Jesus said...very i say unto you those peole who love lust so much will not live for so long.
2007-01-03 16:03:44 · 16 answers · asked by Alicia. 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not in those words exactly. But I think you have the intent.
What lust does to us: Lust has many destructive effects. The most serious effect is that lust corrupts our ability to love God. John explained that lust is a way of loving the world. He wrote, "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever" (1 John 2:15-17 NKJV). Lust cripples our ability to give and receive love, and blocks God's love from working in us.
2007-01-03 16:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he said it, it didn't make it into the Bible. He did equate lust with committing adultery, which certainly ups the ante in turning everyone into sinners. Just as he equated anger with murder. The question of shortening your life is not included in the scripture.
Personally, while I agree that thoughts effect how a person sees themself and others, his phrasing was too strident and shrill. Buddha had already said, "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become." A much more hopeful and digestible thought.
2007-01-03 16:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know any verse that says that. The verses about living long are to do with honouring one's parents, like in Exodus 19:12
"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee".
The verses to do with lusts basically teach us to abstain from lusts, like in 2 Tim 2:22, 1 Pet 1:14, and 2:11.
2007-01-03 16:09:48 · answer #3 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because they use up their life force for the wrong thing. It also takes blood away from the brain which causes mental illness and senility. So even if their body lives long they are long gone.(mentally) Illicit sex causes so many diseases and miseries. Go to gospelofthenazirenes. for the original teachings of Christ before king Constantine misconstrued so many things. The original teaching of Christ and New Testament
2007-01-03 16:08:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't find a passage in the Bible that says that about lust.
2007-01-03 16:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2007-01-03 16:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't say for sure but I went to Catholic school for 13 years and this doesn't sound familiar to me.
2007-01-03 16:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by princess402 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never heard that one , but i know it is a sin to lust,but not a sin if it is your spouse that u lust for
2007-01-03 16:08:19 · answer #8 · answered by cc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hugh Heffner is 80, that's not bad
2007-01-03 16:05:12 · answer #9 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows without doubt. He could have
2007-01-03 16:06:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mayonaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋