GLUTTONY WHAT IS GLUTTONY Hebrew zalal to shake as in the wind ie to quake figuratively to be loose morally worthless or prodigal Strong to pour out to shake outa squanderer a prodigalthose who squander or are prodigals as to their own body voluptuous p ID: 762634
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GLUTTONY
WHAT IS GLUTTONY? Hebrew – zâlal – to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal. (Strong) “to pour out, to shake out…a squanderer, a prodigal…’those who squander (or, are prodigals as to) their own body,’ voluptuous profligates” ( Gesenius ’ Hebrew- Chaldee Lexicon) “A shaking from fear or overeating.” (Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible) Greek – Phagos – a voracious man, a glutton. (Strong) “akin to phago , ‘to eat,’ a form used for the aorist or past tense of esthio , denotes ‘a glutton’” (Vine) Greek – gastēr – the stomach…a glutton, gormandizer, a man who is as it were all stomach. (Strong) “the stomach; by synecdoche a glutton, a gormandizer, a man who is as it were all stomach” (Thayer)
WHAT IS GLUTTONY? Gluttony Portrayed Quail given to Israel – Numbers 11:31-34 Why did God strike them? Kibroth Hattaavah – “graves of the longing” (Strong); “graves of lust” (Brown-Driver-Briggs) A commentary in the Psalms – Psalm 78:26-31 (v. 29) – satiated; (vv. 30-31) – overindulgence Manifested: Dissatisfaction, Ingratitude, Misplaced Attention, An Imbalanced Diet of the Physical and Spiritual
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH GLUTTONY? A Portrait of a Disciple Spiritually Minded – Romans 8:5-8 (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:12, 19-20) Abstainer of Fleshly Lusts – Galatians 5:16-18 Meticulously Cautious – Romans 13:14; 1 Peter 1:15-16 Self Controlled – 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH GLUTTONY? It’s Moral and Spiritual Implications Discontentment – Philippians 4:11-12 Covetousness – Hebrews 13:5 Carnality – Proverbs 23:1-3 Relinquished Power – 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 Provision for Sin – Romans 13:14
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH GLUTTONY? It Brings Along Sinful Companions Rebellion – Deuteronomy 21:18-21 Idleness/Laziness – Titus 1:12; Proverbs 23:19-21 It ends in shame – Proverbs 28:7
GLUTTONY