Gluttony is immoderation. It isn’t just about food it is about our never-ending need for more. Gluttony is pulls us away from God and others but more than that it lets someone else starve. Those who consume more than they need deny the excess to others. How much do you and I truly need? Gluttony is the sin that sharpens all other sins. Gluttony pushes beyond all the other sins to even more! Christ call for those who are persecuted because of righteousness is an antidote to gluttony because to be persecuted is the opposite of more and security. It demonstrates a righteousness in Christ.
Genesis 3:1-6 (ESV)
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Matthew 5:1-2, 6 (ESV)
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.