Thematic Bible: Amusements and worldly pleasures
Thematic Bible
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).
Hear this you sensual one! You dwell securely and say in your heart: 'I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow. I will not lose children.' (Revelation 18:2-8)
This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).
They are past feeling. They have given themselves over to loose conduct, to work all uncleanness with greediness (a lust for more).
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Formed a part of idolatrous worship
Early the next day the people sacrificed burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. After that they sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy.
After he worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said: Israel, this is your god, who brought you out of Egypt.
Moses came close enough to the camp at the foot of the mountain to see the bull-calf and to see the people dancing. He became furious! He threw down the tablets he was carrying and broke them.
Do not be idolaters like some of them. It is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.
The Philistine kings met together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said: Our god gave us victory over our enemy Samson! They praised their god and said: Call Samson, and make him entertain us! They brought Samson out of the prison and they made him entertain them. They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to the grave.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to greater evil
The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.
It was Herod's birthday. The daughter of Herodias danced for him and pleased him. So he promised with an oath to give her anything she wanted. Prompted by her mother, she said: Give me John the Baptist's head on a platter.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.
Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes! Travel to Calneh and observe. From there go to the great Hamath. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better off than these kingdoms? Is their territory greater than your territory? You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near. read more.
You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall. You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments. You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph.
You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall. You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments. You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Punishment of
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
They suffer wrong as their reward for wrongdoing. They are men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
They say to God: 'Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.' Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Denounced by God
How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine. At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Belong to the works of the flesh
Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,
envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Renunciation of, exemplified by moses
He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » The wicked seek for happiness in
I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with rejoicing. Consider goodness. This also is vanity.
I gathered silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, girls of all sorts to be my brides.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. That is the end for all men and the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Terminate in sorrow
Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Poverty
He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Exclude from the kingdom of God
envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Shunned by the primitive saints
You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
They think it strange that you do not run with them in wild and reckless living and they speak evil about you.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Choke the word of God in the heart
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » A proof of spiritual death
But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Vain
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Indulgence in is » A proof of folly
The heart (feelings) of the wise is in the house of mourning. The heart of fools is in the house of rejoicing.
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