Moreover, Jesus pronounced a great blessing on peacemakers, the privilege to be called “sons of God” (Matthew 5:9).The first condition, that a mortal sin is of grave matter, means that certain premeditated offenses against God are more severe than others. In many situations strife among brothers and even within the church seems unavoidable, but anyone who purposely causes disruption to peace in the body of Christ will displease God above all, since that person gives room for others to sin and for himself to sin further (1 John 2:9–11 4:19–21). The Church is also the Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:25–27). Believers are brothers and sisters since they have one Father God and one Brother, Jesus Christ. We have been released from our “old self” with its evil practices such as lying and bearing false witness.Ī man who stirs up dissension among brothers: Brothers are created by God to live in unity (Psalm 133:1 1 Thessalonians 4:9). Christians are new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and, as such, we reflect His nature. Colossians 3:9–10 explains the reason for the continued prohibition against lying. The prohibition against bearing false witness is the ninth of the Ten Commandments, and the New Testament is equally condemning of it. “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).įalse witness who pours out lies: This is similar to the sin of the lying tongue mentioned earlier, but this form of lying is given special mention as it could send an innocent person to jail or even lead to him being stoned to death as happened to Naboth, thanks to false witnesses instigated by the wicked Jezebel (1 Kings 21:8–14). Contrast this with the attitude of Jesus: when tired and hungry after forty days and forty nights of fasting, He refused to yield to the devil’s tempting and killed the temptation in His mind without allowing it to grow into sin (Matthew 4:1–11). Instead, as soon as the devil attracted her to the fruit, she “saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye” (Genesis 3:6). She displayed no resistance to the serpent’s temptation. In the Garden of Eden, Eve had the first experience of temptation. Having many examples in the Bible, and having the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30 Galatians 5:16), we are expected to be wise in this regard (Romans 6:11–14 Ephesians 5:5, 11). The heart of an evil man continually contrives schemes to bring others to ruin, whether physically or spiritually.įeet that are quick to rush into evil: Those whose feet are quick to rush into evil display no resistance whatsoever to sin. David’s sin against Uriah the Hittite and Bathsheba comes to mind (2 Samuel 11). John reiterates this concept in 1 John 3:15.Ī heart that devises wicked schemes: This encompasses thinking or conceiving evil against any individual or group for personal benefit or other misguided objectives, like modern-day terrorists indulge in. We may never have orchestrated killing someone or never have touched a gun or knife, but in Matthew 5:21–24, Jesus says that anyone who is angry with someone else unreasonably without offering room for forgiveness commits a sin equivalent to murder. Hands that shed innocent blood: This refers to cold-blooded murder. Nothing we do causes us to more closely resemble the devil, who is the father of lies (John 8:44). It is a most detestable evil to God, who is a God of truth.
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Lying can be used to impugn the character of a brother or to flatter a friend. Lying tongue: A lying tongue is one that speaks falsehood, knowingly and willingly, with an intention to deceive others. This sin of pride is so detested by the LORD that Paul was kept from committing this sin by being provided with “a thorn in the flesh” to humble him (2 Corinthians 12:7). We fail to realize these gifts were given by God through Christ and fanned into flame by the Holy Spirit and are not due to our own goodness. Often, believers feel superior to other believers when they receive godly wisdom and display amazing tenacity against sin. When we begin to think of ourselves more highly and with unparalleled importance, we are forgetting the fact that anything good in us is the result of Christ living in us and that the old self is now dead (Galatians 2:20). The following is Proverbs’ list of seven things God hates:Īrrogant (haughty) eyes: This describes a feeling of pride and looking down upon others (Philippians 2:3, 5–11). Avoiding the seven things God hates will help us expose our hidden intentions and motives. Sin is committed the moment it is conceived in the heart, even before it is actually committed. This is in line with our Lord Jesus Christ’s elaboration of the Ten Commandments during His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21–48).