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Sacrificing Our Covetousness
I find that parents today increasingly refuse to give up their child's affection and attention to anyone else but themselves which is the sin of covetousness. In the story of Abraham where Abraham almost sacrifices his only son Isaac (Genesis 22) in obedience to God's request it is clear that what God is showing us (among other truths) is that he wants parents to sacrifice the exclusive love and attention of their children and instead teach them to love God first and foremost. When parents teach their children to love and obey God above all else, as Christ did on the cross, God will then in turn pour his love and blessings, not only on the children, but the parents as well.
When we love God we are not loving just one person (for that would be covetousness, ie, idolatry) but three; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (which is why worshiping and/or praying to saints, Allah, pope, dictator, etc. is directing worship to just one person which is the sin of covetousness – idolatry)
Many have asked, 'How can God sin when he has everything and is everything?' God can sin in only one way, by coveting the attention of the others of the Godhead.
The existence of the Godhead – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – is essential to show that there is no covetousness between any of them. For the three to exist in sinless harmony each must sacrifice the desire to be the sole recipient of the others love and attention. (Satan wanted, and demanded, to join the Godhead due to his own covetousness, his self-idolatry (pride) ...Satan coveted himself which is a sin)
Some may say that God cannot covet himself since God is three persons in one. But in Matthew 24: 36 Jesus Christ said, “No one knows about the day or hour, not even the angles in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father†(of Christ's return). This shows that the Godhead and God's created beings all have free will and the privacy of their thoughts.
So whenever I see a one parent household I see a selfish parent who is unwilling to share their child's love and affection with anyone else, especially the other spouse, or even God who created that child. When a parent covets their child's exclusive affection and attention it becomes a sin, the sin of covetousness. The parent who covets their child's exclusive attention and affection has committed a sin.
When God is loved first and foremost by each member in a family, they will in turn begin to honor one another in response. Any sacrifice shouldn't be just between family members but between each family member and God. Even if a parent doesn't seek out the exclusive affection and attention of their child they nonetheless are withholding that same love and attention from God by not instructing the child to love and believe in God who, as Jesus Christ, is God become man.
God Bless
note:
Is is not interesting that our modem 'attention craving' society is based solely on being the recipient of someone else's covetousness...which is a sin. Fashions, tattoos, piercings, a haughty and provocative demeanor, overt religiosity, etc, all conspire to elicit the sin of covetousness (idolatry) from others.
In fact the act of judgment of others is a sin since it demands that the person being judged covet our behavior as a remedy. Only God can judge us since he alone created us and has a claim, not only on our body, but our spirit controlling our body. (confusing I know, but test these words with the help of God's spirit and word) Passing judgment as a consequence of a crime is different from expressing a personal judgment as an act of covetousness (self idolatry).
When a child has only one parent to express his love this quickly turns into an act of idolatry since he is expecting a singular response of covetousness from the recipient in return. Whereas if he were to have two parents to love, his expectation of a response would not be from a single source, but two, thereby preventing an idolatrous relationship from developing. (unless of course both parents make the child the object of their idolatry then both parents commit the sin of covetousness)
Also without two parents evoking judgment for any wrongs committed by the child then the child feels that he may indulge in the singular act of judging others (even to the point of judging the parents), which is essentially an act of covetousness – self-idolatry. Judgment must never be a singular act by only one person, for this is the epitome of covetousness. For only God can judge us as our sole judge since he created us. A child knows he was conceived by two people so he will only truly respond to the judgment by both parents. Which is why single parent households have such disciplinary problems.
Please realize that when Jesus Christ gave up his own life to die for our sins this could only be the result of love, for love is a sacrifice. If Jesus Christ refused to die for our sins then he would have demonstrate self-idolatry (pride) and have committed the sin of covetousness.
Also when God the father gave up his son, Jesus Christ, to became man and die for the forgiveness of our sins, God the Father was showing that he will not, nor ever will, commit the sin of covetousness (desiring the exclusive attention of his son). God the Father did not refuse to send his son to this world as a man just so he wouldn't lose the love and attention of his son. Love is a sacrifice.
The interplay of sacrifice by both God the father and God the son to save man from his sins, shows that neither God the Father or God the Son ever harbored any sin of covetousness (self-idolatry).
Love is a sacrifice.
The story of man's salvation by the death and resurrection of God's son Jesus Christ (God becoming man) illustrates that God did not so covet his son's exclusive love and attention that he would let his creation (mankind) die in their sin. Take the time to ask Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins that he offers for your belief. This decision must be free of the sin of covetousness by surrendering your pride (self-idolatry {coveting ourselves}) and humbly asking Jesus Christ for forgiveness.
Amen
The bible is ambiguous on many topics simply to force us to
seek out God to help us get answers to our questions.
Satan and man hide their sin with their own magnificence.... while God hides his magnificence because of our sin.
I find that parents today increasingly refuse to give up their child's affection and attention to anyone else but themselves which is the sin of covetousness. In the story of Abraham where Abraham almost sacrifices his only son Isaac (Genesis 22) in obedience to God's request it is clear that what God is showing us (among other truths) is that he wants parents to sacrifice the exclusive love and attention of their children and instead teach them to love God first and foremost. When parents teach their children to love and obey God above all else, as Christ did on the cross, God will then in turn pour his love and blessings, not only on the children, but the parents as well.
When we love God we are not loving just one person (for that would be covetousness, ie, idolatry) but three; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (which is why worshiping and/or praying to saints, Allah, pope, dictator, etc. is directing worship to just one person which is the sin of covetousness – idolatry)
Many have asked, 'How can God sin when he has everything and is everything?' God can sin in only one way, by coveting the attention of the others of the Godhead.
The existence of the Godhead – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – is essential to show that there is no covetousness between any of them. For the three to exist in sinless harmony each must sacrifice the desire to be the sole recipient of the others love and attention. (Satan wanted, and demanded, to join the Godhead due to his own covetousness, his self-idolatry (pride) ...Satan coveted himself which is a sin)
Some may say that God cannot covet himself since God is three persons in one. But in Matthew 24: 36 Jesus Christ said, “No one knows about the day or hour, not even the angles in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father†(of Christ's return). This shows that the Godhead and God's created beings all have free will and the privacy of their thoughts.
So whenever I see a one parent household I see a selfish parent who is unwilling to share their child's love and affection with anyone else, especially the other spouse, or even God who created that child. When a parent covets their child's exclusive affection and attention it becomes a sin, the sin of covetousness. The parent who covets their child's exclusive attention and affection has committed a sin.
When God is loved first and foremost by each member in a family, they will in turn begin to honor one another in response. Any sacrifice shouldn't be just between family members but between each family member and God. Even if a parent doesn't seek out the exclusive affection and attention of their child they nonetheless are withholding that same love and attention from God by not instructing the child to love and believe in God who, as Jesus Christ, is God become man.
God Bless
note:
Is is not interesting that our modem 'attention craving' society is based solely on being the recipient of someone else's covetousness...which is a sin. Fashions, tattoos, piercings, a haughty and provocative demeanor, overt religiosity, etc, all conspire to elicit the sin of covetousness (idolatry) from others.
In fact the act of judgment of others is a sin since it demands that the person being judged covet our behavior as a remedy. Only God can judge us since he alone created us and has a claim, not only on our body, but our spirit controlling our body. (confusing I know, but test these words with the help of God's spirit and word) Passing judgment as a consequence of a crime is different from expressing a personal judgment as an act of covetousness (self idolatry).
When a child has only one parent to express his love this quickly turns into an act of idolatry since he is expecting a singular response of covetousness from the recipient in return. Whereas if he were to have two parents to love, his expectation of a response would not be from a single source, but two, thereby preventing an idolatrous relationship from developing. (unless of course both parents make the child the object of their idolatry then both parents commit the sin of covetousness)
Also without two parents evoking judgment for any wrongs committed by the child then the child feels that he may indulge in the singular act of judging others (even to the point of judging the parents), which is essentially an act of covetousness – self-idolatry. Judgment must never be a singular act by only one person, for this is the epitome of covetousness. For only God can judge us as our sole judge since he created us. A child knows he was conceived by two people so he will only truly respond to the judgment by both parents. Which is why single parent households have such disciplinary problems.
Please realize that when Jesus Christ gave up his own life to die for our sins this could only be the result of love, for love is a sacrifice. If Jesus Christ refused to die for our sins then he would have demonstrate self-idolatry (pride) and have committed the sin of covetousness.
Also when God the father gave up his son, Jesus Christ, to became man and die for the forgiveness of our sins, God the Father was showing that he will not, nor ever will, commit the sin of covetousness (desiring the exclusive attention of his son). God the Father did not refuse to send his son to this world as a man just so he wouldn't lose the love and attention of his son. Love is a sacrifice.
The interplay of sacrifice by both God the father and God the son to save man from his sins, shows that neither God the Father or God the Son ever harbored any sin of covetousness (self-idolatry).
Love is a sacrifice.
The story of man's salvation by the death and resurrection of God's son Jesus Christ (God becoming man) illustrates that God did not so covet his son's exclusive love and attention that he would let his creation (mankind) die in their sin. Take the time to ask Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins that he offers for your belief. This decision must be free of the sin of covetousness by surrendering your pride (self-idolatry {coveting ourselves}) and humbly asking Jesus Christ for forgiveness.
Amen
The bible is ambiguous on many topics simply to force us to
seek out God to help us get answers to our questions.
Satan and man hide their sin with their own magnificence.... while God hides his magnificence because of our sin.
