LUST

Originally meant any longing desire, however innocent, Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 1:14. But, in tacit acknowledgment of the depravity of man’s passions, general usage soon attached the idea of guilt to the word; and now it usually denotes carnal, lascivious desire. In Galatians 5:17, we See 1Co 15:57; but in the unrenewed heart these reign uncontrolled, lead to greater and greater outwards sin, and secure eternal death, James 1:14, James 1:1.


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