Seven Abominations

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Seven Abominations

• These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are
  an abomination to Him A proud look, A lying
  tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart
  that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in
  running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies,
  And one who sows discord among brethren.
• Proverbs 616-19

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Seven Abominations

• A Proud Look
• Haughty eyes
• Proverbs 1618
• Proverbs 2923
• 1 Peter 55

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Proverbs 1618 2923

• (1618), Pride goes before
  destruction, And a haughty spirit
  before a fall.
• (2923), A man's pride will bring him low, But
  the humble in spirit will retain honor.

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1 Peter 55

• Likewise you younger people, submit
  yourselves to your elders. Yes, all
  of you be submissive to one
  another, and be clothed with humility, for "God
  resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

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Seven Abominations

• A Lying Tongue
• Hebrews 617-18
• John 844
• Revelation 218

6
Hebrews 617-18

• Thus God, determining to show more
  abundantly to the heirs of promise
  the immutability of His counsel,
  confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two
  immutable things, in which it is impossible for
  God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who
  have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set
  before us.

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John 844

• You are of your father the devil, and
  the desires of your father you want
  to do. He was a murderer from
  the beginning, and does not stand in the truth,
  because there is no truth in him. When he speaks
  a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he
  is a liar and the father of it.

8
Revelation 218

• But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
  murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,
  idolaters, and all liars
  shall have their part in the lake which burns
  with fire and brimstone, which is the second
  death.

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Seven Abominations

• Hands that shed innocent blood
• Genesis 96
• Galatians 519-21
• Babies are innocent abortion is an abomination

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Genesis 96

• Whoever sheds man's blood, By
  man his blood shall be shed
  For in the image of God He
  made man.

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Galatians 519-21

• Now the works of the flesh are evident,
  which are adultery, fornication,
  uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry,
  sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
  outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions,
  dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,
  drunkenness, revelries, and the like of which I
  tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in
  time past, that those who practice such things
  will not inherit the kingdom of God."

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Seven Abominations

• A heart that devises wicked plans
• The heart is the repository of the
  evil in man
• Matthew 1519
• Matthew 58

13
Matthew 1519

• For out of the heart proceed
  evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
  thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

14
Matthew 58

• Blessed are the pure in heart,
  For they shall see God.
• God desires us to give Him our hearts.
• Make sure you never allow your heart to become
  the devils garbage dump!

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Seven Abominations

• Feet that are swift in running to
  evil
• Fig Of individuals
  who enjoy sin
• Contrast Romans 1015

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Romans 1015

• And how shall they preach
  unless they are sent? As it is
  written "How beautiful are the
  feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who
  bring glad tidings of good things!"

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Seven Abominations

• A false witness who speaks lies
• Perjury (Lying under oath,
  or when invoking
  the name of God)
• All lying an abomination, but this a step above!

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Seven Abominations

• One who sows discord among brethren
• Psalm 1331
• Ephesians 43
• Discord comes from error preached, unkind words,
  unbridled tongues, etc.

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Psalm 1331

• Behold, how good and how pleasant
  it is For brethren to dwell
  together in unity!

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Ephesians 43

• "I, therefore, the prisoner of
  the Lord, beseech you to walk
  worthy of the calling with which
  you were called, 2 with all lowliness and
  gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one
  another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the
  unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• We must work for, not against peace and unity!

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Seven Abominations

• Conclusion
• And do not present your members as
  instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but
  present yourselves to God as being alive from the
  dead, and your members as instruments of
  righteousness to God.
• (Romans 613)