You might imagine, my friend, that the only form of sin is the sinful act! In fact the action is only the final stage of the sin, for sin begins first in the heart, with the love of evil and the heart’s responding to it, then it enters into the stage of being carried out. …
The first sin which the world recognised was that of pride… It was the first sin into which Satan fell when he said: “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God… I will be like the Most High. ” (Is. 14:13-14). This was the first sin which mankind was attacked by, when the …
The Bible in fact says: “Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. ” (Eccl. 5:5). A vow is an expression of an agreement between a human being and God, so there is no going back on it. The vow, however, must be healthy from the spiritual point of view, though, because it …
Being nosey, or prying, is a desire to know other people’s secrets and personal affairs, whether it is through reading about them, or hearing or speaking about them, directly or indirectly. Prying is something wrong, both from the spiritual and from the social point of view. People are supposed to respect other people’s secret and …
You are supposed to pay tithes irrespective of your financial situation. Here I would like to put before you some important observations which are: 1. Whoever pays his tithes when he himself is in need, will have a greater reward from God. Because by doing so he is putting others before himself, unlike the person …
