SEVEN DEADLY SINS
What are the seven deadly sins ?? These includes envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath.
This post talks briefly on the seven deadly sins.
LUST
Lust is a psychological force producing intense wanting for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion. Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, money or power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food.
Lust as described in the definition above, is a strongly feeling that pushes one to do the unbearable which can lead him to sin against God and man. Lust can lead to adultery, rape and bestiality. Having love for something more than the love you have for God is the greatest sin because you put that above God.
GLUTTONY
During the time of war and famine, gluttony can cause the death of others (when others are eating without regarding the needy). The cure of gluttony is TEMPERANCE. This occurs by placing the desire to be healthy.
Bible references include: Philippians 3:19-20, Proverbs 23:1-3,Psalm 78:17-19, Proverbs 23:19-21 and 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
GREED
According to Hebrews 13:5, it says “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.’"
Greed can be cured by putting the desire to help others above storing up treasure for one’s self
Other related Bible texts are Exodus 20:17, Proverbs 11:24, Proverbs 28:25, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Philippians 4:6 and 1 Timothy 6:9-10.
SLOTH
In other words, sloth is an excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one’s talents. Proverbs 6:6 saying, “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise.”
Zeal is a best cure because it replaces the interest of others above a life of ease and relaxation.
Other Bible mentions of sloth are in the following verses: Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 24:33-34, Romans 12:11-13, Colossians 3:23 and 2 Thessalonians 3:10.
WRATH
The Bible speaks about wrath in Romans 12:19, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.'”
Additional Bible verses include: Psalm 37:8, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:1, Ephesians 4:26-27, Colossians 3:8 and James 1:19-20.
The best cure of WRATH is Patience by understanding the needs and desires of others before acting or speaking.
ENVY
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Envy can be directly related to the Ten Commandments, specifically, "Neither shall you covet... anything that belongs to your neighbour" - a statement that may also be related to greed. Dante defined envy as "a desire to deprive other men of theirs". In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the struggle aroused by envy has three stages: during the first stage, the envious person attempts to lower another's reputation; in the middle stage, the envious person receives either "joy at another's misfortune" (if he succeeds in defaming the other person) or "grief at another's prosperity" (if he fails); the third stage is hatred because "sorrow causes hatred"
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It can be said that it was Envy that motivated Cain into killing his brother Abel similarly because God favored Abel's sacrifice over Cain's.
It is written in the book of Proverbs 14:30, “A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.” Other biblical references are Job 5:2, Psalm 37:1, Proverbs 24:19-20, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Galatians 5:26 and James 3:14-16.
PRIDE
The Bible says in the book of Jeremiah 9:23-24, “...Let not the mighty man boast of his might...but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me...”
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Pride is also mentioned in the following verses: Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 16:18, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Galatians 6:3 and James 4:6-7.
But everything can be cured and this can be cured by having HUMILITY( by removing one.s ego and boastfulness, thereby allowing the attitude of service).
These sins can be seriously depart you from God. Even man can not tolerate these sins. So let's try to live right.
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