nothing. From the bar to the bed, then back to the bar.[36] Evil thrives when slothful men fail to act; this is the sin that fertilizes all the other sins.
Sodom was characterized by Pride, Gluttony and slothfulness as well as other
detestable sins, and GOD wiped them all out.[37]
Did you see it?
FAILING TO DEVELOP YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY IS THE SIN OF SLOTHFULNESS.
The
Take Away
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS; Anger, Envy,
Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride and Slothfulness is actually the
worship or IDOLATRY
of one’s SELF. They are the ORIGIN of all the other sins and
are in rebellion against God.
The Seven Holy
Virtues are the counterparts of The Seven Deadly
Sins.
PATIENCE; Anger,
KINDNESS; Envy,
TEMPERANCE; Gluttony,
CHARITY; Greed,
CHASTITY; Lust,
HUMILITY; Pride,
DILIGENCE; Slothfulness.
Humility seems to be the NEUTRALIZER for the Seven Deadly Sins; scripture encourages us to look at the life of
Moses as an example of humility as God said he was more humble than any other
man.[38] God teaches His ways
to the Humble and blesses them. SELAH
Believers are called to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to display the FRUIT
of the Spirit. Although there are some NINE CHARACTERISTICS listed for the
Christian’s life, they all compose just ONE FRUIT; Love
Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self
Control.[39]
The SPIRIT
FILLED
Christian will display ALL the characteristics, not just one or two.
I confessed to my Mentor Dr. John Harvey, that I just
didn’t feel like I was Spirit Filled.
He said why do you think it’s a feeling? It’s not;
Being filled with the Spirit is not what you FEEL, it’s what you DO.
[2] 1 John 3:4 – SIN IS LAWLESSNESS.
[3] James 4:17 – Sin is when you know to do good; and don’t
[4] Galatians 6:7-8 – GOD IS NOT MOCKED; you
will reap what you sow
[5] Philippians 3:14 – PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE
PRIZE of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus
[6] Matthew 6:14 – Forgive others their
trespasses, and God will forgive
you yours. -- Matthew 18:21-22 – FORGIVE SEVENTY-SEVEN
TIMES, so many times that you lose count
[7] Luke 6:29 – If
someone slaps you on ONE CHEEK, TURN TO THEM the
OTHER CHEEK
[8] Proverbs 25:21-22 – Harness your passion for GOOD; IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, GIVE HIM
BREAD TO EAT; in this way YOU WILL HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD,
[9] John 2:14-16 – Have Righteous indignation about misuse of God’s Word -- John 2:17 – Have a Zeal for the things of
God
[10] Genesis 4:4-5 – God
looked with favor over Abel and his offering but with Cain
and his offering he did not -- Genesis
4:7 – SIN LIES AT YOUR DOOR so
don’t be envious of others or. SIN will overtake you
[11] Hebrews 11:4 – Abel had FAITH in God, and Cain just went through the
motions
[12] Genesis 4:8 – CAIN attacked his brother ABEL and KILLED HIM.
[13] Genesis 37:3 – Jacob showed favoritism and gave Joseph a coat of many
colors
[14] Genesis 37:19-20 – Let’s kill Joseph and cast him into some pit
[15] Exodus 20:17 – Don’t be envious; DON'T SET YOUR HEART ON ANYTHING
THAT IS YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
[16] Proverbs
[17] Psalms 10:3 – GREEDY
CRAVINGS REVILES THE LORD.
[18] Psalms 78:30-31 – God
slew the FATTEST
of them WHILE THE FOOD WAS STILL IN THEIR
MOUTHS,
[19] Proverbs 23:2 – PUT A KNIFE TO
YOUR THROAT IF YOU ARE GIVEN TO GLUTTONY
[20] 1 Corinthians
[21] Luke 16:19-26 – The Rich man was GREEDY,
the Poor man begged for the crumbs from his table
[22] Habakkuk 2:5 - The Greedy are like death; it’s never satisfied
[23] 1 Timothy 6:10 – THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL
[24] Galatians 5:19-21 –
Sexual immorality is grouped with the sins of WITCHCRAFT; an abomination to God
and they WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
[25] Galatians 5:17-18 - The FLESH LUSTS and WARS against the SPIRIT -- 1
John 2:16 – Lust of eyes; NOT from God, IT’S FROM SATAN.
[26] Proverbs 6:25 – Lust starts with the IMAGINATION of the eyes -- Proverbs 15:26 - Lustful
thoughts are an abomination to God --
Matthew 5:28 – With the lust of the eyes you have already committed adultery
[27] Galatians 5:19-21 – Lust spends off 17 more sins adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries
[28] 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 – The Unrighteous WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
[29] 2 Chronicles 7:14 - Humble yourself and Pray;
Turn from your wicked ways and receive Forgiveness
[30] Psalms 73:6-8 - FAT CATS have everything; they wear PRIDE like a jeweled necklace, SCOFFING and SPEAKING ONLY EVIL, SEEKING to CRUSH OTHERS
[31] Proverbs 16:18 – Pride comes and then the fall -- Proverbs 11:2 – When Pride comes, disgrace
follows
[32] Ezekiel 28:12-15 – Satan
was given Free Will to choose good or evil and
his choice give birth to
PRIDE in him -- Ezekiel
28:17 – Satan’s PRIDE corrupted his wisdom
[33] Jeremiah 18:12 – The
heart is full of EVIL
IMAGINATIONS
[34] Genesis 3:6 – Eve’s EYE CANDY was PLEASING TO THE
EYE
and DESIRABLE FOR GAINING WISDOM
and PRIDE guided her FREE WILL decision
to eat the forbidden fruit.
[35] Proverbs 19:15 – Laziness makes you go hungry -- Ecclesiastes 10:18 – Laziness make your house
fall down
[36] Proverbs 10:4 – A sloth makes himself poor
[37] Ezekiel 16:49-50 – Sodom’s Sins were PRIDE, GLUTTONY and SLOTHFULNESS, SO I WIPED
HER OUT
[38] Numbers 12:3 - Moses was more humble than anyone else --
Matthew 5:5 - God blesses those who are humble
[39] Galatians 5:22-23 – Be filled with the FRUIT of the Spirit; there are nine characteristics that
make up the one fruit:
LOVE, JOY,
PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, and SELF-CONTROL
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