SIN-VIOLATION OF
THE LAW
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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