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The sin of Envy
Posted : 12 Jul, 2009 08:52 AM
Praise the LORD JESUS CHRIST and peace be to all who Call on the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST in sincerity.
Beloved, the WORD of GOD speaks much on the sin of envy yet this Sin isn't one you hear spoken much on in many so called Christian circles/churches. Yet many professed believers have hearts full of envy.
Most don't look at it as bad as fornication, homosexuality, adultery, or murder.
Envy is a sin of the heart and the person whose shaking your hand in church can be guilty of committing this sin against you.
Envy in a person's heart causes this person not to delight in the good of others (esp the person(s) it's directed at).
Envy doesn't want another to feel good, look good, do good, or to even receive praise from another.
Envy leads to Hell. It's a work of the flesh and leads to the same Hell that Fornication and Pride does. Gal 5:14-21, Romans 1:29-32.
I'm persuaded that envy can very well also cause those who walk therein physical infirmities (sickness, poor health).
Pr 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Envy can also be more harmful to it's victims than sins people may think are much worse.
Pr 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
The WORD of GOD says that we are to "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep." Romans 12:15
Those who walk in Envy do just the opposite.
Now those who have a good close relationship with GOD don't walk in envy, but they walk in Love, Joy, and Contentment. Yet they are usually the targets of the Envy of those who do not have a good and close relationship with the LORD.
The LORD JESUS CHRIST was envied of the Chief Priest.
Mr 15:10
For he (Pilate) knew that the chief priests had delivered HIM (JESUS) for envy.
Joseph was envied of his own brothers.
Ac 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
There are those who envy the spiritual gifts of others (knowledge in the WORD, vocals, ministry, etc), when every Good and Perfect Gift comes from GOD.
There are those who contradict the Truth (to their own destruction) not because they know differently, but simply because of the Sin of Envy.
Ac 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
There are single people who evny married people and vice versa. There are church leaders who envy other church leaders, and so on.
Beloved, instead of having envy-filled hearts, we aught to Seek the LORD JESUS CHRIST with our whole hearts so that we can flourish in the things of GOD and Rejoice in HIS favor in our own lives, leaving us no Room nor Time to Envy Others. Fare ye Well.
In the love of CHRIST,
Thaddeus
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