Sin is Sin is Sin

We have all heard of sin. We know that sin separates us from God. We know that forgiveness comes through Jesus Christ. Once we are saved, we aspire to do good and steer clear of sin, for the most part. The one area that is rarely touched in our lives is the one that we hold near and dear to our hearts...gluttony.

Why do we hold onto this one and not give it the place that it belongs?

Sin is sin....no matter how much I rationalize it.

God was not vague when it comes to food or overindulgence.

"Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eaters of meat; for the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags."
Proverbs 23:20, 21

Wow. God's Word puts overeating right up there with alcoholism. It's an addiction. It's a total lack of self control.

When I look at the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and think about the cities that were so full of sin that God had to destroy them, I always think "immorality." I always thought of the evil that was written about in God's word as murder, sexual immorality, stealing, etc. But look at what Ezekiel has to say about Sodom...

Ezekiel 16:49 (New King James Version)

Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

I have gone through several different versions of this verse, and it is translated the same, but using words like, "fullness of bread," "gluttonous," "excess of food," and "overabundance of food." They were a prideful, spoiled people who wanted for nothing. They lacked total self control and because of it, God wiped them out.


Self control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Overindulgence is a sin of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21).

My body is constantly at war with me. My flesh and my Spirit continually battle between wise and foolish choices. I have to cling to the promises of God with this constant battle. God is fully aware of this battle, and He did not leave me to fight this alone. He tells me in Galatians 5:24, that because I have chosen to give my life to Jesus Christ, that I have crucified my flesh with all of it's passions and desires, and that if I chose to live by the Spirit, that I should walk by the Spirit.

Continually choosing God's best for me.

Continually choosing to walk in the Spirit.

Continually choosing self control.

Today, I choose self control.