10 grave sins. Spiritual · Heart
For now only sketches, to later be compressed, cut and peeled. As they say, trouble has begun...
Seven deadly sins:
- Pride (I am my own sky and moon...)
- Love of money (give me pills for greed, and more, more..)
- Fornication (I will bring them together...)
- Envy (well, the neighbors...they hide a two-room apartment in a one-room apartment...)
- Gluttony (I love pasta... cakes, salads, sprats...)
- Anger (wah, nah, zah... it was last summer...)
- Dejection (everything will be fine...it won't get any worse...)
- Love (...any phrase from a Love candy wrapper)
- Non-covetousness (no, Bobik...)
- Chastity (modesty is not a vice...it is a virtue)
- Humility (hit one, substitute the other)
- Abstinence (I want, I can, but I won’t take it...)
- Meekness (wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm writing it down...)
- Sobriety (watch yourself, be careful...)
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Deadly sins that are completely undesirable to commit:
- Pride (Arrogance)
- Envy
- Gluttony (Gluttony)
- Fornication (Lust)
- Anger (Malice)
- Avarice (Greed)
- Dejection (Idleness)
So, 7 virtues as opposed to 7 deadly sins:
- Humility (Shame)
- Congratulations (Goodwill)
- Asceticism in food
- Chastity
- Kindness (Meekness)
- Selflessness (Generosity)
- Love of life (Industriousness)
Theological interpretation from St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
http://voliaboga.narod.ru/stati/08_03_04_poiasnenie_dobrodet.htm
The Book of Proverbs (965 - 717 BC) says that the Lord hates seven things that are disgusting to Him:
- Proud look
- Lying tongue
- Hands shedding innocent blood
- A heart that forges evil plans
- Feet running fast towards villainy
- False witness telling lies
- Sowing discord between brothers
- Γαστριμαργία
- Πορνεία
- Φιλαργυρία
- Ἀκηδία
- Κενοδοξία
- Ὑπερηφανία
- Fornicatio
- Avaritia
- Tristitia
- Vanagloria
- Superbia
- luxuria (lust)
- gula (gluttony)
- avaritia (greed)
- acedia (despondency)
- ira (anger)
- invidia (envy)
- superbia (pride)
However, in Orthodoxy there is a concept of 8 sinful passions:
- Gluttony,
- Fornication,
- Love of money
- Anger,
- Sadness
- Dejection,
- Vanity,
- Pride.
Conventionally, one can try to present the concept of distortion of natural human properties and passions as follows:
Natural good from God - Sinful passion:
- The pleasure of eating in moderation is a distortion of this God-given ability and becomes the passion of gluttony.
- The pleasure in an honest marriage from the physical union of the flesh with the wife is a distortion of this God-given ability and becomes the passion of fornication.
- Possession of the material world for the glory of God as an increase in love is a distortion of this God-given ability and becomes a passion for the love of money.
- Righteous anger at evil and untruth, protecting one’s neighbor from evil is a distortion of this God-given ability, becomes a passion of anger (unrighteous) at the dissatisfaction of a need.
- The pleasure of moderate rest after work is a distortion of this God-given ability and becomes a passion for sadness (boredom, laziness)
- Joy in the soul, regardless of external circumstances - a distortion of this God-given ability, becomes a passion for despondency (despair, thoughts of suicide)
- The joy from the created creation (realized thought, word, action), which is based
- A good beginning - a distortion of God-given ability, becomes a passion of vanity
- Love for God and neighbor, humility - a distortion of God-given ability, becomes the passion of pride
| Type | Characteristic role | Ego fixation | Holy idea | Basic fear | Basic desire | Temptation | Vice/Passion | Virtue | Stress | Security |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reformer | Resentment | Perfection | Corruptness, evil | Goodness, integrity, balance | hypocrisy, hypercriticism | Anger | Serenity | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Helper | Flattery | Freedom | Unworthiness of love | Unconditional Love | Manipulativeness | Pride | Humility | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Achiever | Vanity | Hope | Worthlessness | Value to others | Pleasing everyone | Deceit | Truthfulness | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Individualist | Melancholy | Origin | Commonness | Uniqueness, authenticity | Self-castigation, withdrawal | Envy | Equanimity | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Investigator | Stinginess | Omniscience | Uselessness, helplessness | Competency | Overthinking | Avarice | Non-Attachment | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Loyalist | Cowardice | Faith | Isolation and vulnerability | Safety | Suspiciousness | Fear | Courage | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Enthusiast | Planning | Work | Boredom | Experience of life | Moving too fast | Gluttony | Sobriety | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Challenger | Vengeance | Truth | Loss of control | Self-protection, autonomy | Self-sufficiency | Lust | Innocence | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Peacemaker | Indolence, self-forgetting | Love | Loss, annihilation | Stability, peace of mind | Giving in | Sloth | Action | 6 | 3 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality
Theological virtues
- Hope
- Love
- Wisdom
- Justice
- Courage
- Moderation
- Pride -- Humility
- Stinginess - Generosity
- Impurity - Chastity
- Envy -- Benevolence
- Intemperance -- Moderation
- Anger -- Meekness
- Laziness - Diligence
Theological virtues (English Theological virtues, French Vertus théologales, Spanish Virtudes teologales) are categories that postulate ideal human qualities.
The composition of the three Christian virtues - faith, hope, love - is formulated in the First Epistle to the Corinthians (~50 AD)
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The cardinal virtues (from Latin cardo "core") are a group of four cardinal virtues in Christian moral theology, based on ancient philosophy and having parallels in other cultures. The classic formula includes prudence, justice, moderation and courage.
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In the Catholic catechism, the seven Catholic virtues refer to the combination of two lists of virtues, the 4 cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, restraint or temperance, and courage or fortitude, (from ancient Greek philosophy) and the 3 theological virtues of faith , hope, and love or charity (from the letters of Paul of Tarsus); these were adopted by the Church Fathers as the seven virtues.
The seven heavenly virtues were derived from the Psychomachia ("Contest of the Soul"), an epic poem written by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. AD 410) involving the battle of good virtues and evil vices. The intense popularity of this work in the Middle Ages helped to spread the concept of holy virtue throughout Europe. Practicing these virtues is considered to protect one against temptation from the seven deadly sins, with each one having its counterpart. Due to this they are sometimes referred to as the contrary virtues. Each of the seven heavenly virtues matches a corresponding deadly sin
There's still a good sign there, but you have to do a lot of fiddling to get it out
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The text of the Ten Commandments according to the Synodal Translation of the Bible.
- I am the Lord your God; Let you have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything in the sky above, or on the earth below, or in the water under the earth. Do not worship them or serve them; For I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth [generation] of those who hate
- Me, and showing mercy to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Work six days and do all your work; and the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God: on it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your maidservant, nor your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord created heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
- Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Dont kill.
- Don't commit adultery.
- Don't steal.
- Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
Parchment with the text of the Decalogue from the Sephardic synagogue of Esnoga. Amsterdam. 1768 (612x502 mm)
Comparison of the texts of Ex.20:1-17 and Deut.5:4-21 (via links) in the original language, with an approximate translation into English language(KJV), allows us to more accurately understand the content of the commandments.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain [literally “falsely” - that is, during an oath], for the Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain [falsely]. In the original it means “do not bear (Heb. תשא, tisa) the name of the Lord falsely (in vain, vaingloriously, unlawfully).” The original verb נשא nasa" means "to lift up, carry, take, exalt." Once again in a similar way the expression "to bear a name" is used only in Exodus 28:9-30, where, in reflection of the commandment, God commands the high priest Aaron to carry on his shoulders in the sanctuary the names of the tribes of the children of Israel, carved on two onyx stones. Thus, the one who professes faith in the God of Israel, according to the commandment, becomes the bearer of His name, bearing responsibility for how he represents God to others. Old Testament describe cases where the name of God is profaned by the hypocrisy of men and the false representation of God or His character. Joseph Telushkin, a Modern Orthodox rabbi, also writes that this commandment means much more than prohibiting casual mention of God's name. He points out that a more literal translation of "lo tissa" would be "You shall not carry" rather than "You shall not take", and that thinking about this helps everyone understand why the commandment is equated with others such as "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not kill". Do not commit adultery."
- Don't kill. In the original: "לֹא תִרְצָח". The verb used "רְצָח" denotes immoral premeditated murder (cf. English murder), as opposed to any killing at all, for example, as a result of an accident, in self-defense, during war or by court decision (cf. English kill). (Since the Bible itself prescribes the death penalty by court order for breaking certain commandments, this verb cannot mean murder at all, under any circumstances)
- Thou shalt not commit adultery [in the original this word usually refers only to sexual relations between married woman and a man who is not her husband]. According to another opinion, this commandment includes all the so-called “prohibitions of incest,” including incest and bestiality.
- Don't steal. The prohibition against theft of property is also set forth in Lev. 19:11. Oral tradition interprets the content of the commandment “Thou shalt not steal” in the Ten Commandments as prohibiting the abduction of a person for the purpose of enslavement. Since the previous commandments “do not kill” and “do not commit adultery” speak of sins punishable by death, one of the principles of interpretation of the Torah prescribes that continuation should be understood as a severely punishable crime.
- “Thou shalt not covet...” This commandment includes the prohibition of theft of property. According to Jewish tradition, theft is also the “stealing of an image,” that is, the creation misrepresentation about an object, event, person (deception, flattery, etc.)
Eastern philosophy also had its own lists of main virtues.
In Confucianism, these were identified as
- ren (philanthropy),
- and (justice, sense of duty),
- li (decency),
- zhi (knowledge, intelligence)
- and xin (truthfulness).
- master and servant
- parents and children,
- husband and wife,
- older and younger,
- between friends.
Yama (Skt. यम) - (in yoga) these are ethical restrictions or universal moral precepts. Yama is the first stage of Ashtanga yoga (eight limb yoga), described in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.
“Yama” includes five basic principles (according to the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali):
- ahimsa—non-violence;
- satya—truthfulness;
- asteya - non-appropriation of someone else's property (non-stealing);
- brahmacharya - abstinence; control of lust and preservation of chastity before marriage; internal composure, non-promiscuity;
- aparigraha - non-acquisitiveness (non-acceptance of gifts), non-accumulation, non-attachment.
Niyama (Sanskrit: नियम) - spiritual principles in dharmic religions; “the adoption, cultivation, practice and development of positive virtues, good thoughts and the adoption of these virtues as one’s system.” The second stage of Ashtanga yoga.
The Niyama level consists of five basic principles:
- Shaucha - purity, both external (cleanliness) and internal (purity of mind).
- Santosha - modesty, satisfaction with the present, optimism.
- Tapas is self-discipline, diligence in achieving a spiritual goal.
- Svadhyaya - knowledge, study of spiritual and scientific literature, formation of a culture of thinking.
- Ishvara-pranidhana - accepting Ishvara (God) as one’s goal, the only ideal in life.
People who are far from the Church and have no experience of spiritual life often see in Christianity only prohibitions and restrictions. This is a very primitive view.
In Orthodoxy everything is harmonious and natural. The spiritual world, as well as the physical world, has its own laws, which, like the laws of nature, cannot be violated; this will lead to great damage and even disaster. Both physical and spiritual laws are given by God Himself. We constantly collide in our Everyday life with warnings, restrictions and prohibitions, and not a single normal person will not say that all these prescriptions are unnecessary and unreasonable. The laws of physics contain many dire warnings, as do the laws of chemistry. There is a well-known school saying: “First water, then acid, otherwise big trouble will happen!” We go to work - they have their own safety rules, you need to know and follow them. When we go outside, get behind the wheel, we must follow the rules. traffic, in which there are a lot of prohibitions. And so it is everywhere, in every area of life.
Freedom is not permissiveness, but the right to choose: a person can do incorrect choice and get hurt a lot. The Lord gives us great freedom, but at the same time warns of dangers on the path of life. As the Apostle Paul says: Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial(1 Cor 10:23). If a person ignores spiritual laws, lives as he wants, regardless of moral standards or the people around him, he loses his freedom, damages his soul and causes great harm to himself and others. Sin is a violation of very subtle and strict laws of spiritual nature; it primarily harms the sinner himself.
God wants people to be happy, to love Him, to love each other and not to harm themselves and others, therefore He gave us commandments. They express spiritual laws, they teach how to live and build relationships with God and people. Just as parents warn their children about danger and teach them about life, so our Heavenly Father gives us the necessary instructions. The commandments were given to people back in the Old Testament, we talked about this in the section on the Old Testament biblical history. New Testament people, Christians, are required to keep the Ten Commandments. Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill(Mt 5:17) says the Lord Jesus Christ.
The main law of the spiritual world is the law of love for God and people.
All ten commandments say this. They were given to Moses in the form of two stone slabs - tablets, on one of which the first four commandments were written, speaking about love for the Lord, and on the second - the remaining six. They talk about attitude towards neighbors. When our Lord Jesus Christ was asked: What is the greatest commandment in the law?- He replied: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and greatest commandment; the second is similar to it: love your neighbor as yourself; on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets(Mt 22:36-40).
What does it mean? What if a person really achieved true love to God and his neighbors, he cannot break any of the Ten Commandments, because they all talk about love for God and people. And we must strive for this perfect love.
Let's consider ten commandments of God's law:
- I am the Lord your God; Let you have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth; do not worship them or serve them.
- Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; Six days you shall work and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
- Honor your father and your mother, so that your days on earth may be long.
- Dont kill.
- Don't commit adultery.
- Don't steal.
- Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
First Commandment
I am the Lord your God; Let you have no other gods before Me.
The Lord is the Creator of the Universe and the spiritual world. He is the First Cause of everything that exists. Our entire beautiful, harmonious and very complex world could not have arisen by itself. Behind all this beauty and harmony is the Creative Mind. To believe that everything that exists arose on its own, without God, is nothing less than madness. The madman said in his heart: “There is no God”(Ps 13:1), says the prophet David. God is not only the Creator, but also our Father. He cares and provides for people and everything created by Him; without His care the world could not exist.
God is the Source of all good things, and man must strive for Him, for only in God does he receive life. We need to conform all our actions and actions to the will of God: whether they will be pleasing to God or not. So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31). The main means of communication with God are prayer and the Holy Sacraments, in which we receive the grace of God, Divine energy.
Let us repeat: God wants people to glorify Him correctly, that is, Orthodoxy.
For us there can be only one God, glorified in the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and we, Orthodox Christians, cannot have other gods.
Sins against the first commandment are:
- atheism (denial of God);
- lack of faith, doubt, superstition, when people mix faith with unbelief or all kinds of signs and other remnants of paganism; those who say: “I have God in my soul” also sin against the first commandment, but do not go to church and do not approach the Sacraments or do so rarely;
- paganism (polytheism), belief in false gods, Satanism, occultism and esotericism; this includes magic, witchcraft, healing, extrasensory perception, astrology, fortune telling and turning to people involved in all this for help;
- false opinions contrary to the Orthodox faith, and falling away from the Church into schism, false teachings and sects;
- renunciation of faith, relying on one’s own strength and on people more than on God; this sin is also associated with lack of faith.
Second Commandment
You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth; do not worship them or serve them.
The second commandment prohibits worshiping a creature instead of the Creator. We know what paganism and idolatry are. This is what the Apostle Paul writes about the pagans: calling themselves wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image similar to corruptible man, and birds, and four-legged creatures, and reptiles... They replaced the truth of God with a lie... and served the creature instead of the Creator(Rom 1, 22-23, 25). The Old Testament people of Israel, to whom these commandments were originally given, were the custodians of faith in the True God. It was surrounded on all sides by pagan peoples and tribes, and in order to warn the Jews not to adopt pagan customs and beliefs under any circumstances, the Lord establishes this commandment. Nowadays there are few pagans and idolaters among us, although polytheism and the worship of idols exist, for example, in India, Africa, South America, and some other countries. Even here in Russia, where Christianity has been around for over a thousand years, some are trying to revive paganism.
Sometimes you can hear accusations against the Orthodox: they say, veneration of icons is idolatry. The veneration of holy icons cannot in any way be called idolatry. Firstly, we offer prayers of worship not to the icon itself, but to the Person who is depicted on the icon - God. Looking at the image, we ascend with our minds to the Prototype. Also, through the icon, we ascend in mind and heart to the Mother of God and the saints.
Sacred images were made back in the Old Testament at the command of God Himself. The Lord commanded Moses to place golden images of Cherubim in the first mobile Old Testament temple (tabernacle). Already in the first centuries of Christianity, in the Roman catacombs (meeting places of the first Christians) there were wall images of Christ in the form of the Good Shepherd, the Mother of God with raised hands and other sacred images. All these frescoes were found during excavations.
Although in modern world There are few direct idolaters left; many people create idols for themselves, worship them and make sacrifices. For many, their passions and vices became such idols, requiring constant sacrifices. Some people have been captured by them and can no longer do without them; they serve them as if they were their masters, because: whoever is defeated by someone is his slave(2 Pet 2:19). Let us recall these idols of passion: gluttony, fornication, love of money, anger, sadness, despondency, vanity, pride. The Apostle Paul compares serving the passions with idolatry: covetousness... is idolatry(Col 3:5). Indulging in passion, a person stops thinking about God and serving Him. He also forgets about love for his neighbors.
Sins against the second commandment also include passionate attachment to any business, when this hobby becomes a passion. Idolatry is also the worship of any person. Many people in modern society treat popular artists, singers, and athletes as idols.
Third Commandment
Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
To take the name of God in vain means in vain, that is, not in prayer, not in spiritual conversations, but during idle conversations or out of habit. It is an even greater sin to pronounce the name of God in jest. And it is a very serious sin to pronounce the name of God with the desire to blaspheme God. Also a sin against the third commandment is blasphemy, when holy objects become the subject of ridicule and reproach. Failure to fulfill vows made to God and frivolous oaths invoking the name of God are also violations of this commandment.
The name of God is holy. It must be treated with reverence.
Saint Nicholas of Serbia. Parable
One goldsmith sat in his shop at his workbench and, while working, constantly took the name of God in vain: sometimes as an oath, sometimes as a favorite word. A certain pilgrim, returning from holy places, passing by the shop, heard this, and his soul was indignant. Then he called out to the jeweler to go outside. And when the master left, the pilgrim hid. The jeweler, not seeing anyone, returned to the shop and continued working. The pilgrim called out to him again, and when the jeweler came out, he pretended to know nothing. The master, angry, returned to his room and began to work again. The pilgrim called out to him for the third time and, when the master came out again, he stood silently again, pretending that he had nothing to do with it. The jeweler furiously attacked the pilgrim:
- Why are you calling me in vain? What a joke! I'm full of work!
The pilgrim answered peacefully:
“Truly, the Lord God has even more work to do, but you call on Him much more often than I call on you.” Who has the right to be angry more: you or the Lord God?
The jeweler, ashamed, returned to the workshop and from then on kept his mouth shut.
Fourth Commandment
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; Six days you shall work and do all your work, and the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
The Lord created this world in six days and, having completed creation, blessed the seventh day as a day of rest: consecrated it; for in it he rested from all His works, which God created and created(Genesis 2, 3).
In the Old Testament, the day of rest was the Sabbath. In New Testament times, the holy day of rest became Sunday, when the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead is remembered. This day is the seventh and most important day for Christians. Sunday is also called Little Easter. The custom of honoring Sunday comes from the times of the holy apostles. On Sunday, Christians must attend the Divine Liturgy. On this day it is very good to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. We dedicate Sunday to prayer, spiritual reading, and pious activities. On Sunday, as a day free from ordinary work, you can help your neighbors or visit the sick, provide assistance to the infirm and elderly. It is customary on this day to thank God for the past week and prayerfully ask for blessings on the work of the coming week.
You can often hear from people who are far from the Church or have little church life that they do not have time for home prayer and visiting church. Yes, modern people are sometimes very busy, but even busy people still have a lot of free time to often and for a long time talk on the phone with friends and relatives, read newspapers, and sit for hours in front of the TV and computer. Spending their evenings like this, they do not want to devote even a very small amount of time to the evening prayer rule and read the Gospel.
People who honor Sundays And church holidays, pray in church, regularly read morning and evening prayers As a rule, those who spend this time in idleness manage to do much more. The Lord blesses their labors, increases their strength and gives them His help.
Fifth Commandment
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days on earth may be long.
Those who love and honor their parents are promised not only a reward in the Kingdom of Heaven, but even blessings, prosperity and many years in earthly life. To honor parents means to respect them, to show obedience to them, to help them, to take care of them in old age, to pray for their health and salvation, and after their death - for the repose of their souls.
People often ask: how can you love and honor parents who do not care for their children, neglect their responsibilities, or fall into serious sins? We don’t choose our parents; the fact that we have them like this and not some others is God’s will. Why did God give us such parents? In order for us to show the best Christian qualities: patience, love, humility, the ability to forgive.
Through our parents, God gave us life. Thus, no amount of caring for our parents can compare with what we received from them. Here is what St. John Chrysostom writes about this: “Just as they gave birth to you, you cannot give birth to them. Therefore, if in this we are inferior to them, then we will surpass them in another respect through respect for them, not only according to the law of nature, but also primarily before nature, according to the feeling of the fear of God. The will of God decisively demands that parents be revered by their children, and rewards those who do this with great blessings and gifts, and punishes those who violate this law with great and grave misfortunes.” By honoring our father and mother, we learn to honor God Himself, our Heavenly Father. Parents can be called co-workers with the Lord. They gave us a body, and God put an immortal soul in us.
If a person does not honor his parents, he can very easily come to disrespect and deny God. At first he does not respect his parents, then he stops loving his Motherland, then he denies his mother Church and gradually comes to denying God. All this is interconnected. It is not without reason that when they want to shake the state, to destroy its foundations from within, they first of all take up arms against the Church - faith in God - and the family. Family, respect for elders, customs and traditions (translated from Latin - broadcast) hold society together and make people strong.
Sixth Commandment
Dont kill.
Murder, taking the life of another person, and suicide are among the most serious sins.
Suicide is a terrible spiritual crime. This is rebellion against God, who gave us the precious gift of life. Committing suicide, a person leaves life in a terrible darkness of spirit, mind, in a state of despair and despondency. He can no longer repent of this sin; there is no repentance beyond the grave.
A person who takes the life of another through negligence is also guilty of murder, but his guilt is less than that of one who deliberately encroaches on the life of another. Also guilty of murder is the one who contributed to this: for example, a husband who did not dissuade his wife from having an abortion or even contributed to it himself.
People who shorten their lives and harm their health through bad habits, vices and sins also sin against the sixth commandment.
Any harm caused to one's neighbor is also a violation of this commandment. Hatred, malice, beatings, bullying, insults, curses, anger, gloating, rancor, malice, unforgiveness of insults - all these are sins against the commandment “thou shalt not kill”, because everyone who hates his brother is a murderer(1 John 3:15), says the word of God.
In addition to bodily murder, there is an equally terrible murder - spiritual, when someone seduces, seduces a neighbor into unbelief or pushes him to commit a sin and thereby destroys his soul.
Saint Philaret of Moscow writes that “not every taking of life is a criminal murder. Murder is not unlawful when life is taken by office, such as: when a criminal is punished with death by justice; when they kill the enemy in the war for the Fatherland.”
Seventh Commandment
Don't commit adultery.
This commandment prohibits sins against the family, adultery, all carnal relations between a man and a woman outside of legal marriage, carnal perversions, as well as unclean desires and thoughts.
The Lord established the marriage union and blessed carnal communication in it, which serves childbearing. Husband and wife are no longer two, but one flesh(Genesis 2:24). The presence of marriage is another (though not the most important) difference between us and animals. Animals do not have marriage. People have marriage, mutual responsibility, duties to each other and to children.
What is blessed in marriage, outside of marriage is a sin, a violation of the commandment. The conjugal union unites a man and a woman in one flesh for mutual love, birth and raising of children. Any attempt to steal the joys of marriage without the mutual trust and responsibility that a marriage implies is a grave sin, which, according to the testimony of Holy Scripture, deprives a person of the Kingdom of God (see: 1 Cor 6, 9).
An even more serious sin is the violation of marital fidelity or the destruction of someone else's marriage. Cheating not only destroys a marriage, but also defiles the soul of the one who cheats. You can’t build happiness on someone else’s grief. There is a law of spiritual balance: having sowed evil, sin, we will reap evil, and our sin will return to us. Shameless talking and failure to guard one's feelings are also violations of the seventh commandment.
Eighth Commandment
Don't steal.
A violation of this commandment is the appropriation of someone else's property - both public and private. Types of theft can be varied: robbery, theft, deception in trade matters, bribery, bribery, tax evasion, parasitism, sacrilege (that is, appropriation of church property), all kinds of scams, fraud and fraud. In addition, sins against the eighth commandment include all dishonesty: lies, deception, hypocrisy, flattery, sycophancy, people-pleasing, since by doing this people are trying to acquire something (for example, the favor of their neighbor) dishonestly.
“You can’t build a house with stolen goods,” says a Russian proverb. And again: “No matter how tight the rope is, the end will come.” By profiting from the appropriation of someone else's property, a person will sooner or later pay for it. A sin committed, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is sure to return. A man familiar to the authors of this book accidentally hit and scratched the fender of his neighbor's car in the yard. But he didn’t tell him anything and didn’t compensate him for the damage. After some time, in a completely different place, far from his home, his own car was also scratched and they fled the scene. The blow was struck on the same wing that he damaged his neighbor.
The passion of love of money leads to violation of the commandment “Thou shalt not steal.” It was she who led Judas to betrayal. The Evangelist John directly calls him a thief (see: John 12:6).
The passion of covetousness is overcome by cultivating non-covetousness, charity towards the poor, hard work, honesty and growth in spiritual life, for attachment to money and other material values always stems from lack of spirituality.
Ninth Commandment
Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
With this commandment, the Lord prohibits not only direct false testimony against one’s neighbor, for example in court, but also all lies spoken about other people, such as slander, false denunciations. The sin of idle talk, so common and everyday for modern man, is also very often associated with sins against the ninth commandment. In idle conversations, gossip, gossip, and sometimes slander and slander are constantly born. During an idle conversation, it is very easy to say unnecessary things, to divulge other people’s secrets and secrets entrusted to you, and to put your neighbor in a difficult position. “My tongue is my enemy,” people say, and indeed our language can bring great benefit to us and our neighbors, or it can do great harm. The Apostle James says that with our tongues we sometimes we bless God and the Father, and with it we curse men, created in the likeness of God(James 3:9). We sin against the ninth commandment not only when we slander our neighbor, but also when we agree with what others say, thereby participating in the sin of condemnation.
Judge not lest ye be judged(Matthew 7:1), the Savior warns. To condemn means to judge, to boldly admire a right that belongs only to God. Only the Lord, who knows the past, present and future of man, can judge His creation.
The story of St. John of Savvaitsky
One day a monk from a neighboring monastery came to me, and I asked him how the fathers lived. He answered: “Okay, according to your prayers.” Then I asked about the monk who did not enjoy good fame, and the guest told me: “He has not changed at all, father!” Hearing this, I exclaimed: “Bad!” And as soon as I said this, I immediately felt as if in delight and saw Jesus Christ crucified between two thieves. I was about to worship the Savior, when suddenly He turned to the approaching Angels and said to them: “Cast him out, - this is the Antichrist, for he condemned his brother before My Judgment.” And when, according to the word of the Lord, I was driven out, my robe was left at the door, and then I woke up. “Woe is me,” I then said to the brother who came, “I am angry this day!” "Why is that?" - he asked. Then I told him about the vision and noticed that the mantle I left behind meant that I was deprived of God’s protection and help. And from that time I spent seven years wandering through the deserts, not eating bread, not going under shelter, not talking to people, until I saw my Lord, who returned my mantle to me.
That's how scary it is to make a judgment about a person.
Tenth Commandment
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
This commandment prohibits envy and grumbling. It is impossible not only to do evil to people, but even to have sinful, envious thoughts against them. Any sin begins with a thought, with a thought about something. A person begins to envy the property and money of his neighbors, then the thought arises in his heart to steal this property from his brother, and soon he puts sinful dreams into action.
Envy of the wealth, talents, and health of our neighbors kills our love for them; envy, like acid, eats away at the soul. An envious person has difficulty communicating with others. He is delighted by the sorrow and grief that befell those whom he envied. This is why the sin of envy is so dangerous: it is the seed of other sins. An envious person also sins against God, he does not want to be content with what the Lord sends him, he blames his neighbors and God for all his troubles. Such a person will never be happy and satisfied with life, because happiness does not depend on earthly goods, but on the state of a person’s soul. The kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21). It begins here on earth, with the correct spiritual structure of man. The ability to see the gifts of God in every day of your life, to appreciate them and thank God for them is the key to human happiness.
Why should a person fulfill the 10 commandments of God? Why are the 7 sins called mortal sins if life goes on? Read more about the essence of the 10 commandments and the 7 deadly sins in this article!
Do people really need the rules they call for? Orthodox Church? Maybe it’s better to live as you want and not fool yourself with theological “tales”? And, in general, what do I care about God, and what does He care about me?
Why is a person given an inquisitive mind?
Only a person with intelligence asks questions and seeks answers. A wise person will find meaning in life, know why he was born, who God is, why he should believe in Him, fulfill the commandments, and fight sins. It is not difficult to make sure that the world was created by the Logos - this is an indisputable fact (you can verify personal experience), since opposing theories do not stand up to the criticism of believing pundits. The monkey won’t think; for some reason he doesn’t need it.
We are given an inquisitive mind. By whom? Of course, by the One in whose Image the first man was created. We are the descendants and heirs not only of external similarity (we walk upright, have arms, legs, we speak), but also of spiritual, and even damage to the soul acquired by it. We are a “computer” whose memory contains not only progressive, but also “viral” programs.
What did we inherit from Adam and Eve?
The fact that humanity has lost Paradise is not so bad. The worst thing is that instead eternal life, where there was no suffering, no illness, no sorrow, no hunger, no cold, they acquired as an inheritance:
- mortality- sooner or later life will be taken away: from someone in infancy or even from an unborn;
- passion– anger, irritability, the need to eat, dress, conquer space, work hard at work, live indulging in suffering and sins;
- perishability– strength and youth melt away quickly, old age and illness, weakness are the result of our existence.
This is what we inherited from our forefathers. Can the lot of human life be called a victory or a triumph of reason, when for violating the only commandment: “Do not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” you came to such a pitiful state? To return the lost Paradise, having chosen the Christian path of life, you will inevitably come to the fight against sin.
Decalogue or 10 Commandments of God
And the question immediately arises: Why did God give Adam and Eve one commandment, and us 10? The answer lies in the fall of Cain, who killed Abel out of envy. Essentially being a proud man, he laid the foundation for the Cainite line. The Gospel of Mark lists the lineage of Christ down to the tribe of the first man. The clan of the Virgin Mary is also not Cainite. Ham became the successor of his works. What kind of a field are we, who can tell now?
Over time, people completely “lost their edges.” They stopped distinguishing between what is good and what is bad. Remember the wild tribes. Eating your enemy was considered valor. Lying for profit is a wise trick. Rape is the norm. Worshiping idols is a vital need. Not to mention Sodom and other perversions. Man, destined to inherit the qualities of God, without knowledge of the Truth, is entangled in his own delusions.
Ten Commandments of God's Law:
- I am the Lord your God; Let you have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth; do not worship them or serve them.
- Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; Six days you shall work and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
- Honor your father and your mother, so that your days on earth may be long.
- Dont kill.
- Don't commit adultery.
- Don't steal.
- Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
The flood did not cleanse humanity of sinful depravity, which brings eternal torment, for long. How can we be saved so that we can regain the state lost by Adam? First, God gave 10 commandments to distinguish good from evil, truth from lies, goodness from destruction. Then He sent His Son, so that through repentance and union with Him (sanctification) they could get out of the trap into which they had driven themselves. Therefore, without Christ, nothing good shines for us, only eternal darkness and torment.
Note: Through the commandments, a person recognizes sin and sees that he is infected with it. If he wants to fulfill it, he will understand that he does not have such willpower. Only Christ conquers sin. It is necessary like air. The grace-filled union with Him occurs through the Sacraments of the Church.
7 deadly sins - what are they?
In Orthodoxy there are not seven, but eight so-called main passions, inherited by us from Adam. And they become deadly because they interrupt the connection with the Lord. Grace is lost - a ticket to the heavenly abodes. There is no sin that the Lord will not forgive a sincerely repentant person, except:
- Blames against the Holy Spirit– conscious renunciation of God, heresy, connection with unclean spirits, leading other people to destruction.
- Suicide- the way of Judas. It is an act of renunciation of God, unbelief or highest degree such passion as despondency.
Here it’s time to remember the Sacraments of the Church and the teachings of the Holy Fathers on the fight against passions or, in other words, mortal sins. Although this expression is very conditional. In ancient times, some of them were stoned, hence the name. Now, when they say this, they mean spiritual mortality or a state of godlessness.
Most holy fathers speak of eight passions:
- Gluttony;
- Fornication;
- Love of money;
- Anger;
- Sadness;
- Dejection;
- Vanity;
- Pride .
Particularly serious sins
These are the ones that destroy both the soul and the body. Or those about whom it is said that they cry out to God for vengeance. Accept them not as a dogmatic statement, but as an experience. It is difficult to wash away from such violations of God’s Law without incurring punishment in the form of suffering.
If the scoundrel prospers (enduring illness and sorrow cleanses the soul), then the Lord is still waiting and suffering, since the posthumous fate of such people is very terrible. They gain full measure, deserving hellish retribution. The most serious sins include:
- Killing or humiliating (bullying) parents.
- Fornication, adultery, corruption, seducing others.
- Withholding the worker's legal wages.
But through repentance, penance, and deeds that atone for guilt, everything can be corrected while a person is alive. As Zacchaeus did, he promised that he would reward those deceived four times more than he took.
What are passions and how to overcome them
In fact, the frequently encountered concept of “7 (8) deadly sins” is the main passions that enslaved a person. They are derivatives of all other sins. For example:
- Love of money: It’s normal to be thrifty and economical. If, like Kashchei, you languish over gold, dream of wealth, envy, use unrighteous methods for excessive accumulation, excess, it means becoming a slave to passion. These include: disbelief in God, fear of old age, hard-heartedness towards the poor, greed, lack of mercy, theft, deception, etc.
- Gluttony- the mother of such sins: drunkenness, drug addiction, voluptuousness, gluttony, selfishness, intolerance, breaking fasts, etc.
- Dejection, depression is the plague of the modern world. In the United States, there are about 20 million people suffering from this disease. It ranks first, ahead of cardiovascular and oncological diseases. These include the following sins: neglect of duties, petrified insensitivity to matters of salvation, despair, driving oneself to suicide.
Major vices can be curbed if a person controls them. When he is unable to control himself, to say “no,” he is a slave to sin. You can have passions, but not act on them. This state is called dispassion; ascetics and saints of God strive for it. Saints achieve this, but none of them will say about themselves that they are sinless.
How to overcome passions?
It is wrong to believe that dispassion is the lot of monks and hermits. The commandments are given to all people. Whether they are in the world or have renounced it. To win, one must fight not only against sins, but against their derivative, that is, against the “parent”. Having defeated him, the “children” themselves will disappear. What weapon to use:
- Repentance.
- Participle.
- Fasting and prayer.
- Opposite virtues.
For example, non-covetousness, generosity, alms are opposite to the love of money. There is no clear distinction between passions. Having nurtured one, over time you will attract the other. Gluttony will give birth to fornication, fornication will lead to the love of money, etc. To get the fastest result, you need to start with the most outstanding, inherent in your nature.
Note: When you are rich in all 8 passions, the main evil is pride, vanity. They are opposed - love and humility. If you can acquire these virtues, consider that you have conquered sins and become saints.
Once the Lord gave Moses commandments on how to live in order to inherit the kingdom of heaven. They, with some changes, began to be used in Christianity, becoming the basis of the divine teaching about salvation. are considered the basis of a Christian’s life, by which one must navigate in the world. This is what the Lord called people to do who want to serve him, to live in peace and harmony with themselves, in harmony with the world around them.
Commandments of Moses
On Mount Sinai, the Lord gave 10 commandments to the Jewish people. They formed the basis of both the Old and New Testaments. However, there were some changes to the original version. For example, Jews still consider the Sabbath a sacred day - in Israel even shops are closed at this time until sunset. Christians consider the day of Christ's resurrection sacred, but the essence of the commandments themselves is preserved. Here are 10 commandments in Russian, which become guidelines for a Christian even in the modern world.
1. You will have no gods other than me. This commandment is directed against polytheism and those who doubt the faith and correctness of the teachings of Christ. In the church there is even such a concept as spiritual fornication, the meaning of which means restlessness (fornication and the word “get lost” have the same root). Therefore, you just need to believe in Christ and not try to follow several religions, teachings or try to study at the same time black magic and go to temple.
2. Do not make yourself an idol. Continuation of commandment 1. Do not rely too much on material values, talismans or specific people, as this is the path to disappointment and mental loss. Moreover, you cannot deify someone specific. For example, for an inexperienced girl, a young man may seem almost like a god, and then after falling in love there will be severe disappointment. And here again the 10 commandments of God in Russian become a beacon. In order not to be disappointed in life and not to lose faith, the initial feeling of love for God, you cannot deify objects or other people, no matter how attractive they may seem.
3. One should not take the name of the Lord in vain. This can get you into trouble.
4. Remember the Sabbath day. In Christianity, Sunday is considered holy, so you need to work for 6 days, and take a break at 7, if possible. In the modern world, it is not always possible to fulfill this commandment - after all, you cannot explain to your boss that you cannot work on Sunday. However, in most situations, Sunday is considered a day off. Therefore, it is best to spend it in prayer and spiritual reflection.
5. Honor your father and mother. This commandment requires clarification: do not offend, try to make them feel good, listen to their advice if it is reasonable. Unfortunately, for centuries, reverence was understood as the slavish acceptance of someone else’s opinion, which has broken more than one fate. It is for this reason that this commandment is reluctantly observed in the modern world today. Moreover, parents have different ideas about what is good and bad, and it is not always worth following their advice. However, you can’t offend your parents either.
6. You can't kill. Any murder is considered a very serious sin, both human and animal.
7. Do not commit adultery. Usually this word refers to cheating on a spouse and relationships outside of marriage, but the meaning of this word is broader. Adultery is translated as an act against love, a betrayal of love. Therefore, it also means failure to fulfill a promise, betraying a friend’s secrets, telling other people what was a secret. That is, adultery implies any action that violates love.
8. Don't steal.
9. Don’t tell lies, don’t slander anyone.
10. Don't be jealous.
It is these commandments that constitute Christian teaching. Christ also gave a new commandment, which unites the previous ones: “love one another, love your enemies...”. It sums up everything that has been described previously. But there are also mortal sins that necessarily require repentance to the priest.
7 Sins
If a person commits them, he must say so in confession and try not to repeat them again.
They are considered spiritual guidelines for a Christian. But not only they contribute to the salvation of man. The teachings and books of the Holy Fathers also help to become a support and come to one’s own repentance, even if it is sometimes difficult to resist so as not to commit some sin or do something against the commandments of God.
God's commandments and mortal sins are the basic laws of Christianity; every believer must adhere to these laws. The Lord gave them to Moses at the very beginning of the development of Christianity. To save the people from the Fall, to warn them from danger.
First:
I am the Lord your God, and let there be no other gods besides me.
Second:
Do not make for yourself an idol or any image; do not worship or serve them.
Third:
Well, take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Fourth Commandment:
Remember the Sabbath day: six days do your earthly affairs or work, and on the seventh day, the day of rest, dedicate it to the Lord your God.
Fifth:
Honor your mother and your father, so that it may be well for you and that you may live long on earth.
Sixth Commandment:
Seventh Commandment:
Don't commit adultery.
Eighth Commandment:
Don't steal.
Ninth:
Do not bear false witness against your neighbor. Don't bear false witness.
Tenth:
Do not covet anything that belongs to another: not your neighbor’s wife, do not covet his house, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
Interpretation of God's Ten Laws:
The Ten Commandments of Jesus Christ, translated into everyday language, state that it is necessary:
- Believe in only one Lord, one God.
- Don't create idols for yourself.
- Do not mention, do not pronounce the name of the Lord God just like that.
- Always remember Saturday - the main day of rest.
- Respect and honor your parents.
- Don't kill anyone.
- Do not commit adultery, do not cheat.
- Don't steal anything.
- Don't lie to anyone, don't lie to people.
- Do not envy your comrades, friends or just acquaintances.
The first four commandments of God directly relate to the relationship between man and God, the rest - the relationship between people.
Commandment one and two:
Signifies the unity of the Lord. He is revered, respected, considered Almighty and wise. He is also the kindest of all, therefore, if a person wants to grow in virtue, it is necessary to look for it in God. “You cannot have other gods besides Me.” (Exodus 20:3)
Quote: “What do you need other gods, since your God is the Lord Almighty? Is there anyone wiser than the Lord? He guides righteous thoughts through people's everyday thoughts. Satan controls through the traps of temptation. If you worship two gods, keep in mind that one of them is the Devil.”
Religion says that all power lies in God and in him alone; the next one follows from this first commandment.
People blindly pray to pictures with other idols depicted on them, bow their heads, kiss the priest’s hands, etc. God's second law speaks of the prohibition of the deification of creatures and their veneration on an equal footing with the Creator.
“Do not create for yourself a carved or any other image of what is above in the heavens, below in the earth, or in the waters under the earth. Do not worship or serve them, for remember that I am your God Jehovah, who requires exceptional devotion!”
(Exodus 20:4-5)
The Christian religion believes that after meeting the Lord it is impossible to honor anyone more than Him, that everything that is on earth was created by Him. Nothing is compared to it or compared, for the Lord does not want human heart and soul were busy with someone or something else.
Commandment three:
God's third law is stated in Deuteronomy (5:11) and Exodus (20:7).
From Exodus 20:7 “Do not take the name of the Lord in vain; believe that the Lord will not leave unpunished the person who takes His name in vain.”
This commandment uses a word from the Old Testament and is translated as:
- swear falsely by God's name;
- to pronounce It in vain, just like that.
According to the teachings of antiquity, great power lies in the name. If you pronounce the name of God, which contains special power, with or without reason, then there will be no benefit from it. It is believed that the Lord hears all prayers offered to him and responds to each of them, but this becomes unlikely if a person calls on him every minute as a saying or at dinner. The Lord stops hearing such a person, and in the event that this person needs real help, God will be deaf to him, as well as to his requests.
The second part of the commandment contains the following words: “...for God will not leave unpunished those who pronounce His name just like that.” This means that God will certainly punish those who violated this law. At first glance, using His name may seem harmless, because what’s wrong with mentioning Him in small talk or during a quarrel?
But it is important to understand that such an oversight can offend the Lord. In the New Testament, he explained to his disciples that all ten commandments are reduced to only two: “Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The third law is a reflection of man’s love for God. He who loves the Lord with all his heart will not take his name in vain. This is equivalent to how a young man in love does not allow anyone to speak incorrectly about his beloved. Mentioning the Lord in vain is baseness and an insult to the Lord.
Also, breaking the third commandment can ruin the reputation of the Lord in the eyes of people: Romans 2:24 “For because of you, as it is written, the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles.” The Lord commanded that His name should be sanctified: Leviticus 22:32 “Do not dishonor (profane) My holy name, that I may be holy among the children of Israel.”
An example of how God punishes people for violating the third commandment of God's Law is the episode from 2 Samuel 21:1-2 “There was a famine in the land in the days of David for three years, one year after another. And asked God. The Lord said: it was for the sake of Saul and his bloodthirsty house that he killed the Gibeonites. Then the king called to the Gibeonites and communicated with them. They were not from the children of Israel, but from the remnant of the Amorites; The Israelites swore an oath, but Saul wanted to destroy them because of his zeal for the descendants of Israel and Judah.” In general, God punished the people of Israel for breaking the oath of truce that they swore to the Gibeonites.
Commandment four:
According to legend, the creator created our world and the Universe itself in six days; he devoted the seventh day to rest. This rule generally defines human life where he is obliged to give most life to work, and leave the rest of the time to the Lord.
According to the Old Testament, Saturday was celebrated. The Sabbath rest was established for the benefit of man: both physical and spiritual, and not for the sake of enslavement and deprivation. To collect your thoughts into one whole, to refresh your mental and physical strength, you need to step away from everyday activities once a week. This allows you to comprehend the purpose of everything earthly in general and your work in particular. In religion, work is a necessary part of human life, but the main one will always remain the salvation of his soul.
The fourth commandment is violated by people who, in addition to working on Sunday, are also lazy to work on weekdays and shirk their duties, because the commandment says “to work six days.” Those who, without working on Sunday, do not dedicate this day to the Lord, but spend it in continuous amusements, indulge in various excesses and revelry, also violate it.
Fifth commandment:
Jesus Christ, being the Son of God, honored His parents, was obedient to them, and helped Joseph with his work. The Lord, for refusing parents the required maintenance under the pretext of dedicating everything they had to God, reproached the Pharisees, because by doing this they violated the requirement of the fifth law.
With the fifth commandment, God calls us to honor our parents, and for this he promises a person prosperous, good life. Respect for parents means respecting them, loving them, under no circumstances insulting them with words or deeds, being obedient, helping them and caring for them when necessary, especially in old age or illness. It is necessary to pray to God for their souls both during life and after death. Great sin- disrespect for parents.
In relation to other people, the Christian religion speaks of the need to honor everyone, in accordance with their position and age.
The Church has always considered and still considers the family to be the basis of society.
Sixth Commandment:
With the help of this law, the Lord imposes a ban on murder, both for himself and for others. After all, life is God’s great gift and only the Lord himself can deprive someone of life on earth. Suicide is also a serious sin: it also conceals the sin of despair, lack of faith, and rebellion against God’s meaning. A person who has violently ended his life will not be able to repent, because after death it is not valid. In moments of despair, it is necessary to remember that earthly suffering is sent for the salvation of the soul.
A person becomes guilty of murder if he somehow facilitates a murder, allows someone to be killed, helps commit it with advice or consent, covers up a sinner, or pushes people to commit new crimes.
It should be remembered that you can lead a person to sin not only by deed, but also by word, so you need to watch your tongue and think about what you say.
Seventh Commandment:
The Lord commands spouses to remain faithful, and unmarried people to be chaste, both in deeds and in words, thoughts, and desires. In order not to sin, a person must avoid everything that causes unclean feelings. Such thoughts need to be nipped in the bud, not allowing them to take over your will and feelings. The Lord understands how difficult it is for a person to control himself, so He teaches people to be merciless and decisive towards themselves.
Eighth commandment:
In this law, God prohibits us from appropriating for ourselves what belongs to another. Thefts can be different: from simple theft, to sacrilege (theft of sacred things) and extortion (taking money from those in need, taking advantage of the situation). And any appropriation of someone else's property through deception. Evasion of payments, debts, concealment of what was found, deception in sales, withholding payments to employees - all this is also included in the list of sins of the seventh commandment. A person’s addiction to material values and pleasures pushes him to commit such a sin. Religion teaches people to be selfless and hardworking. The highest Christian virtue is renunciation of any property. This is intended for those who strive for excellence.
Ninth Commandment:
With this law, the Lord prohibits any lie, for example: deliberately false testimony in court, denunciation, gossip, slander and slander. “Devil” means “slanderer.” A lie is unworthy of a Christian and is inconsistent with neither love nor respect. A comrade understands something not with the help of ridicule and condemnation, but with the help of love and a good deed, advice. And in general, it is worth watching your speech, since religion is of the opinion that the word is the greatest gift.
Tenth Commandment:
This law encourages people to refrain from unworthy desires and envy. While the nine commandments talk about a person's behavior, the tenth pays attention to what happens inside him: desires, feelings and thoughts. Encourages people to think about spiritual purity and mental nobility. Any sin begins with a thought; a sinful desire appears, which pushes a person to act. Therefore, to combat temptations, one should suppress the thought of it in the mind.
Envy is mental poison. No matter how rich a person is, when he is envious, he will be insatiable. The task of human life, according to religion, is a pure heart, for only in a pure heart will the Lord dwell.
Seven deadly sins
Pride
The beginning of pride is contempt. The closest to this sin is the one who despises other people - poor, low. As a result, a person considers only himself wise and noble. It is not difficult to recognize a proud sinner: such a person is always looking for preferences. In self-satisfied rapture, a person can often forget himself and assign imaginary virtues to himself. The sinner first distances himself from strangers, and subsequently from comrades, friends, family and, finally, the Lord himself. Such a person does not need anyone; he sees happiness in himself. But in essence, pride does not bring true joy. Under the rough shell of complacency and pride, the soul becomes dead, loses the ability to love and make friends.
This sin is one of the most common in the modern world. It paralyzes the soul. Petty desires and material passions can ruin the noble motives in the soul. A rich person, a person of average income, and a poor person can suffer from this sin. This passion is not just about possessing material things or wealth, it is about the passionate desire to possess them.
Often a person in sin cannot think about anything else. He is in the grip of passion. Looks at every woman as if she were a female. Dirty thoughts creep into the mind and cloud it and the heart, the latter wants only one thing - satisfaction of its lust. This state is akin to an animal and even worse, because a person reaches such vices that an animal cannot always think of.
This sin is a desecration of nature, it spoils life, a person in this sin is at enmity with everyone. The human soul has never known a more destructive passion. Envy is one of the ways of enmity, and it is almost insurmountable. The beginning of this sin originates from pride. It is difficult for such a person to see his equals nearby, especially those who are taller, better, etc.
Gluttony makes people consume food and drink for pleasure. Because of this passion a person ceases to be reasonable person, is likened to an animal that lives without reason. Through this sin various passions are born.
Anger
Anger separates God and the human soul, since such a person lives in confusion and anxiety. Anger is a very dangerous advisor; everything done under its influence cannot be called prudent. In anger, a person commits evil, which is difficult to do worse.
Despondency and laziness
Dejection is considered to be a relaxation of the strength of the body and soul, which is combined with desperate pessimism. Constant anxiety and despondency crush his mental strength and bring him to exhaustion. From this sin comes idleness and restlessness.
Pride is considered the most terrible of sins; the Lord does not forgive this. God's commandments allow us to live in harmony. They are difficult to comply with, but throughout one’s life a person must strive for the best.
