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The Seven Deadly Sins : The hidden tools of Satan and his Demons.
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10-07-2011 10:43am#1The Seven Deadly Sins and the Antidote
We don't hear much about the Seven Deadly Sins these days.
Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth
The Devil's grip is such that we are more interested in 'celebrity culture' and current fashion fads, and the Seven Deadly Sins are now peddled everywhere in modern culture as good. Genuine God given talent and hard work is now seen as secondary to "celebrity."
PRIDE - The first sin committed. It was the sin of Lucifer. It was also the root of the Original Sin committed by Adam and Eve. Pride is the greatest of sins because it is the summit of self-love and is directly opposed to submission to God. It is, therefore, the sin most hated by God. – Pride is an unrestrained and improper appreciation of our own worth. This is listed first because it is widely considered the most serious of the seven sins; pride often leads to the committing of other capital sins. Pride is manifest in vanity and narcissism about one’s appearance, intelligence, status, etc. Dante described pride as “love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour.”
GREED – Greed, which is also known as avarice or covetousness, is the immoderate desire for earthly goods, as well as situations such as power. It is a sin of excess. The object a person is greedy about need not be evil, but the issue lies in the way one regards the object, placing inappropriate value on it. Greed can further inspire such sinful actions as hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, trickery, and manipulation.
GLUTTONY – Gluttony, which comes from the Latin gluttirei – to gulp down or swallow, refers to the sin of over-indulgence and over-consumption of food and drink.
LUST – The sin of lust refers to impure desire of a sexual nature. Sexuality is a gift from God, and not inherently impure in itself. However, lust refers to the impure thoughts and actions that misuse that gift, deviating from God’s law and intentions for us. Indulging in the sin of lust can include (but is not limited to) fornication, adultery, bestiality, rape, and incest and can lead to such things as sexual addiction.
SLOTH – Sloth is often described simply as the sin of laziness. However, while this is part of the manifestation of sloth, the central problem with sloth as a capital sin is spiritual laziness. The sin of sloth means being lazy and lax about living the Faith and practicing virtue.
ENVY - Resenting another person’s good fortune or joy. Material envy is when you resent others who have more money, talent, strength, beauty, friends, and so on, than you do. Spiritual envy is resenting others who progress in holiness, preferring that they stay at or below your level instead of being joyful and happy that they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing. Spiritual envy is far worse and more evil than material envy.
ANGER - The sudden outburst of emotion — namely hostility — and thoughts about the desire for revenge. You have no control over what angers you, but you do have control over what you do after you become angry. Even if someone does you wrong — robs you, for example — to avoid the sin of anger, you don’t go after the wrongdoer yourself, you desire for the authority to catch the wrongdoer and for the law to administer a fair punishment.
Those who desire Peace of mind and Virtue should fear not though, as the Antidotes are at hand ;
Seven Heavenly Virtues
Humility – Humility is the virtue that counters pride. As pride leads to other sin, true humility clears a path for holiness. Pride is a sin based on undue and inappropriate appreciation of one’s self worth. Conversely, the virtue of humility is about modest behaviour, selflessness and the giving of respect.
Generosity – Generosity is the virtue that is counter to greed – the sin of immoderate desire for earthly things. The virtue of Generosity is focused not merely on the appropriate concern regarding one’s earthly things, but furthermore on generosity and a willingness to give, freely and without request for commendation.
Chastity – Chastity is the counter-virtue to the sin of lust. Chastity embraces moral purity, in both thought and action, and treats God’s gift of sexuality with due reverence and respect.
Patience – Meekness, or patience, is the virtue that counters the sin of unjust anger, also called wrath or rage. Where the sin of wrath is about quick temper and unnecessary vengeance, the virtue of meekness focuses on patiently seeking appropriate resolution to conflicts, and on the ability to forgive and show mercy.
Temperance – The virtue of temperance or abstinence counters the sin of gluttony. To be gluttonous is to over-indulge. On the opposite hand, the virtue of temperance is centred on self-control and moderation.
Kindness – Kindness, or brotherly love or love for one’s neighbour, is the virtue which counters the sin of envy. Envy, in contradiction to God’s law of love, is manifest in a person’s sorrow and distress over the good fortune of another person. Conversely, kindness and brotherly love is manifest in the unprejudiced, compassionate and charitable concern for others.
Diligence – Diligence, or persistence, is the virtue which acts as a counter to the sin of sloth. Sloth, as a capital sin, refers to laziness in matters of Faith. Diligence in matters of the spiritual combat laziness and this virtue is manifest in appropriately zealous attitudes toward living and sharing the Faith.3
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Bob Cratchet wrote: »The Seven Deadly Sins and the Antidote
We don't hear much about the Seven Deadly Sins these days.
Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth
The Devil's grip is such that we are more interested in 'celebrity culture' and current fashion fads, and the Seven Deadly Sins are now peddled everywhere in modern culture as good. Genuine God given talent and hard work is now seen as secondary to "celebrity."
PRIDE - The first sin committed. It was the sin of Lucifer. It was also the root of the Original Sin committed by Adam and Eve. Pride is the greatest of sins because it is the summit of self-love and is directly opposed to submission to God. It is, therefore, the sin most hated by God. – Pride is an unrestrained and improper appreciation of our own worth. This is listed first because it is widely considered the most serious of the seven sins; pride often leads to the committing of other capital sins. Pride is manifest in vanity and narcissism about one’s appearance, intelligence, status, etc. Dante described pride as “love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour.”
GREED – Greed, which is also known as avarice or covetousness, is the immoderate desire for earthly goods, as well as situations such as power. It is a sin of excess. The object a person is greedy about need not be evil, but the issue lies in the way one regards the object, placing inappropriate value on it. Greed can further inspire such sinful actions as hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, trickery, and manipulation.
GLUTTONY – Gluttony, which comes from the Latin gluttirei – to gulp down or swallow, refers to the sin of over-indulgence and over-consumption of food and drink.
LUST – The sin of lust refers to impure desire of a sexual nature. Sexuality is a gift from God, and not inherently impure in itself. However, lust refers to the impure thoughts and actions that misuse that gift, deviating from God’s law and intentions for us. Indulging in the sin of lust can include (but is not limited to) fornication, adultery, bestiality, rape, and incest and can lead to such things as sexual addiction.
SLOTH – Sloth is often described simply as the sin of laziness. However, while this is part of the manifestation of sloth, the central problem with sloth as a capital sin is spiritual laziness. The sin of sloth means being lazy and lax about living the Faith and practicing virtue.
ENVY - Resenting another person’s good fortune or joy. Material envy is when you resent others who have more money, talent, strength, beauty, friends, and so on, than you do. Spiritual envy is resenting others who progress in holiness, preferring that they stay at or below your level instead of being joyful and happy that they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing. Spiritual envy is far worse and more evil than material envy.
ANGER - The sudden outburst of emotion — namely hostility — and thoughts about the desire for revenge. You have no control over what angers you, but you do have control over what you do after you become angry. Even if someone does you wrong — robs you, for example — to avoid the sin of anger, you don’t go after the wrongdoer yourself, you desire for the authority to catch the wrongdoer and for the law to administer a fair punishment.
Those who desire Peace of mind and Virtue should fear not though, as the Antidotes are at hand ;
Seven Heavenly Virtues
Humility – Humility is the virtue that counters pride. As pride leads to other sin, true humility clears a path for holiness. Pride is a sin based on undue and inappropriate appreciation of one’s self worth. Conversely, the virtue of humility is about modest behaviour, selflessness and the giving of respect.
Generosity – Generosity is the virtue that is counter to greed – the sin of immoderate desire for earthly things. The virtue of Generosity is focused not merely on the appropriate concern regarding one’s earthly things, but furthermore on generosity and a willingness to give, freely and without request for commendation.
Chastity – Chastity is the counter-virtue to the sin of lust. Chastity embraces moral purity, in both thought and action, and treats God’s gift of sexuality with due reverence and respect.
Patience – Meekness, or patience, is the virtue that counters the sin of unjust anger, also called wrath or rage. Where the sin of wrath is about quick temper and unnecessary vengeance, the virtue of meekness focuses on patiently seeking appropriate resolution to conflicts, and on the ability to forgive and show mercy.
Temperance – The virtue of temperance or abstinence counters the sin of gluttony. To be gluttonous is to over-indulge. On the opposite hand, the virtue of temperance is centred on self-control and moderation.
Kindness – Kindness, or brotherly love or love for one’s neighbour, is the virtue which counters the sin of envy. Envy, in contradiction to God’s law of love, is manifest in a person’s sorrow and distress over the good fortune of another person. Conversely, kindness and brotherly love is manifest in the unprejudiced, compassionate and charitable concern for others.
Diligence – Diligence, or persistence, is the virtue which acts as a counter to the sin of sloth. Sloth, as a capital sin, refers to laziness in matters of Faith. Diligence in matters of the spiritual combat laziness and this virtue is manifest in appropriately zealous attitudes toward living and sharing the Faith.
How does this work? If I am engaging in the sin of pride (say) then how do I access an antidote I clearly have no desire for (pride denying that I've a problem needing an antidote).
Similarly, if I'm being slothful and have no appetite for matters pertaining to faith then it's hardly useful to point me to an antidote I'll not have the interest or energy to take up.
The same can be said of all these antidotes: the sin in question renders the antidote unobtainable. How can something be an antidote if you can't access it.
The advice "Lacking in energy? The antidote is to be filled with energy!" is missing a vital componant somewhere.0 -
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He doesn't wave a 'magical' wand. He is 'ALL'. It's about 'faith'. It's not about a 'credit card' that God decided to send to make sure that you never need to exhaust yourself with self examination or any such menial thing that would degrade you. God forbid you would emphasise any such thing when you depend so much on having 'credit'. The sum total of Scripture?
Suffice to say, banging an anti-OSAS drum doesn't address the question asked
Antiskeptic, it's not a case of if I am 'full' of pride etc. etc. - no I may decide to indulge in the sin of pride every so often and it's about self recognition?
If it's merely a case of your deciding to indulge in a particular sin or not then the simple solution is to decide not to indulge. You don't need the remedy suggested by the OP.
Not that I think you can decide to engage in humility. How would that work: you wake up one morning and decide to engage in a bit of pride that day but then you 'check yourself' and decide "you know what - I think I'll be humble today instead"? So you make sure to let someone else get on the bus before you and resist beeping your horn when someone pulls out in front of you?Do you understand? It's about 'self' knowledge and making sure, not for the sake of 'salvation' but for love of God that we continue to correct ourselves on our journey of 'knowledge' of God and self too. The moment we stop thinking it's useless to examine ourselves, the moment we lose touch with everything.
This isn't relevant to the question. The question enquires into "how these antidotes work?".
I haven't once suggested that a person doesn't need to address their sin.0 -
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Bob Cratchet wrote: »No they're not. Excuses, excuses, excuses of why not to bother is all we hear from you.
Keep the commandments, avoid the seven deadly sins, love your neighbour.
The sense of the word 'expect' in this context is the one which assures itself that a result will be certainly achieved.
You will sin, so will I. God cannot have an expectation that his laws will be followed when at the same time he is absolutely positive that we will sin. You must also remember (although I didn't underline the fact) that I was talking to an atheist. A lost person (whether he has been baptised into the Roman Church or not). The purpose of God setting his law to Morbert is to bring Morbert to his knees through his patent failure to obey it - not set Morbert a bar to jump over (a la RC). God doesn't do 7/10 = a Pass .. with a grind in Purgo to haul you the rest of the way.
You might object to such a theology and are welcome to present Morbert with your own.
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For some reason or other you've got it into your head that if my motivation to follow God's laws isn't based on my hoping I'll be saved by doing so, then I can have no motivation to follow God's laws.
This is not only wrong (I can be motivated to follow God's laws because I love God), but also says much about the heart behind your own motivation. God's laws followed only in the hope of getting something back from God? It's not exactly the loftiest of motivations is it?0 -
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