Further, he says, “All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell” (James 3:5-6). The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. James recognizes that power of the tongue saying, “ The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Lying hurts the person who is telling the lie but it also hurts others as Proverbs 25:18 says, “ Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.” That doesn’t sound harmless at all. It’s like someone saying that they are a little pregnant or a little dead. We think that little “white lies” are harmless, but a lie is a lie. We deceive others but we do not deceive God who searches the heart and knows our evil intent (1 Kings 8:39, 1 Chron 28:9, etc.). The root cause of lying and actually all sin is pride. When we lie, we are wanting to make ourselves look good, make excuses for our not doing the right thing, we often accuse others of something that they did not do – all in order to make us look better. Again, we go back to the first and foremost detestable thing that God hates: Pride. This place is a place of unending, eternal torment. This is the final place for the Devil and all his fallen angels (demons). God detests a lying tongue and in fact, all liars are destined to be cast into the lake of fire in the Second Death (Rev. Pride not only comes before a fall, God hates it, because “ God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate” (Prov 8:13). Pride and evil are tied together in God’s eyes as it is written, “ The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. This is exactly what happened to Satan and what still happens to humans who boast, brag, and are arrogant. Pride caused Satan’s fall and the Bible says, “ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov 16:18). They look at others as inferior in an arrogant way and see themselves as superior to all others. Haughty eyes are eyes that look condescendingly on people. That is why it is listed first because pride is first and foremost inherent in all sin. Haughty eyes are eyes full of pride and pride is actually at the root of all sin. Today, Satan is said to accuse the brethren (the church) before the throne of God day and night ( Rev. The Devil’s name literally means “slanderer” in Greek. He was cast down and became known as Satan, which in Hebrew means adversary and ha-Satan, the accuser. So I threw you to the earth.“ Lucifer meant “light-bearer” because he was the greatest of all the angels God created but he became prideful and wanted to overtake the throne of God. Pride was the cause of Lucifer’s fall whose name was later changed to Satan or the Devil as recorded in Ezekiel 28:17: “ Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. They are full of the first sin ever recorded, before mankind was even created: Pride. Haughty eyes are essentially people who look down on others. What are these seven, or complete and deadly sins that Solomon warned us about in the Book of Proverbs? Solomon was said to be the wisest man ever to live – except of course Jesus Christ Who is both God and man. So if anyone has these particular seven sins, they are in a sense, in a complete state of sin as far as God is concerned. It is a number of completion and perfection. The root word for the number seven in Hebrew means “to be full” or “to be complete.” Seven, being full and complete, means that nothing could be added to it or taken away from it. In ancient Israel, they were to rest on the Sabbath and the seventh day was a commanded day of rest and assembly for worship of God and it was the fourth commandment given. What are the seven deadly sins and why are they so deadly? What are the meanings of these seven deadly sins? Why Seven? In fact, seven sins are said to be deadly. All sins are an affront to God Almighty Who is holy, but some sins are specifically mentioned as an abomination to God. There has never been a human who has never sinned, with the exception of Jesus Christ.
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