The List That Condemns
The List That Condemns What Does It Mean? This teaching presents a sobering list of behaviors and attitudes that disqualify people from the Kingdom of God. The instruction begins with the foundational truth that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge, while fools despise wisdom and instruction. The teaching then presents a comprehensive list of sins that oppose God's design for humanity. The list includes homosexuality, deceit, fornication, gossip, wickedness, backbiting, unrighteousness, hatred of God, covetousness, arrogance, maliciousness, pride, envy, boasting, murder, lack of understanding, strife, lack of natural affection, favoritism, unmercifulness, and disobedience to parents. The instruction makes a crucial point: all these are disqualifying behaviors and attitudes. None are worse or better than others in the list. Being good or doing better on 50% of the list will not make much of a difference, as each of these are the results of "vain imagina...
