LAWLESSNESS

 1. Lawlessness

a) What does lawlessness mean in the Bible?

i) Contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence. being without law; uncontrolled by a law; unbridled; unruly; unrestrained: lawless passion.

ii) The word for “lawlessness” in the Bible is often translated “iniquity.” According to the Bible, the root of all lawlessness is rebellion.

iii) 1 John 3:4 defines sin as lawlessness: “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.” To commit sin is to be lawless; that is, the sinner breaks God’s law.

iv) Satan, who models the ultimate rejection of God, will one day empower the Antichrist, called “the lawless one,” whose rise to power “will be in accordance with how Satan works” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).

b) What is lawless behavior?

i) Actions that break the law, especially in a wild and violent way.  

c) What are the 7 sins in the Bible?

i) According to the standard list, they are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth, which are contrary to the seven heavenly virtues. 

ii) These sins are often thought to be abuses or excessive versions of one's natural faculties or passions (for example, gluttony abuses one's desire to eat, to consume).

d) What is the deadliest sin?

i) Lust, envy, anger, greed, gluttony and sloth are all bad, the sages say, but PRIDE is the deadliest of all, the root of all evil, and the beginning of sin.

e) Bible verses

Romans 8:7 

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Matthew 7:21-23

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

Matthew 24:11-12 

And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

Matthew 23:27-28 

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

f) What is God saying?

Jeremiah 4:22 

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'-in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

Titus 1:16 

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.