Or you could be like Kanye West and have too much pride. The reason I say two ways, is that you can have such a low self esteem and that is a lack of pride. Meaning that it can consume you and be fatal to your spiritual growth. It can be a good thing, but when taken too far it’s a DEADLY sin. Ok, so pride can be seen in two different lights. That list includes Pride, Gluttony, and Greed.
Many of them are literally just putting something before God. Now let us get into breaking this down and understanding how these sins fall into place with the commandments.
7 VIRTUES VS 7 SINS FULL
We are in a fallen world full of fallen people and with the right knowledge and with wisdom from the Holy Spirit and being on fire for Jesus, we will see so many more stories of resurrection, where our loved ones will go from being dead, to being alive in Christ! The end is near and we literally must save every person we can so they will not suffer for eternity. I think that is the greatest part of this unwritten story, this story that is unfinished. Starting with Adam and including so many who were doing great works, but even better there is story after story of resurrection. All throughout the Bible and throughout the history of the world there are too many examples of people falling into sin, especially great men. On the flip side of these sins are listed different virtues, like the cardinal virtues, theological virtues, contrary virtues, and heavenly virtues which are said to protect one from falling to sin. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, or anything that belongs to your neighbor (jealousy)īoth are lists that use words that we don’t use in everyday conversations, so I will try to break it down a little bit better.Do not bear false witness against your neighbor (lie).Do not bring any false idols before Him.God is our only God and we shall have no other God but Him.To break them down and put them in simple terms, i will list them here. They are listed in Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:4-2. It says that Moses went up on a mountain and God blessed him with these 10 things. The ten commandments are written twice in the book. It says that these 7 deadly sins that will follow after the commandments are those transgressions which are fatal to spiritual growth, which we will discuss later. In the next section I will put the 10 commandments in the most simple form. Another great place to learn from on behavior and heart issues is the chapter on the fruits of the Spirit and the ways of the flesh found in Galatians 5:22. Thinking angry thoughts about the person cutting you off in traffic is a sin, but forgiving them and praying for them after they flip you off shows where your heart is. Knowing that, if we don’t have Christ in our heart and we are rebellious, we may not do any of these sins, but often times we think of them. We as humans who have fallen want to be a machine that runs on ourselves but the only way to be an effective machine is to let Christ be the fuel. Another thing I know, is it is all a heart issue. If you love God with all of you, you will not have false idols or any Gods before Him, you will honor your mother and father and you won’t kill, steal from or lie to your neighbors or cheat on your wife. That’s basically the 10 commandments paraphrased. One thing I want to point out is that the 10 commandments are very valid, but Jesus came and said there are 2 Commandments (Matthew 22:34-40) and they are to love God with all your heart, mind and soul, and to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Praise God for the opportunity of everlasting life because He sent his Son to die on the cross for me and for you. I still sin, but I try each day to do better and I know when I repent, I am washed clean of those sins. I’ve been a sinner my whole life and having Jesus Christ in my heart has made me a new creature.
So I’ve got some grasp of what they are, but I am going to provide further research to be as accurate and compelling as possible.
7 VIRTUES VS 7 SINS MOVIE
I’ve seen the Brad Pitt movie “Se7en”, I’ve looked up the 7 deadly sins a few times and even worked with a hip hop artist who wanted to put together a mixtape with the title of each song, each sin. My beautiful bride posed the question to me “What are the 7 deadly sins and how do they coincide with the bible’s 10 commandments?” This is a very good question and I have never seen the two lined up against each other.