Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of  the Devil, is the perception that evil does not exist!  When a soul desires to know the ‘truth’ he searches for what is right and just.

The excuses of each are: ‘the exception to the rule’.    In other words, the ‘yes, but excuse’!

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth,  are evils core.   Within the realm of these sins lies the demise to any soul who embraces them, rather, than the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For opposing to the Seven Deadly Sins are the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit: They are:Wiisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Piety, Fortitude, Knowledge, Fear of the Lord.

When evil rears its ugly head, it teases us to believe it is okay.   It is the ‘ wisdom’ of the LORD that enlightens us to recognize the temptation that has  come upon us.

Evil is accomplished when we choose to decieve our-selves and our neighbor.   The ‘yes, but excuse’ comes into play, rather than the truth, and honesty, Our LORD imposes.   Why?   To do what is right and just is not so easy.   Often times, it means giving of ourselves.   That often takes ‘humility’!   Humility is depth of character.  It is revealing the ‘light’ that is, rather than the darkness that imposes conflict.   The darkness, is the evil that compels us to ‘stand on our own merit’ rather than what is right and just.   This can be anything from, who’s turn it is to host a party, to who’s the rightful owner of a heirloom from an estate!   For evil is everywhere!   Sometimes truth means doing without!   Doing without the money, or the gift, or the recognition.   Truth is Jesus Christ!    That means standing up for what is right even when it is uncomfortable!  Even when it means humility, even persecution!   Christ is a true friend!   Are you a true friend?   We each must decide whether we wish to be a true friend to Jesus, or ‘lukewarm’!

‘Pride’, can be a simple as refusing to apologize, and choosing to remain  ‘angry’.  This may be because we are ‘envious’ of the other person, and ‘covet’ what they have.   If it is their spouse then we ‘may’ have arrived at ‘lust’.   Whereas the other two sins could arrive together easily.   For refusing to apply ones-self to task, and choosing to lay around and eat,  or drink excessively can bring forth a ‘slothful’ nature that contributes to ‘gluttony.’

The Seven Deadly Sins contribute to each other, feed unto each other, and influence our well being.

Our very soul becomes ‘clouded’ and the ‘light’ that Christ infuses becomes diminished!    Please understand, I do not wish to imply that Jesus leaves!   He never leaves us!   However, it is important to realize that Jesus is light, and light can become diminished if it is not ‘applied’!   The love of Jesus Christ is apparent to those who infuse His teaching, His laws, and His presence within their souls.   Jesus is a living entity!   His Spirit is alive and rises to greater illumination when He is embraced!   Much like an ’embrace’ here on earth…we express our depth of love when we embrace.   So Jesus in His infinite goodness allows us a greater closeness to His Spirit, the more we delve into who He is, through His teachings!

Because words can be deceiving, and one can easily misconstrue what is meant; here are some short definitions of the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’:

Envy:   Malice:  painful, resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with the desire to possess the same advantage.

Sloth: disinclination to labor.

Covetousness: Marked by having an inordinate desire for wealth or possessions.

Lust: to have an intense sexual desire or need.

Anger: a strong feeling of displeasure.   Righteous anger at what one considers unfair, and mean or shameful behavior.   Likely to suggest desire, or intent to revenge.

Gluttony: One given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking.

Pride: Conceit.   Delight, or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship.   The best of a group.  Proud or disdainful behavior.

First Corinthians Chapter 2 verses 10-16

10) “Yet God has revealed this wisdom to us through the Spirit.   The Spirit scrutinizes all matters, even the deep things of God.   11) Who, for example knows a man’s  innermost self but the man’s own spirit within him?   Similarly, no one knows what lies at the depths of God but the Spirit of God.   12)  The Spirit we have received is not the world’s spirit but God’s Spirit, helping us to recognize the gifts he has given us.   13)   We speak of these, not in words of human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, thus interpreting spirtual things in spiritual terms.   14)   The natural man does not accept what is taught by the Spirit of God.   For him, that is absurdity.   He cannot come to know such teaching because it must be appraised in a spiritual way.   15)   The spiritual man, on the other hand, can appraise everything, though he himself can be appraised by no one.   16) For, “Who has known the mind of the LORD so as to instruct him?”   But we have the mind of Christ.”