Covetousness.

[W2L]

What are your thoughts on covetousness?

 

[Sarah G]

That not coveting is the hardest of the Ten Commandments to keep because it is easy to covet another Christian's spiritual progress.

 

[Tree of Life]

Bad.

 

[W2L]

That not coveting is the hardest of the Ten Commandments to keep because it is easy to covet another Christian's spiritual progress.

Thank you. I believe its a root sin that leads to other sins. Being discontent is a sin in itself, because we are commanded to live by faith and seek the kingdom. Covetousness also leads to strife which is a work of flesh.

 

[brinny]

Bad.

LOL! I agree. It is baaad.

 

[W2L]

Bad.

Thank you.

 

[brinny]

Thank you. I believe its a root sin that leads to other sins. Being discontent is a sin in itself, because we are commanded to live by faith and seek the kingdom. Covetousness also leads to strife which is a work of flesh.

Amen. Yes it is a root sin that leads to other sins and it is based on "pride".

 

[W2L]

Amen. Yes it is a root sin that leads to other sins and it is based on "pride".

Thanks brinny. Our pride is a hard thing to deal with sometimes.

 

[Sarah G]

I agree with all of that but this especially speaks to me. If I experience discontent I am not surrendered and 'Thy will be done' is mere lip-service. Like, these words are a neon sign to me right now!

Being discontent is a sin in itself

 

[Goatee]

I suffer it badly.

 

[W2L]

I agree with all of that but this especially speaks to me. If I experience discontent I am not surrendered and 'Thy will be done' is mere lip-service. Like, these words are a neon sign to me right now!

Me too.

 

[W2L]

I suffer it badly.

I believe we all suffer it. I have seen times in my life where covetousness was my folly.

 

[stuart lawrence]

What are your thoughts on covetousness?

As a child, I used to read the Bible during the sermon( they bored me at that age) And I used to wonder why: Thou shalt not covet was one of the TC. It seemed so trivial to me. I imagined God just put it in at the end to round the number up to ten! But in those days I thought it only referred to material goods,such as coveting your neighbours car for instance.
Now I know better. King David coveted and quickly broke two more of the TC by doing so. I would say it is the hardest of the TC to keep, certainly along with the first.
Saul the pharisee could faultlessly obey the legalistic law, but he gave: Thou shalt not covet, as the example of why he was condemned by the law. It is a commandment you can break without anyone but you and God knowing you are doing so. For it regards what goes on in the inside of man. And let's face it, none of us are perfect in that regard
The leaders of the Pharisees, on the outside appeared such holy and pious people. But Jesus tells us, on the inside they were full of wickedness, hypocrisy and everything unclean. Which comnandment was getting broken mainly for them to be like that?
Paul wrote nearly an entire chapter on coveting( rom ch7) in my view one of the most insightful chapters he wrote, and he did write many

 

[W2L]

As a child, I used to read the Bible during the sermon( they bored me at that age) And I used to wonder why: Thou shalt not covet was one of the TC. It seemed so trivial to me. I imagined God just put it in at the end to round the number up to ten! But in those days I thought it only referred to material goods,such as coveting your neighbours car for instance.
Now I know better. King David coveted and quickly broke two more of the TC by doing so. I would say it is the hardest of the TC to keep, certainly along with the first.
Saul the pharisee could faultlessly obey the legalistic law, but he gave: Thou shalt not covet, as the example of why he was condemned by the law. It is a commandment you can break without anyone but you and God knowing you are doing so. For it regards what goes on in the inside of man. And let's face it, none of us are perfect in that regard
The leaders of the Pharisees, on the outside appeared such holy and pious people. But Jesus tells us, on the inside they were full of wickedness, hypocrisy and everything unclean. Which comnandment was getting broken mainly for them to be like that?
Paul wrote nearly an entire chapter on coveting( rom ch7) in my view one of the most insightful chapters he wrote, and he did write many

Thank you. Good words.

 

[W2L]

This is a commandment, yet its also full of promise.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”[a] 6 So we may boldly say:

“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

 

[stuart lawrence]

Thank you. Good words.

Thank you for saying so.
I will take a keen interest in how this thread progresses. As I said, rom ch7 directly relates to this subject, and much could be said concerning it.
Good thread to start. I hope people find it helpful

 

[W2L]

Thank you for saying so.
I will take a keen interest in how this thread progresses. As I said, rom ch7 directly relates to this subject, and much could be said concerning it.
Good thread to start. I hope people find it helpful

Thank you. I hope it will be helpful as well, to me and others.

 

[stuart lawrence]

I suffer it badly.

I'm sure you are not the only one. But not everyone is as forthcoming about it

 

[Monna]

I believe its a root sin that leads to other sins.

Since covetousness is about wanting something someone else has, and to which you have no right, one part of the defence against it is to do what Paul said "in everything give thanks." Be constantly grateful for what you have - i.e. what you have been given ... ultimately by God. And in your gratitude you can find contentment. You will also find joy. With gratitude, contentment and joy you can disarm covetousness. To do all this of course, you will probably need the help of the Holy Spirit. It is not easy to be thankful for consistently bad health, or being struck by natural catastrophes and the like. But God promises that he works in everything for the good of those who love him (Rom 8:28) and he has promised that he will not withhold anything that is good for those who live uprightly. (Psalm 94). You can't lose ... so why covet? (Yeah, I know it's not that easy!)

Then ... the next step is to start giving...

 

[W2L]

Since covetousness is about wanting something someone else has, and to which you have no right, one part of the defence against it is to do what Paul said "in everything give thanks." Be constantly grateful for what you have - i.e. what you have been given ... ultimately by God. And in your gratitude you can find contentment. You will also find joy. With gratitude, contentment and joy you can disarm covetousness. To do all this of course, you will probably need the help of the Holy Spirit. It is not easy to be thankful for consistently bad health, or being struck by natural catastrophes and the like. But God promises that he works in everything for the good of those who love him (Rom 8:28) and he has promised that he will not withhold anything that is good for those who live uprightly. (Psalm 94). You can't lose ... so why covet? (Yeah, I know it's not that easy!)

Then ... the next step is to start giving...

Thank you. I believe covetousness is more than wanting something we have no right to, but its also wanting more than we already have. this goes beyond the 10 commandments.

I have times in my life when i must follow the word which says to me, "do not covet" and "be content with what you have". Its delightful actually because that's the Lord leading me.