This sixth series of the Words of Jesus, include 21 sets of seven statements each on SIN—VIOLATION OF THE LAW. It is interesting to note that each of these sets falls under the classification of a violation of one of the TEN COMMANDMENTS. In this connection we should also call to mind that Jesus summed up the first commandments of The Mosaic Law in Mark 12:30 quoting from Deut. 6:5. "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." The last six commandments of The Mosaic Law are summed up in His words in Mark 12:31, quoting from Lev. 19:18, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." In the classifications of these two and the Ten Commandments, all the sins that Jesus mentioned are included. All sin obviously has its roots in selfishness and lack of love for God and man.
I. The Sin of Disbelief in God's Son 1. HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18. 2. THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT, OPEN TO THE DELUSION OF A FALSE CHRIST I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another come in his own name, him ye will receive. John 5:43. 3. JEWS WOULD NOT BELIEVE AFTER THEY HAD SEEN But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. John 6:36. 4. UNBELIEVERS SHALL DIE TN THEIR SINS I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:24. S. HE THAT DENIETH CHRIST SHALL BE DENIED But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Luke 12:9. 6. WORDS OF CHRIST TO JUDGE UNBELIEVERS ON LAST DAY If any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not . the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 12:47-48. 7. UNBELIEVERS SHALL BE DAMNED He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16.
II. The Sin of Unbelief 1. FAILURE CAUSED BY UNBELIEF Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matt. 17:20. 2. WHY DOUBT? 0 thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt. 14:31. 3. WHY REASON IN YOUR HEART? Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Mark 2:8. 4. SIGNS AND WONDERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TO FAITH Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. John 4:48. 5. ONCE THE WORD HAS COME, UNBELIEF IS SIN If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. John 15:22. 6. WHEN THE WORKS OF GOD ARE DONE, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR UNBELIEF If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. John 15:24. 7. THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE GOD'S WORD, WILL NOT BELIEVE CHRIST Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? John 5:45-47.
III. The Sin of Idolatry 1. THE IDOLATRY OF THE WORSHIP OF ANY BUT GOD Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Matt. 4:10. 2. THE IDOLATRY OF CALLING ANY MAN FATHER And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Matt. 23:9. 3. THE IDOLATRY OF SERVING MAMMON No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt. 6:24. 4. THE IDOLATRY OF PARENT OR CHILD-WORSHIP He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt. 10:37. 5. THE IDOLATRY OF SELF-WORSHIP He that loveth his life shall lose it; John 12:25. 6. THE IDOLATRY OF THE LOVE OF WORLDLY PLEASURES And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. Luke 8:14. 7. THE IDOLATRY OF THE LOVE OF RICHES Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:24.
IV. Blindness to Spiritual Things 1. THE BLINDNESS OF DULL EARS AND CLOSED EYES For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Matt. 13:15. 2. BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND SHALL FALL INTO THE SAME DITCH Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matt. 15:14. 3. BLINDNESS TO THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Matt. 16:2-3. 4. THE BLINDNESS OF SEEING AND NOT PERCEIVING But unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. Mark 4:11-12. 5. THE BLINDNESS OF A HARD HEART Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, ye see not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? Mark 8:17-18. 6. THE BLINDNESS OF THOSE MADE BLIND For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and they which see might be made blind. John 9:39. 7. THE BLINDNESS OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY SEE If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. John 9:41.
V. Pride and Self-Exaltation 1. PRIDE WHICH COMES FROM THE HEART For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed . . . pride . . . Mark 7:21-22. 2. THE PRIDE OF SELF-EXALTATION For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 14:11. 3. THE PRIDE OF BEING CALLED RABBI But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Matt. 23:8. 4. THE PRIDE OF BEING CALLED MASTERS Neither be ye called Masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. Matt. 23:10. 5. THE PRIDE OF SEEKING HONOUR FROM MEN How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? John 5:44. 6. THE PRIDE OF BEING SEEN OF MEN But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Matt. 23:5-7. 7. THE PRIDE OF SEEKING PLACES OF HONOUR When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room. . Luke 14:8 (See Parable of Ambitious Guest, Luke 14:7-11).
VI. Backsliding 1. BACKSLIDING BY LOOKING BACK No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62 (Remember Lot's Wife, Luke 17:32). 2. BACKSLIDING BY LOSING SAVOUR OF SALTNESS Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matt. 5:13. 3. BACKSLIDING BY LEAVING HEART OPEN TO EVIL SPIRITS When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Luke 11:24-26. 4. BACKSLIDING BY RETURNING TO SIN Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. John 5:14. 5. BACKSLIDING BY REJECTING OR TAKING FROM THE SCRIPTURES And if any man shall take away from the words of the hook of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things which are written in this book. Rev. 22:19. 6. BACKSLIDING BY YIELDING TO TEMPTATION They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. Luke 8:13 (See entire Parable of Sower, Luke 8:4-15). 7. BACKSLIDING BY NOT ABIDING IN CHRIST If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. John 15:6.
VII. Loss of First Love to God—Apostasy in the Church 1. APOSTASY THROUGH LOSS OF FIRST LOVE Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works. Rev. 2:4-5. 2. APOSTASY THROUGH ACCEPTING DOCTRINE OF BALAAM But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. Rev. 2:14. 3. APOSTASY THROUGH ACCEPTING DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANES So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly. Rev. 2:15-16. 4. APOSTASY THROUGH COMMITTING SPIRITUAL FORNICATION Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Rev. 2:20. 5. APOSTASY RESULTING IN SPIRITUAL DEATH I know thy works, that thou hast a name that livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things that re-main, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Rev. 3:1-2. 6. APOSTASY OF LUKEWARMNESS I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Rev. 3:15-16. 7. APOSTASY OF WORLDLINESS Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel of thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. Rev. 3:17-18.
VIII. Blasphemy, Swearing, Irreverence—Violation of Third Commandment 1. BLASPHEMIES Out of the heart proceed ... blasphemies. Matt. 15:19. 2. TEMPTING GOD It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Matthew 4:7. 3. THE LAW ON THE PERFORMING OF OATHS Again, ye have heard that it. bath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. Matt. 5:33. 4. SWEAR NOT BY HEAVEN NOR EARTH But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his foot-stool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Matthew 5:34-35. 5. SWEAR NOT BY THE HEAD Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Matthew 5:36. 6. PHARISAIC HYPOCRISY IN SWEARING Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor: Matt. 23:16. 7. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST—UNPARDONABLE Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Matthew 12:31-32.
IX. Dishonoring of Father or Mother—Violation of Fifth Commandment 1. THE COMMAND TO HONOUR PARENTS Thou knowest the commandments . . . Honour thy father and mother. Mark 10:19. 2. TRANSGRESSION OF COMMANDMENT TO HONOUR PARENTS Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother. Matt. 15:3-4. 3. THE LAW'S JUDGMENT ON A WICKED SON For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Mark 7:10. 4. THE EVASION OF DUTY THROUGH TRADITIONS OF MEN But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Matt. 15:5-6. 5. THE SIN OF EVADING THE SON'S RESPONSIBILITY OF CARE FOR PARENTS And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Mark 7:12-13. 6. SIN OF MISUSING FATHER'S INHERITANCE And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to he called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. Luke 15:12-13, 18-19. 7. SIN OF NOT LOVING A FATHER'S ERRING SON (Read Luke 15:25-32).
X. Murder—Violation of the Sixth Commandment 1. THE PENALTY OF TAKING HUMAN LIFE Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. Matthew 5:21. 2. UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER TO BE JUDGED But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew 5:22. 3. OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED MURDERS For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Matthew 15:19. 4. THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness. Matthew 19:18. 5. THOSE WHO TAKE SWORD SHALL PERISH WITH THE SWORD Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52. 6. SATAN WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44. 7. MURDERERS NOT PERMITTED IN CITY OF GOD . . . for without are . . . murderers. Rev. 22:14-15.
XI. Adultery—Violation of the Seventh. Commandment 1. ADULTERY FORBIDDEN Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery. Matthew 5:27. 2. THE LOOK OF LUST IS ADULTERY But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her bath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28. 3. THE DIVORCEE THAT REMARRIES COMMITS ADULTERY It bath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. Matthew 5:31 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Matthew 5:32. 4. ADULTERY SPRINGS FROM AN EVIL HEART For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Matthew 15:19-20. 5. RELATION BETWEEN ADULTERY AND UNBELIEF A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. Matthew 16:4. 6. DIVORCE SUFFERED UNDER LAW BECAUSE OF HARDNESS OF HEART Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. Matthew 19:8-9. 7. THE UNCLEAN SHALL NOT ENTER CITY OF GOD . . . For without are . . . whoremongers. Rev. 22:15.
XII. Stealing—Violation of Eighth Commandment 1. DO NOT STEAL Thou knowest the commandments . . . Do not steal. . . . Mark 10:19. 2. OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED THEFTS For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Matthew 15:19. 3. NO THIEVES IN HEAVEN Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. Luke 12:33, 4. FALSE RELIGIONISTS ARE THIEVES Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. John 10:1. 5. FALSE PROPHETS ARE THIEVES STEALING THE SOULS OF MEN All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. John 10:8. 6. THE THIEF COMES TO DESTROY The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10. 7. THOSE WHO TURN HOUSE OF GOD INTO A HOUSE OF MERCHANDISE It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13.
XIII. Lying—Violation of Ninth Commandment 1. FROM THE HEART COMES FALSE WITNESS AND DECEIT For out of the heart proceed . . . false witness. Matt 15:19. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed . . . deceit. Mark 7:21-22. 2. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS Thou shalt not bear false witness. Matt 19:18. 3. LIARS DO THE LUSTS OF THEIR FATHER SATAN Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.... John 8:44. 4. SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES when he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44. 5. FAILURE TO TELL THE TRUTH MAKES ONE A LIAR Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. John 8:55. 6. CHRIST COMMENDS CHURCH FOR JUDGING LIARS .. . Thou bast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars. Rev. 2:2. 7. LIARS SHALL NOT ENTER THE CITY OF GOD For without are . . . whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Rev. 22:15.
XIV. Hypocrisy—Group I—Violation of the Ninth Commandment 1. THE HYPOCRISY OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO KEEP OTHERS OUT OF KINGDOM But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Matt. 23:13. 2. THE HYPOCRISY OF PRETENSE Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Matt. 23:14. 3. THE HYPOCRISY OF THE PROSELYTER Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Matt. 23:15-17. 4. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO CLEAN THE OUTSIDE; BUT WITHIN IS EXCESS Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Matt. 23:25. 5. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO APPEAR RIGHTEOUS: BUT HAVE INIQUITY WITHIN Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matt. 23:27-28. 6. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO STRAIN AT A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Matt. 23:23-24. 7. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO CONDEMN A PAST GENERATION BUT DO WORSE THEMSELVES Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Matt. 23:29-30.
XV. Hypocrisy—Group II—Violation of the Ninth Commandment 1. BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES, WHICH IS HYPOCRISY Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12:1. 2. THE HYPOCRISY OF LIP-WORSHIP Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is writ-ten, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Mark 7:6. 3. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO SAY AND DO NOT All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they them-selves will not move them with one of their fingers. Matt. 23:3-4. 4. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO GIVE ALMS TO BE SEEN OF MEN Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matt. 6:1-2. 5. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO PRAY TO BE SEEN OF MEN And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matt. 6:5. 6. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO FAST TO BE SEEN OF MEN Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matt. 6:16. 7. THE HYPOCRISY OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE DIVINE HEALING Thou hypocrite, cloth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? Luke 13:15.
XVI. Covetousness—Group I—Violation of the Tenth Commandment I. COVETOUSNESS PROCEEDS FROM THE HEART For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness . . . Mark 7:21-22. 2. BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15. 3. JUDGMENT ON THE COVETOUS But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Luke 12:20-21 (See Parable of the Rich Fool, Luke 12:16-21). 4. AVOID COVETING RAIMENT AND FOOD Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Luke 12:22-23. 5. AVOID COVETOUSNESS OF THE GENTILES And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. Luke 12:29-30. 6. COVETING OF RICHES AND MATERIAL THINGS CHOKE THE WORD And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. Mark 4:19. 7. THINGS COVETED BY NATURAL MAN AN ABOMINATION TO GOD Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke 16:15.
XVII. Covetousness—Worldliness—Group II—Violation of the Tenth Commandment 1. COVET NOT THE TREASURES OF THIS EARTH Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. Matt. 6:19. 2. COVET NOT THE MEAT THAT PERISHETH Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him bath God the Father sealed. John 6:26-27. 3. COVETERS OF MAMMON SHALL NOT HAVE THE TRUE RICHES If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Luke 16:11. 4. HE THAT IS FAITHLESS IN THAT OF ANOTHER'S SHALL NOT RECEIVE HIS OWN And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? Luke 16:12. 5. YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13. 6. THE COVETING OF WORLDLY THINGS—KEEPS ONE FROM HEAVENLY THINGS (See Parable of Great Supper, Luke 14:16-24). 7. SOME ARE CAREFUL ABOUT MANY THINGS; ONE THING IS NEEDFUL Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 10:41-42.
XVIII. Covetousness—Worldliness—Revelry—Violation of the Tenth Commandment 1. WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT IF A MAN GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD? For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. 16:25-26. 2. THOSE INTERESTED IN EARTHLY THINGS, SLIGHT THE GREAT INVITATION TO MARRIAGE FEAST (See Parable of Marriage Feast, Matt. 22:1-14). 3. THE EVIL SERVANT WHO WASTES TIME IN REVELING SHALL BE CUT ASUNDER But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luke 12:45-46. 4. THEY WHO FARE SUMPTUOUSLY AND FORGET GOD, OPEN THEIR EYES IN HELL There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day ... the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments.. .. Luke 16:19, 22, 23. 5. TAKE HEED LEST YE BE OVERCHARGED IN CARES AND DRUNKENNESS And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. Luke 21:34. 6. THE REVELRY IN DAYS OF NOAH AND JUDGMENT REPEATED AT COMING OF CHRIST And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:26-27. 7. THE REVELRY AND MATERIALISM IN DAYS OF LOT TO BE REPEATED Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:28-29.
XIX. The Sin of Unforgiveness, Irreconciliation and Vengeance 1. HE THAT FORGIVETH NOT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Mark 11:26. 2. JUDGMENT TO BE ON THOSE WHO SHOW NO MERCY (See Parable of Unforgiving Servant, Matt. 18:19-35). 3. IF YE LOVE ONLY THEM THAT LOVE YOU WHAT REWARD HAVE YOU? For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Matt. 5:46-47. 4. BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. 5:23-24. 5. AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the utter-most farthing. Matt. 5:25-26. 6. THE SIN OF REFUSING RECONCILIATION And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Matt. 18:17. 7. THE SIN OF THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Luke 9:55-56.
XX. Evil Conversations and Evil Thoughts 1. CARELESS CONVERSATION COMETH OF EVIL But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Matt. 5:37. 2. AN EVIL HEART BRINGETH FORTH EVIL THINGS O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Matt. 12:34-35. 3. MEN TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF EVERY IDLE WORD AT JUDGMENT But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. 12:36. 4. BY WORDS MEN ARE CONDEMNED For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matt. 12:37. 5. EVIL WORDS DEFILE A MAN Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. Matt. 15:11,18. 6. EVIL SERVANT TO BE JUDGED BY HIS WORDS And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow. Luke 19:22 (See Parable of Pound, Luke 19:11-27). 7. THINK NOT EVIL IN THE HEART Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Matt. 9:4. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness? Matt. 6:23.
XXI. The Sin of Judging 1. JUDGE NOT Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matt. 7:1-2. 2. JUDGE YOURSELF BEFORE TRYING TO CORRECT YOUR BROTHER And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam in thine own eye; and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matt. 7:3-5. 3. CONDEMN NOT Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. Luke 6:37. 4. JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24. 5. THE SIN OF CONDEMNING WHEN ONE HIMSELF IS GUILTY (To those who accused woman taken in adultery) He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8:7. 6. CHRIST SHOWS MERCY WHEN OTHERS WOULD HAVE CONDEMNED Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. John 8:10-11. 7. NATURAL MAN JUDGES AFTER THE FLESH Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. John 8:15-16.