The Seven Deadly Sins

Do you know what those are? Avarice, gluttony, envy, lust, pride, wrath, sloth. It is the sinful nature of natural man which seeks those “seven deadly sins.” They are the manifestation of one totally depraved—one dead. But the child of God flees from all these.  The Heidelberg Catechism states: “Can those who are converted to God perfectly keep these commandments? No: but even the holiest men, while in this life, have only a small beginning of this obedience: yet so, that with a sincere...