 Recognizing our Sin is Half the Battle
Often people don’t recognize their sins because no one ever told them it was sin. This list of sins and occult is meant to be a blessing and help to people. As we identify our sins we can then confess them to God and receive forgiveness and peace. A real barrier in recognizing sin is the way that we justify what we do.
For example, some justify their anger by blaming the other person – "It’s their fault that I’m angry because they.....". Others justify pornography as "a personal diversion which doesn’t harm anyone". Others justify violence in marriage "because it helps" in some way. White lies are said to be "necessary and useful".
There is no end to the reasons we give to justify our sins. Such arguments become demonic fortresses of the mind that must be identified as unbiblical deceptions. True repentance begins when we stop justifying our sin, and call it what it is: sin. Then the cleansing work of the Blood of Jesus can begin in us.
" Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Sin is sin, and we are guilty before God for our rebellion. Sin brings condemnation, curses, demons, eternal death, guilt and sickness. God requires humility in repentance so that there might be forgiveness and peace with Him. While we defend our sins, we have not truly repented, and therefore are not forgiven by God.
"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:8-9
Through repentance you can receive peace and forgiveness from God.
PLEASE MARK OFF YOUR SINS IN THIS LIST
The greatest sin
Not believing in Jesus as the only Saviour
Sins of the tongue:
- Lies
- Anger, shouting
- Making fun of others in their need
- Coarse language, swearing
- Slander
- Criticism
- Judging others
- Gossip
- Self curses (e.g. "I am worthless,
I will never succeed.")
- Cursing others (e.g. "He will alway
be sick.")
- Grumbling/criticism against
the leadership of the church.
- Unfulfilled promises and good intentions.
Sins in the family:
- Neglect of children
- Lack of discipline and order in the family.
- Not teaching the Bible to one’s children.
- Lack of respect for your partner
- Putting down your spouse in front of others.
- Mistreatment of one’s wife
- Lack of love, obedience and honour of the husband .
- Violence and anger in the marriage.
- Violent discipline of children.
- Disobeying parents
- Lack of respect of parents
Sins of the heart:
- Unforgiveness
- Resentment
- Bitterness
- Holding grudges
- Hate
- Lust
- Greed
- Envy and covetousness
- Pride
- Selfishness
- Jealousy
- Double mindedness
- Lack of faith, doubt
- Anxiety, worry, not trusting God.
- Racism and bigotry
Various sins:
- Lack of love towards God and others.
- Religiosity and legalism
- Prayer and fasting not accompanied by righteousness.
- Persecution of Christians
- Religious pride
- Lack of daily prayer and Bible reading
- Using God’s Name in vain
- Blasphemy
- Lack of prayer for authorities in the church
- Lack of obedience, respect and support of church leaders and pastors.
- Causing division in the body of Christ.
- Rebellion and disrespect towards authority.
- Laziness
- Stealing
- Addictions
- Taking advantage of others unjustly
- Violence
- Impatience
- Manipulation
- Deceit
- Not visiting the sick and prisoners
- Mistreating the poor and needy
- Murder
- Vengeance
- Abortion
- Drunkenness
- Bribes
- Attending worldly parties with drinking & dancing.
- Videos or films of violence, horror, swearing, pornography.
- Inappropriate TV watching
Sins of the use of resources:
- Dressing luxuriously as an expression of pride, vanity
- Buying things out of vanity.
- Gambling
- Using our time wastefully
- Not obeying God with our finances (tithing and offerings)
- Lack of compassion and generosity to the poor
- Using our resources selfishly
- Not offering hospitality
- Financial irresponsibility
- Sins against the Holy Spirit:
- Resisting or grieving the Holy Spirit
- Criticizing and belittling the work and manifestations of the Holy Spirit
- Mistreating and persecuting those who are used by God in the Anointing
- Speaking against the gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Sins in the work place
- Laziness or sloppiness at work
- Taking advantage of and mistreating employees.
- Not paying or withholding appropriate wages.
- Borrowing and not returning is stealing.
- Unjust or illegal contracts
- Corruption
- Not paying taxes
Sexual sins:
- Perverse sexual acts – oral, anal, or sex with an animal.
- Violent or forced sex (including in the marriage).
- Rape
- Prostitution
- Fornication
- Adultery
- Masturbation
- Homosexuality
- Lesbianism
- Sex between family members – incest
- Pornography
- Lustful thinking
- Obsessions & addictions
- Addiction to smoking, alcohol, novels, TV, the internet, computer games, video games, or play stations.
NB. Watching TV, reading novels, using the internet and games are not necessarily sins, but lack of self-control in these areas is.
Occult and witchcraft sins:
- Acupuncture
- Amulets (good luck objects, etc)
- Ankh (a cross with a ring top used in satanic rites).
- Apparitions – occultic
- Astral traveling
- Astrology
- Automatic writing
- Birth signs
- Black arts
- Black magic
- Black mass
- Blood pacts
- Casting of spells and curses
- Chain letters
- Colour therapy
- Conjuration (summoning up a spirit)
- Consulting medium, spiritists,
- witchdoctors or psychic healers
- Contact with spirits
- Control of objects by mental power (Tk or Pk).
- Coven of witches
- Crystal ball gazing
- Crystals & stones
- Demon worship
- Divining rod, twig or pendulum
- Dungeons and dragons
- Eastern meditation
- ESP
- spiritism
- Fire walking
- Fortune telling
- Halloween
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Hard rock & heavy metal secular music
- Horoscopes
- Hypnosis
- Idols and images used in worship
- Incantations
- Iridology (eye diagnosis)
- Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
- Judo
- Karate
- Kung-fu
- Levitation
- Listening to demonic voices (including voices of deceased).
- Magic (not sleight of hand but manipulation)
- Manipulation and cursing of others
- Mantras
- Martial arts
- Mental suggestion, telepathy, therapy
- Mesmerism
- Mind control, dynamics, mediumship, reading.
- Necromancy (conjuring up spirits of the dead)
- New Age (in all its diverse forms)
- Numerology
- Occultic games
- Ouiji boards
- Occult novels, magazines, music, or
movies
- Pagan rites, religious objects, artifacts and relics
- Palmistry
- Pokemon Cards
- Satanism
- Secret society oaths
- Sorcery
- Soul traveling
- Spells
- Spirit guides or friends
- Star signs
- Superstitions
- Tarot Cards
- Tea-leaf reading
- The Lodge (Free Masonry)
- TM – transcendental meditation
- Videos and movies of violence, horror, pornography, occult.
- White magic
- Witchcraft
- Yoga
- Zodiac signs
- Sects, World Religions & Philosophies:
It is important to renounce all oaths, pacts and baptisms made with any sect or secret society, destroy their religious objects, and destroy any books that are not in accord with Scripture.
A sect is a religious group that has one or more of the following characteristics:
- Denies the full divinity of Jesus Christ.
- Doesn’t recognize the full authority of the Bible as the basis of faith and conduct.
- Accepts prophecies, traditions, and other books as fundamental to belief and practice.
- Denies the Trinity, that of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- Emphasizes traditions and rules to gain salvation.
All religions that deny that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour and way to God are to be renounced.
To pray to, to use as a mediator, to show religious respect, or to worship idols and images.
To burn candles to them, to prostrate or bow before an idol or image.
- Adventists
- Ananda Marga Yoga Society
- Bahai
- Buddhism
- Children of God
- Christadelphians
- Christian Science
- Communism
- Confucianism
- Divine Light Mission
- EST
- Hare Krishna
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Jehovah’s witnesses
- Marxism
- Materialism
- Mormons
- The International Way
- The New Age (in all its diverse forms)
- Unification Church (Moonies)
- Universal Church of God
This sin & occult list is adapted from Bill Subritzky’s literature (see Dove Ministries).
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