What is lust?

Answer 1

Lust, to me, is a desperate attaction to a particular person or to a particular thing. Because of lust, you find that people have gone to the extreme to get this. They will even do the wrong things, just to get what they want. The Bible does speak against lust as being one of the fruits of the flesh, but we are told that we should put of all of the things of the old...... "behold all things have become new".

Answer 2

Lust is a focus on pleasing oneself, and often leads to unwholesome actions to fulfill one's desires with no regard to the consequences. Lust is about possession and greed. The Christian faith is about selflessness, and is marked by holy living (Romans 6:19, 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 30, 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:4, 4:24; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, 5:23; 2 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 1:15-16). The goal of each person who has put his/her faith in Jesus Christ is to become more and more like Him each day. This means putting off the old way of life, of which sin was in control, and conforming one's thoughts and actions to the standard put forth in Scripture. Lust is in opposition to this ideal.



Nobody will ever be perfect, or attain sinlessness while still on this earth, yet it is still a goal for which we strive. The Bible makes a very strong statement regarding this in 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8, "God has called us to be holy, not to live impure lives. Anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human rules but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you." If lust has not yet gripped your heart and mind, ready yourself through a life lived above reproach to combat the temptations of lust. If you currently struggle with lust, it is time to come clean before God and ask for His intervention in your life, so that holiness can be a mark of your life as well
Intense or unrestrained sexual craving, or 2) An overwhelming desire or craving (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary). Now try and reconcile this definition with verses such as Exodus 20:14, 17 (NLT), "Do not commit adultery. . . Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns," or Matthew 5:28, "But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
really it is wonting in your heart something you cant have....

Answer 3

a sexual desire apart from love. Love being the total self-giving and selflessness for another. Lust is self-centered and self-seeking. Love is making your entire self a gift to the other person. Nothing is held back. It is unconditional.

Answer 4

Human nature

Answer 5

A yearning for or a strong desire for. It can include love but can also exclude love. It is being drawn to something or someone and is usually of a sexual nature.

Answer 6

term "lust" is often meant to connotate "sexual desires" or "illicit sins of the loins-flesh" but it can also be general, can mean desirous-covetous-greed in general for any sense gratification that is not related to pleasing-serving God. (basically any sense gratification that is for "me-myself-I"

Answer 7

Your want and desires


Alot of Jewerly,Money, Greed, Sex, Toys, Clothes, Purses,


That some of my weakness

Answer 8

A nice way to say horniness

Answer 9

An intense desire for something, often, but not always, of a sexual nature.

It's a cardinal sin.

Answer 10

To look at someone and want to be sexually active with them.