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or pure unadulterated laziness...are you guilty of it...sometimes...and how do you overcome it when it's getting too bad?
The sin of Sloth
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Sloth is regarded as being one of the seven deadly sins. Sloth relates to laziness, an aversion and dislike of pyhsical exertion or work, a could not care attitude, or one who can not be motivated to do anything not caring about the consequences thereof. Basically sloth relates to most teenagers of today(jk).
A slothful person is one who expects all things to come to them, who often demands the best for themselves, without being prepared to do anything or contribute anything towards receiving their hearts desire. If they do not receive that which they want, they make a big noise about it, blame everybody else for it, and accuse everyone else for having stolen their right away from them.
A slothful person can never take responsibility for anything, for in being responsible, they admit that the problem lies on their shoulders and therefore it is their lack of diligence that has caused the failure. Sloth is the aversion to work or exertion and accountability. Responsibility requires work or exertion and accountability.
We will all be held accountable for our works in the final day. Allthough our works may be as filthy rags to the Lord, we are still required to labour for Him. When we accept Jesus as lord of our lives, we change masters and instead of being a slave to satan, we become a slave to Jesus. We are required to serve others, as Jesus Himself served his disciples and the people of the time then and still continues to serve us to this day, washing and cleansing us of sin. Slothfull people do not serve but instead insist on being served upon.
Slothful people are selfish by nature, and could not care about others. They will only allow themselves to be driven to work under extreme circumstances and desperation, and the benefit of their efforts will be for themselves only.
The sin of sloth goes directly against the teachings of Jesus. We are required to serve others in love. We need to have a vision for the future and actively persue the vision of eternal life in Christ. We are to take the example of Jesus, and be prepared to walk in unselfishness even to the point where we are prepared to lay down our lives for others. We are to continually minister and see to the needs of others.
Sloth has no place in the kingdom of God, where each lives for each other and none live for themselves.
The sin of Sloth
One source...
Sloth is regarded as being one of the seven deadly sins. Sloth relates to laziness, an aversion and dislike of pyhsical exertion or work, a could not care attitude, or one who can not be motivated to do anything not caring about the consequences thereof. Basically sloth relates to most teenagers of today(jk).
A slothful person is one who expects all things to come to them, who often demands the best for themselves, without being prepared to do anything or contribute anything towards receiving their hearts desire. If they do not receive that which they want, they make a big noise about it, blame everybody else for it, and accuse everyone else for having stolen their right away from them.
A slothful person can never take responsibility for anything, for in being responsible, they admit that the problem lies on their shoulders and therefore it is their lack of diligence that has caused the failure. Sloth is the aversion to work or exertion and accountability. Responsibility requires work or exertion and accountability.
We will all be held accountable for our works in the final day. Allthough our works may be as filthy rags to the Lord, we are still required to labour for Him. When we accept Jesus as lord of our lives, we change masters and instead of being a slave to satan, we become a slave to Jesus. We are required to serve others, as Jesus Himself served his disciples and the people of the time then and still continues to serve us to this day, washing and cleansing us of sin. Slothfull people do not serve but instead insist on being served upon.
Slothful people are selfish by nature, and could not care about others. They will only allow themselves to be driven to work under extreme circumstances and desperation, and the benefit of their efforts will be for themselves only.
The sin of sloth goes directly against the teachings of Jesus. We are required to serve others in love. We need to have a vision for the future and actively persue the vision of eternal life in Christ. We are to take the example of Jesus, and be prepared to walk in unselfishness even to the point where we are prepared to lay down our lives for others. We are to continually minister and see to the needs of others.
Sloth has no place in the kingdom of God, where each lives for each other and none live for themselves.
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