DEADLY SINS & DYING WORDS

Hello Fallen and Risen Ones. SIN is a PAIN!!! That is an understatement... but a TRUE statement.

Everyone has differing opinions on SIN. They have conflicting views on the nature of sin, what constitutes sin, the various degrees of sins, and how to deal with sin. People ignore sin, carry the weight of sin, condemn others because of their sin, cover and hid their sin, compare their sins to other people's sins, and feel smug that their sin is not as bad as so and so's sin.

Proverbs 6:16-19...lists 6 things which the Lord hates...7 which are an ABOMINATION to Him:

1. Haughty eyes
2. A lying tongue
3. Hands that shed Innocent blood
4. A heart that devises wicked plans
5. Feet that run rapidly to evil
6. A false witness who utters lies
7. One who spreads strife among brothers

NOTE: I did not see smoking cigarettes and drinking on this list. That does not mean that God condones or condemns...just that on THIS list...it ain't there.

Another worthy of list of sin like things is found in the listing of DEEDS OF THE FLESH found in Galatians5:19-21:

1. Immorality 9. Outburst of anger
2. Impurity 10. Disputes
3. Sensuality 11. Dissensions
4. Idolatry 12. Factions
5. Sorcery 13. Envyings
6. Enmities 14. Drunkeness
7. Strife 15. Carousings
8. Jealousy 16. Things like these

This listing are things that tend to recapture you into slavery and opens the door of opportunity for the devil to bind you again...after you have been set free.

An official list of SIN was classified by the church as The Seven (7) Deadly Sins. Along with the seven sins...there were placed alongside them the Seven Virtues:

1. Lust/Chastity
2. Gluttony/Temperance
3. Greed/Charity
4. Sloth/Diligence
5. Wrath/Patience
6. Envy/Kindness
7. Pride/Humility

Sin would also be classified as VENIAL/MINOR sins...or CAPITAL/MORTAL/MAJOR sins. Picking your nose is a sin is minor...but picking someone's nose against their will is major.

One last list (and there is never really a last list) is sin broken down by a 4th century monk:

1. Gluttony
2. Fornication
3. Avarice
4. Sorrow
5. Anger
6. Discouragement
7. Vainglory/pride

Each of these lists represents...SIN...and it is NEVER presented as a GOOD THING.

There are varying opinions about this thing called SIN. Some enjoy it for a season...until PAYDAY. "The wages of SIN is DEATH..." (Romans 6:23) This collage represents various views on sin from a Christian perspective.

I tried to find a quote...that I have heard before...but can't put my finger on it. If anyone out there knows who said it and the actual quote...let me know. I have a feeling that my Pastor Ronnie Meek may be able to enlighten me in this (and other) area. The quote...I believe is in response to a reporter...who was asking someone about their opinion/view of the subject of SIN. The answer was..."I'm against it."

Various Jesus Rock groups sang about their opinions about sin...

MYLON LeFEVRE AND BROKEN HEART sang on their CRACK THE SKY ALBUM...LOVE GOD...HATE SIN.

STEVE TAYLOR on his I WANT TO BE A CLONE ALBUM asked the burning question..."WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SIN?

ANDY McCARROL AND MORAL SUPPORT punked their way with an intense...SIN...I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATED IT.


The Reverend Billy Sunday...who was a very popular baseball player in the 20's...and became a Christian and on of the most colorful evangelist/revivalists of the time...is quoted on the subject of SIN: "Listen, I'm against SIN. I'll KICK it as long as I've got a FOOT. I'll FIGHT it as long as I've got a FIST. I'll BUTT it as long as I've got a HEAD...and I'll BITE it as long as I've got a TOOTH. And when I'm old, fistless, footless, and toothless...I'll GUM IT till I go home to glory and IT (sin) goes home to perdition."

NOTE: This was way before Monty Python's search for the Holy Grail.

Another group that I don't have a picture of...is the group ONE BAD PIG: "Thrash, Thrash, Thrash against sin...Don't let sin enter in... Thrash, Thrash, Thrash it again...Thrash, Thrash, Thrash against sin."

Well...what can deal with this thing called SIN?

The first thing that you have to do...is ACKNOWLEDGE that you have sin in your life..making you a SINNER. Denial may cover it up in your eyes...but the cause and effect will not be denied.

"If we say that we have NO SIN...we are deceiving ourselves...and the truth is not in us. If we CONFESS (homo/same, legos/word)...(say the same word that God says)...our SINS...He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins...and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we HAVE NOT SINNED...we make Him a liar...and His word is not in us." (I John 1:8)

This is true for "non-Christians"...but even more so for those who say they are "Christians".

The next thing is to look to the CROSS. You have admitted that you need help...now you go to what can help you. In the title of this Rambling we have looked at the DEADLY SINS...now as we look to the CROSS...we see the DYING WORDS. These phrases are known as "The Last Seven Words/Sayings of Jesus"

1. Father forgive them...for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:24)
2. Today you will be with me in Paradise (Luke 23:43)
3. Behold your Son...behold your mother (John 19:26-27)
4. My god, My God...why have you forsaken me? Eli Eli, lama sabacthani. (Matthew 27:46/Mark 15:34)
5. I thirst. (John 19:28)
6. It is Finished (John 19:30)
7. Into your hands...I commit my spirit (Luke 23:46)

These words were uttered as He hung on the cross in our place. He became the PROPITIATION...the SUBSTITUTE...the SATISFACTION for our SINS. This was the D...in the D.B.R.

"I have been CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST...and it is no longer I who live...but CHRIST LIVES IN ME...and the life which I NOW LIVE... in the flesh...I live by FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD...who loved me...and DELIVERED HIMSELF UP FOR ME. (Galatians 2:20)

The next thing you need to do...is by faith apply the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. This is a BLOODY SOLUTION. The picture of Bon Ami represents a cleanser that will remove STAINS. In the movie THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN...Bon Ami was talked about how it could not remove the BLOOD STAINS on the organ where someone was murdered. For us....it TAKES BLOOD to remove the BLOOD STAINS OF OUR SIN.

The LAW has brought us to a place where we are aware of our SIN (the nature)...and SINS (the outworking of the nature). The BLOOD OF JESUS brings ORDER to our LAW VIOLATIONS.

"And according to the LAW...on may almost say...all things are cleansed with BLOOD...and WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD....THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS/REMISSION OF SINS." (Hebrews 9:22)

"Now where there is forgiveness of these things...there is no longer any OFFERING FOR SIN. Since therefore, brethren...we have CONFIDENCE to enter the holy place BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS...by a new and living way...which He inaugurated for us through THE VEIL...that is HIS FLESH...and since we have a great priest over the house of God...let us DRAW NEAR...with a sincere heart in full assurance of FAITH...having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience...and our bodies washed with pure water."
(Hebrews 10:19-22)

"In Him (Jesus) we have REDEMPTION...through HIS BLOOD...the FORGIVENESS of TRESPASSES (sin)..according to the riches of His grace.."
(Ephesians 1:7)

You have to come to a place where you believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins...and that He was raised from the dead. This is foundational if you want to deal with your sin. (Romans 10:8-19) Your faith is in the D.B.R....NOTHING MORE...NOTHING LESS. But you can BELIEVE IT all day long...but if you never act on it...if you never truly CONFESS (enter into agreement with God about the matter)...you will never experience release from the DOMINION OF SIN. You gotta...RECEIVE IT.

"But as many as RECEIVED HIM (Jesus...the Word...who was in the beginning with God...who was God....and became flesh and dwelt us among us)...to them (the believer/receivers)...He (God the Father) gave the right to become CHILDREN OF GOD. (John 1:12

The purpose of ALL THAT JESUS DID...was not to judge or condemn us because of our sin. That was already a done deal...way back in the Garden. Jesus came to SAVE US.

"For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son...that whoever believes in Him should not perish...but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world...but that the world SHOULD BE SAVED...THROUGH HIM. He who believes in Him is NOT JUDGED...he who DOES NOT BELIEVE...has been JUDGED ALREADY...because he has NOT BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God...aka JESUS.

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY!!!!!

Take the deadly sins...listen to the dying words...apply the appropriated sacrifice/blood...and believe and receive. This will bring ORDER TO YOUR LAW.

Love and Forgiven Kisses
Rodney "Are You Washed...In The Blood...In the Soul Cleansing Blood of the Lamb" Boyd