The 7 Deadly Sins....

[Bruce S]

"The 'seven deadly sins' are pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth."

--Medieval Theologians​

Saturday, the Discovery Channel had a show on the 7 deadly sins, and wondered about that...​

Of these, which is the worst and why?​

I have been guilty of all of them, at one time or another, but I wonder why THEY are listed and not others, like murder?​

Your thoughts?​

 

[Isaiah 53]

Pride~

It was Satan's downfall.

PEACE IN CHRIST!!

 

[jbarcher]

Pride..

Oh wait, you asked why...

Every sin can be traced back to pride, I think. Too prideful to follow commands...

 

[thereselittleflower]

"The 'seven deadly sins' are pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth."

--Medieval Theologians​

Saturday, the Discovery Channel had a show on the 7 deadly sins, and wondered about that...​

Of these, which is the worst and why?​

I have been guilty of all of them, at one time or another, but I wonder why THEY are listed and not others, like murder?​

Your thoughts?​

I believe that the reason murder would not be listed is becaue murder would be a sin that flowed from one or all of these sins listed in your post . they are the roots of all other sins . .

Does that make sense?

Peace in Him!

 

[BBAS 64]

I believe that the reason murder would not be listed is becaue murder would be a sin that flowed from one or all of these sins listed in your post . they are the roots of all other sins . .

Does that make sense?

Peace in Him!

TLF:
Welcome to CF

I agree with you these 7 sins as listed are matters of the heart and things such as muder are a result of the heart.

For His Glory Alone!

BBAS

 

[Terri]

Well, the Bible says that everything that does not come from faith is sin. So, I don't worry about different types of sin, I just try to be lead by The Spirit.


RO 8:13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

 

[dignitized]

I would have to say that the worste of the 7 is which ever one YOU yourself are most susceptible to. For Satan, it was pride. For some one else it would be greed, etc. The key is to know which one is the one you need to watch for which means you need to know yourself and the motivations of your own heart. Look at what sins you commit and question - WHY did I do those things?

 

[thereselittleflower]

Br. MAx

I think you are right . . it may be one or more than one. And I think that when we start to look at the motivations of our heart, not just our actions, we move into a deeper walk spiritually with our Lord as when we become more aware of our faults, we then are aware of the need to surrender them to the Lord for Him to deal with . . we begin to deny ourselves, become more humble. We enter into new areas of spiritual maturity.


Matters of the heart are most important as, as our Lord said, it is not what goes into our mouth that deflies us, but what comes out of it, and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks . . .


And Thank you BBAS 64 for your warm welcome!

Peace in Him!

 

[zebuwin]

Anger is not a sin. God is sometimes angry. The Bible talks about God's anger, Do you imply that our Lord is a sinner?

 

[dignitized]

Zebuwin: there is righteous anger and then there is the sin of anger.

BESIDES - just because it's okay if God does it does not mean it's okay for MAN to do it. Right?

 

[Knight]

God detests all sin.

All sin separates us from God.

 

[Terri]

Anger is not a sin. God is sometimes angry. The Bible talks about God's anger, Do you imply that our Lord is a sinner?

I think you are right zebuwin! Ephesians 4:26 certainly separates anger from sinning.

I'm really not sure why anyone would be focusing on sins any how. We are to fix our eyes of Jesus as Hebrews 12:2 says certainly not on sins. There is no hierarchy of sins--anything not of faith is sin. But, if your eyes are fixed on Jesus, you don't have to worry about whether something is a sin or not. If it is a sin, the Holy Spirit will make you aware of it.

Bible verses referenced above!
EPH 4:26 "In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold.

HEB 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

 

[thereselittleflower]

Anger is not a sin. God is sometimes angry. The Bible talks about God's anger, Do you imply that our Lord is a sinner?

Hi zebuwin,

I agree that one can be angry and not sin . . for the bible tells us that if we are angry, to be angry but to sin not, and to not let the sun go down on our wrath . .

When we hold anger, and refuse to let it go, when it becomes a characteristic of our life, something that becomes comfortable to us, would you say that then it becomes a sin?

Isn't anger a manifestation of a failure to forgive God, others or ourselves?


Peace in Him!

 

[suzie]

Amen Knight. All sin separates us from God. We as humans like to categorize sin into bad, worse, worst, however,any sin separates us from a relationship with God. The only good inside us is the good that Jesus brings.

 

[dignitized]

All sins are sins, but we cannot forget that there are ROOT sins. These sins of the HEART cause us to commit OTHER sins.



Scriptures tell us that ANGER comes before murder and Pride before distruction. Greed causes one to steal or to covet or to hord - Lust causes us to commit adultry - etc. It is a matter of knowing yourself and what sins motivate you to commit other sins. *sigh*



All sins carry the same eternal penalty - seperation from God, but that does not make all sins equal. Scripture tells us that sins committed willfully are by their very nature worse than unintentional sins. What more, All sins do not carry the same temporal penalties. Scripture demonstrates that. Some one who kills accidentally is not required to make the same temporal restitution as some one who commits willful murder.



Thank God that He sees the heart and knows our motivations and judges accordingly.

 

[suzie]

Scripture tells us that sins committed willfully are by their very nature worse than unintentional sins. What more, All sins do not carry the same temporal penalties. Scripture demonstrates that. Some one who kills accidentally is not required to make the same temporal restitution as some one who commits willful murder.

Please elaborate on this

Sin is of the heart...it is all about motive and desire...if you lust in your heart you have sinned the same as if you are actually committing it.....

 

[dignitized]

Suzie: Look at what Jesus said -

Matthew 5 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Tell me - what does he mean? If you are going to take it to mean that every time a man finds a woman attractive he is guilty of a sin - that’s incorrect. God made us so that we would find the opposite sex attractive for the sake of propagation. What about those thoughts that comes to us from the devil to tempt us? When they come into a persons mind does that make us guilt of sin? No.



The wording of the verse is important. It is not the "looking" that is a sin - ask any man here and he will tell you half the time we are "looking" we don’t even realize what we are doing until we have done it. Rather, it is the purpose of the looking which the Lord speaks about. "TO lust after her." When you do it with the purpose of lusting - when you entertain those lustful thoughts, THEN He says you are guilty of Adultery because in your heart - you have already committed the sin.



The same goes for any other sin. There are times that thoughts will come into your mind unbidden, from the devil to tempt you, or out of your own heart - not every stray thought is a sin - but dwelling on doing something you know to be wrong . . . . It’s what is in your heart.

Understand?

 

[suzie]

Gee max, take a deep breath here. First of all, I didnt ever say that looking at someone and finding that person attractive is sinful.

If you find someone attractive and you are entertaining thoughts of intimacy with him/her, creating a mental affair with that person, etc, then you may as well be acting on it.

Someone passing you on the street and you think wow he's a cutie. isnt a sin. However, if you are seeking to look at other men/women at the expense of your mate, then you are.

No one knows the nature of our hearts except God. We can make ourselves look outwardly righteous, and yet harbor inward motives and desires.

However, sinning is rebellion. We never accidentally sin. Sin is willful disobedience to God. All sin is equal to God. All sin is a matter of our heart and desire.

 

[dignitized]

suzie: we never accidentally sin? What about when you are at the store and write a check and end up walking out with the cashiers pen. You just stole that pen. did you do it on purpose? No. But you did steal it - unintentionally

As far as taking a deep breath - I’m not worked up about this. At all. PERIOD. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!

 

[suzie]

lol. cute one.

Cant agree with you about accidental sinfulness however Max. I have actually walked out of stores with unpaid merchandise. Do it all the time....lol. No, in reality however, I did plan on buying a little basket in a store and I stuck some smaller stuff in it, got some other stuff as well. When I went to check out, I knew the person behind me in line and we were chatting, and I was distracted. Here the cashier never opened the basket and Iwas never charged for the merchandise. Did I sin? no. However, when I got home and realized what had happened, then I had the choice of returning to the store, apologizing and paying for it, or just keeping it and no one would "catch" me. I went back and paid for the stuff. In fact, it ended up to be more than I expected. The checkout girl was extremely grateful and very surprised,and the person in back of me couldnt believe I would be so honest. However, God knew no matter if anyone else ever noticed. I did it for Him.