by David Long
Gluttony is one of those topics that people don't want to hear about. What is gluttony? It is defined as, "habitual greed, excess eating or drinking or excessive indulgence." Gluttony is the sin associated with unhealthy indulgence in material delights, usually food and drink. It is creating an idol out of something material, often consumable. If anything material or fleshy is in control, then there is gluttony.
"one of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons" (Titus 1:12).
"Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things" (Phil. 3:19). Their palate is their god. They worship and serve their desires. That's gluttony.
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