We all know lying to someone is a sin, but what about lying to yourself?

[Animelover93]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

 

[TheWhat?]

None of us are perfect, though I have been convicted for speaking evil of myself. We should be learning to bridle the tongue, to bless and not curse.

 

[Sabertooth]

Until the Holy Spirit retrains us, everything that we believe or think we understand about spiritual matters is inaccurate, at best.

"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be,
but we know that when He is revealed,
we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 1 John 3:2 NKJV

 

[Petros2015]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks"
I've had this problem too
It's a good queue to pray for an abundance of Christ in the heart when it happens
If the problem is internal to me, then it will help to resolve it
And if the problem is external to me, then it will make an Accuser's lies rather counter-productive
The nut of it is though, negative self-thought-talk or positive self-thought-talk both have one thing in common: self. One can lead to morose self-pity or the other to ego/delusions
My life goes better when I keep the focus off of Me.
If I am a Christian... am I really "mine" anyway?
I who was "bought with a price"?
I know God thinks Christ is beautiful and perfect
And I'm invited to head
In that direction

 

[Norbert L]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

I don't know and can't be certain about the extent of their negative attitude towards themselves. It comes with looking in the mirror, examining themselves and how they balance the half empty half full glass of water. That is not a sin.

The apostle Paul wrote encouraging words about how a Christian life progresses over the years and decades it takes to reach the finish line. ".. that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6 ESV and..

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7

As long as they keep the faith in Him while understanding that a person's life is not continually beautiful nor perfect once they become a Christian, salvation is still possible.

From my experience, there is a danger in being overly negative. It can compel a person to not only lose faith in Christ but also have thoughts about suicide, just like any other magnified depression.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

We can go way deeper than that. What about when we think they are doing good , when in fact we are doing evil? Do we know it at some level but cannot acknowledge it?

 

[rebornfree]

Romans 12 v 3 tells us to think of ourselves with sober judgement. I don't know how we can do that if we are not honest with ourselves. How can we assess situations accurately? If we are willing to face the fact that we may have been at fault, in some situation, then we can put it right. Honesty also helps us to see, without condemning anyone, when someone else may have been in the wrong and to forgive them, without taking the guilt on ourselves when it is genuinely not our fault. This can be done in a right spirit of forgiving and being forgiven.

I believe as Christians we can do this because our value does not lie in what others think of us (or what we think of ourselves) but in the fact that God loved us so much that He let His Son die for us. The way God sees us is with the Lord Jesus' righteousness (if we have accepted His death in our place) so the glory goes to Him. However He knows how we really are but loves us despite our fallenness because we have believed in His Son. So I suggest letting sober/realistic judgement replace negative thoughts and praise God for His love and your salvation which enables Him to see you as His beautiful child.

 

[aiki]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

Every sin we commit is prefaced by the adoption of a lie. In other words, self-deception is always necessary to any sin - including lying to others.

By the way, God does not think you are beautiful and perfect. You possess precious, divine traits: self-awareness, creativity, a moral sense, capacity to reason, etc., but God describes us all in His word as deeply dark, corrupt and evil. See Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:10-18, Ephesians 2:1-3; Titus 3:5, etc. It is because this is so that we all desperately need forgiveness and cleansing by God.

 

[Tolworth John]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

A lie is a lie no matter to whom it is said.

Look hard at why you lie to yourself, why this self doubt?

None of us is perfect, yet despite that God has flooded us with his love.

Trust his valuation of yourself and not your flawed valuation.

 

[Sketcher]

For instance, if someone says a lot of negative things about themselves, yet they know God thinks they are beautiful and perfect, would that be considered a sin?

Do you know anyone who is doing this? If so, what is your relationship to this person?

 

[joymercy]

The evil one whispers into our ears and tells us these lies. He doesn't want us to believe and trust God, so anyone who rejects Gods gifts to them, is rejecting His sovereignty, His all power-fullness, His knowing what Hes doing!

In other words, they are second guessing God.

And that there is called making themselves their own God. They cant trust God, so they are going on their own interpretation of beauty and goodness, casting God aside and interpreting the world as they see it through their eyes.

It would be the mortal sin of breaking the first commandment.

I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.