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1 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Makarios | 4185 | ||
Are the Seven Deadly Sins mentioned in the Bible? The Seven Deadly Sins are Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. I believe that they are mentioned in the Bible, but not all together in one place. Proverbs 6:16 comes the closest to mentioning 'Seven Deadly Sins'.. I believe that each one is independently condemned in the Bible at least once.. Pride (1 Pet. 5:5), Greed (1 Tim. 6:10), Envy (Rom. 13:13), Anger (Eph. 4:31), Lust (Matt. 5:28), Gluttony (Prov. 23:20-21), and Sloth (Prov. 18:9).. Is every sin that man commits an 'offshoot' or can be traced back to one of these basic, deadly sins? It is also argued that the counterparts for the Seven Deadly Sins are Humility (Phil. 2:3) for Pride, Contentment (Psalm 34:10) for Greed, Love (1 Cor. 13) for Envy, Forgiveness (1 John 1:9) for Anger, Purity (Psalm 119:9) for Lust, Self-Control (Rom. 12:1) for Gluttony, and Diligence (Prov. 12:24) for Sloth. The Seven Deadly Sins are not mentioned as such in the Bible, but I believe that these are the 'root' sins in which all others come.. Any thoughts? | ||||||
2 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | charis | 4243 | ||
Dear Nolan Keck, I am only aware of one deadly sin in the Bible, that of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. That is, of course, if the word 'deadly' is taken literally. I know that that church fathers wrote of these, or similar lists of 'mortal' sins. Also, the above scripture speaks of seven abominations. Do you take these sins as unforgiveable, therefore leading to eternal damnation? Any action or attitude that is against the will of God is a sin, and all are equal, except the one I mentioned above. Religion has sought to 'categorize' sin for a long time. Once we have done so, we can only use this measurement to forgive or judge, which would infringe upon God's sovereignty. Rather than use our time to 'weigh' sin, would it not be better to devote ourselves to be free from all sin? The reason I say this is because man seems to be able to 'rationalize' his way out of sin, given opportunity. To segregate 'deadly' and 'venial' sin gives us an excuse. From the opposite track, in judging others we can link just about anything to a 'deadly' sin. As to the 'corresponding virtues' (Thomas Aquinas?), I see no particular advantage in identifying a counterpart. Do you? Please let me know what we would get out of this opposite realtionship. Blessings to you in Jesus' name, charis |
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3 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Makarios | 4317 | ||
Dear charis, blessings dear brother in Christ! I appreciate your point of view even though I disagree with you and with your 'dismissing' this point as an afterthought. The Seven Deadly sins is a list of vices that were catalogued by Christian monks in the early Middle Ages (as early as A.D. 600).. They are titled as such ("Seven Deadly Sins") because it was perceived that all of man's sin stemmed from at least one of these seven, being Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. The real question here is- were the early monks correct or incorrect in recognizing that these are the roots of man's sin on earth? Now you can look at it in a 'rationalizing' method as you did above, but that does not get us anywhere. Thomas Aquinas spoke about vice and virtuous ethics as well as other things on this line, but we are speaking about the Bible here and man's problem, which is sin, and not Thomas Aquinas or any of the influential ethics philosophers of the past (E. Kant comes to mind). Now we know that there is one sin that is unforgiveable- that being blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. And God sees all of our sins in the same way and forgave them all through Christ. However, if this is true- that if man's sin on earth can be traced back to these seven fundamental roots of sin, then not only can we explain the vice here as something that is not just circumstantial (i.e. in the case of Thomas Aquinas), but also this would help us to explain man's problem of separation with God. You see, if indeed these 'Seven' are the roots of all sin, then we can better reflect upon our own lives and see exactly where we went wrong. We can see that the action that we partook of that was blatantly against the will of God was indeed because of pride/greed/envy/lust/sloth/anger/gluttony in our own hearts. If this is true, if one of these seven was a 'decisive, contributing factor' (again reflecting on Thomas Aquinas) then we can see where we have erred as a result, we can see where we were so blatantly against God's will, where in fact the sin that was committed can be traced to one of these 'Seven'. If this is true, then we must acknowledge this sin before God (confession) and repent of it before Him. Then we should seek to have 'nothing to do with' one of these sins in the future, 'correcting our behavioral pattern' (again Thomas Aquinas) and seek to react differently in the same situation in the future with a corresponding counterpart of the 'Seven', that being Humility, Contentment, Love, Forgiveness, Purity, Self-control and Diligence. If we obey the Spirit and are led by the Spirit in all our actions, then the Spirit will be the aid to help us to react in a way that would counter a 'root' sin. So you see, this is why we should identify a counterpart for each of the Seven Deadly Sins. If the Seven Deadly sins are recognized as such and if it is perceived that they consist or include all of man's sin, then this makes it that much more important to identify a 'corrective' behavior for that sin and therefore free us from the bondage of that sin after asking for forgiveness. And then we must continue in our path of righteousness and be free from all sin and all roots of sin, being free of vice in the exposed areas of our behavior because of the correction that was heeded or adhered to (E. Kant in his 'situational' theory of ethics).. Therefore, we are free from the bondage of sin because of the act of Christ (forgiveness), which enables us to continue in a 'virtuous' behavor (E. Kant again) because we have the aid of the Holy Spirit, which even can help us to impart forgiveness to a fellow soul (the same act of Christ) to another person to negate the 'deadly sin' of anger. In this way, by obtaining the very nature of Christ, can we be free from all sin and vice and be free to forgive and love one another as so commanded by our Lord and Savior. I hope that this explains where I am coming from and the true question that I was trying to present. Blessings to you also in Jesus' name, Nolan.. | ||||||
4 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | charis | 4322 | ||
Dear friend Nolan, Please do not think that I am dismissing anything. Usually this would mean a superior dismissing an inferior. Quite the oppposite, I find such philosophical thought beyond my humble abilities. To quote you," Now we know that there is one sin that is unforgiveable- that being blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. And God sees all of our sins in the same way and forgave them all through Christ." This is enough for me. Others may decide to dwell further into the matter. I have studied philosophy, and was saved from it when apprehended by Jesus. Right now, Francis Schaeffer is as deep as I get, and he prefers a 'simpler is better' philosophy. If you are better able to understand your battle with sin through classification and application of corresponding virtue, far be it from me to discourage you from that practice. You did ask for thoughts. Some may be deeper, some may be shallower, and some may be exactly the same as yours:-) I only pray that my own 'shallow' method would be effective to combat the sin and temptation I face. Some may be encouraged by your way, and some may find strength in mine. I pray that our combined proposition of faith, and discussion thereof, would help someone. Please do continue to post your thoughts, and bear with me when I am not in complete agreement with you. I enjoy what you write, and never think of it as 'wrong.' Peace unto you in Christ Jesus, charis |
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5 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | Makarios | 4347 | ||
Blessings brother Charis and peace! Say, I apologize if what I wrote made you think that your way of avoiding sin or understanding sin is 'shallow'! Your method is not shallow by any means since we must do all that we can to avoid sin! :) We must be as 'shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves' (Matt. 10:16). There is no 'wrong' way to avoid sin, except by taking your own life. And your way of looking at this question is not wrong at all. I was not trying to be critical of your thoughts, however 'deep' they may be, and I apologize if you took it that way. When I said 'dismissing as an afterthought', I meant that I disagreed with you that you might find it meaningless to dwell on this topic. That is all I meant by that. But I do value your thoughts! Please feel free to tell me how you feel. I will respect your input. As for philosophy, I had my first exposure to it at Indiana Wesleyan Univ where we would debate certain points of view and back it up using arguments from several philosophers. But I did not enjoy that class and found the greater portion of it as meaningless jargon that should not be dwelled on for any constructive use.. I apologize to any philosophy students out there! But to obtain a decent grade and pass the course (since it was a required class), I had to be fluent in several of the philosophers and I still have the books.. :) But the greatest teacher of all was Jesus Christ! And the single most edifying way to describe his love for us is to sing the simple song, "Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so".. :)Blessings to you Charis, my brother in Christ! I'm sure that we will cross paths again in the forum and I look forward to reading your posts! | ||||||
6 | Are the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible? | Prov 6:16 | charis | 4373 | ||
Dear Nolan, Shu ware wo aisu...Waga Shu Iesu, Ware wo aisu. (Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, in Japanese) Friend, no offense taken, or even thought of. Blessings upon you in the abundance of Christ. I really do enjoy discussing such things with you, my brother. Maybe one day we can wash one another's feet! In Jesus' name, charis |
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