{"id":4214,"date":"2026-02-14T22:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:47:18","slug":"deadly-sins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/deadly-sins\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Sins"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>Text: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-24-10_24-16\/\">Lev 24:10-16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intro:<ul><li>While the laws of man have certainly changed over time, God\u2019s attitude toward sins that are now legal has not changed. We are going to study deadly sins today just as a reminder of what God thinks about sins that are not only legal but now commonplace.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We are studying these deadly sins so that when you consider committing one or more of them, you won\u2019t make your decision solely based upon its societal acceptance or its legality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to take God\u2019s view into consideration because ultimately you will face him at a judgment.<ul><li>You will give account of your sin before him.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Thus, you may decide, after hearing God\u2019s side, not to commit the sin.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>\u00a0And though you often see that the Lord provides forgiveness in the New Testament, his forgiveness and forbearance are the result of what Jesus did at Calvary and not the result of his changed attitude.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Revelation-21-8\/\">Rev 21:8<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/1-Corinthians-6-9_6-10\/\">1 Cor \u00a06:9-10<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Galatians-5-19_5-21\/\">Gal 5:19-21<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Some of the deadly sins are these<\/u><\/strong>:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blasphemy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-24-10_24-16\/\">Lev 24:10-16<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>Blaspheming the name of the Lord was a capital crime with immediate execution in the Old Testament. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Taking the name of the Lord in vain is commonplace in Hollywood, among soldiers, in sports, in business, in comedy, in literature and so forth. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Though Paul caused Christians to blaspheme before he was saved and the Lord spared him, he never once committed this sin or caused others to do so after he was saved. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>So, quit cussing!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adultery<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-20-10\/\">Lev 20:10<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>Adultery was a capital crime with immediate execution in the Old Testament. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Though the Lord forgave the woman taken in adultery in Jn 8, he told her to go and sin no more. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The young man fornicating with his father\u2019s wife in 1 Cor 5 was removed from the congregation. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>He was not forgiven and received in again until he repented and quit this sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>So, do not even think about committing this sin.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0But if you already have, then thank God that you were spared and then cut it out!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Homosexuality<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-20-13\/\">Lev 20:13<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Romans-1-26_1-28\/\">Rom 1:26-28<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Romans-1-32\/\">32<\/a>; and bestiality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-20-15_20-16\/\">Lev 20:15-16<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>These were capital crimes in the Old Testament. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Romans 1 is clear in the New Testament that those who commit such sins are worthy of death. \u00a0\\<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Again, forgiveness for this sin is available in the New Testament [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/1-Corinthians-6-9_6-11\/\">1 Cor 6:9-11<\/a>], but the Lord does not approve of or condone this sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are involved in it, stop it; if you aren\u2019t involved in it, then don\u2019t get started!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pre-marital sex<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Deuteronomy-22-13_22-21\/\">Deut 22:13-21<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>In this case, the man marries a woman whom he believes to be a virgin.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>After they are married, he realizes that she was not a virgin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>When the evidence is presented to the men of her city she is stoned. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Of course, in the New Testament there is forgiveness for this sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>But that is because of Christ\u2019s propitiation. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The Lord neither condones nor approves of this sin.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>\u00a0Many commit it today thinking that it is either okay with God or that since he is going to forgive them they\u2019ll just commit it anyway.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Don\u2019t do this and if you already have, stop!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drunkenness and Gluttony<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Deuteronomy-21-18_21-21\/\">Deut 21:18-21<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>This fellow\u2019s trouble was mixed with stubbornness and rebellion. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>He didn\u2019t live past his teen years. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/1-Corinthians-6-9_6-11\/\">1 Cor 6:9-11<\/a> shows us that many in Corinth were forgiven and cleansed from this sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>But they quit and that\u2019s the key. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>If you are stubborn, yield. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>If you are rebellious, obey. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>If you are drinking, stop. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are a glutton, learn to control your appetite!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Witchcraft<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Exodus-22-18\/\">Ex 22:18<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Leviticus-20-27\/\">Lev 20:27<\/a> \u2013<ul><li>Witches in the Old Testament were to be stoned. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The Lord and the disciples cast these devils out of people in the New Testament. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Someone in the New Testament who recognized the involvement of evil spirits in another person\u2019s life would be foolish to think that God was fine with them being demon possessed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conclusion:<ul><li>There are people and even professing Christians involved with these sins today and just because they haven\u2019t fallen over dead doesn\u2019t mean that God has changed his mind about their sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>If anything, his forbearance is a testimony to the power of the shed blood of Jesus and the Lord\u2019s willingness to extend mercy to them.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Repent of your sin. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>And if you haven\u2019t gotten into one of these things, don\u2019t!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text: Lev 24:10-16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa5oei-15Y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}