If Jesus died for the sins of the believers, then does it mean every christian is free to do any thing as heaven is already promised, isn't it very attractive package?
2006-06-14 19:28:48 · 13 answers · asked by imran 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I think that Christian doctrine/package must be quite an attractive proposition for sinners. No wonder it caught on. You do what you want and go to heaven anyway [you go to heaven because you are "clean" before god since god died on a cross, go figure].
2006-06-14 19:36:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Once you've been forgiven you don't turn around and risk loosing your life for the pleasures of sin.
Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God,than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sins is death;but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Matthew 7:13 ENTER ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,and broad is the way,that leadeth to destruction,and many there be which go in thereat 14.Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,and few there be that find it.
Have A Blessed Life
2006-06-14 19:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, we have broken the power of sin on us. For those who have believed and known God, His Holy Spirit is with us and will help us survive our sinful nature in this sinful world. Non-Christians have no power over sin unlike the Christians, for God has given us power to ovecome sin. Therefore, when Christians really do sin, it is by our own will and decision, and we need to ask forgiveness from God when we realise we have sinned.
Those who have accepted the Lord as Saviour must also accept Him as LORD. When the Lord commanded us to obey Him and sin no more, if we accept Him as Lord, we know we are disobeying Him if we continue to sin. God has already provided us the power to overcome sin, so there really is no excuse anymore to sin.
But because of the sinful world around us, Jesus is always there to forgive us and would always chase after us even when we fall. He'd go to any lengths just to win us back, ain't Jesus Christ the Lord great? Without this sinful influence, believers will just be like Jesus Christ, cleansed from all unrighteousness and sin no more.
2006-06-14 19:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by Miss_Perfect 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope that would be abusing the grace of God. For example if a death row inmate were pardoned by the governer that does not give him permission to go on a killing spree does it? The same way as Christians we are forgiven for our sins but that does not give us permission to practice sin now. The Bible teaches that those who practice sin will not inherit the kingdom of heaven and that we should not sin because we think we can be forgiven no matter what. God is not mocked. (Galatians 5 Romans 6 and Galatians 6)
2006-06-14 19:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, when you become a Christian, you allow God to feel your heart. His goodness takes over, and pushes evil. You start to hate sin and desire to do what is right.
Second, just because we have eternal savation through the Blood of Jesus, does not mean God lets us sin. Instead, we are called to live a Holy life. By letting the light of God shine through us, we are being witnesses to the world.
Finally, Christians will still sin, because while we are alive on Earth, we live in the flesh (the body we were born with.) When we sin, our fellowhsip with God (not salvation) decays. When you are a Christian and not following God, that is a very miserable thing. The only way to restore that fellowship is by humbling ourselves again, and asking for forgiveness. (Note, this is not the same thing as asking for salvation, since you can only be saved once in a lifetime. Hebrew 6:4-6 confirms this. "4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.")
2006-06-14 19:38:16 · answer #5 · answered by nom_de_plume30 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a true Christian... one that follows Christ... then you will not want to do everything sinful... this stuff was addressed in the Book of Romans. You will want to serve the Lord. There are those born in a Christian heritage... but till one makes the decision to follow Christ... one is not a Christian.
2006-06-14 19:34:23 · answer #6 · answered by ddead_alive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't die for the sins of believers he died for the sins of all mankind that they may believe in him. And it doesn't give us the freedom to go out and sin, but with freedom comes a great deal of responsibility - our war heroes will tell you that freedom for our nations comes at a price - well freedom for serving the Lord comes at a price too and he forewarns of this in the scripture - we will be mocked, and scorned, some tortured and beaten, we will be persecuted and ridiculed, hated by our families and turned out - but our hope and our freedom we find in Jesus Christ will still be worth it!
2006-06-14 19:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by dph_40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus died for us but we have to repent our sin. You are not free to do anything. You still have to follow the ten commandments and if you follow Jesus' footsteps, you would automatically become a good person.
2006-06-14 20:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by pianist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Do you sin, as a Christian?"
If a Christian sins, it is against his will. One who is regenerate falls rather than dives into sin; he resists rather than embraces it. Any dead fish can float downstream. It takes a live one to swim against the flow. Christians still experience temptations and can sometimes fall into sin, but they are no longer slaves to sin (Romans 6:6). They have God’s Holy Spirit within them to help them say no to temptation, and to convict their conscience of wrongdoing when they do sin.
2006-06-14 19:33:39 · answer #9 · answered by fasi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all JESUS DID NOT DIE he is in heaven and will return befor the end of life on earth. and he is one of the prophets not son of god.( how come god dies???????)
Second, every human is responsible for his sins and rewarded for his good.
2006-06-14 19:58:55 · answer #10 · answered by alkrd2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋