If it is you keep doing the same thing over and over and keeps 4giving then suddenly one day you did that specific thing unconsciencely do you think God will 4give? Because I do things unconciously and when I realise its a sin I feel to cry because I've been 4given so many tines I sometimes think that I wouldn't be 4given again and I know God is a 4giving! Do you??????
2006-07-03 13:14:41 · 27 answers · asked by tender 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
if you are pure in heart in your asking He will forgive you, He knows your heart before you do!!
2006-07-03 13:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by beaniefufer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is forgiving if we will earnestly repent of our sin. You shouldn't turn right around and have to be forgiven for the same sin. But to be completely honest, all of us do the same thing, we are sinners saved by Grace. We will always be sinners no matter how hard we try not to be. Jesus Christ is the only sinless man that has ever walked this earth. God means for us to strive to be like Jesus, but He knows that we will never make it. And we can't do anything on our own but with the Holy Spirit in our hearts we have a good start on Salvation.
Jesus loves you and don't get discouraged. Just depend on Jesus and don't try to do it on you own.
2006-07-03 13:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by racam_us 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is giving good advice.
I think it might be very helpful for you to think of God as the perfect parent. I do not know what your parents are like. Some of us are unfortunate enough to have parents who don't act in our best interests and who treated us wrongly in some way.
But when it comes to discipline, good parents do whatever is best for the child to grow and become a healthy adult. Nothing is ever done just to punish or condemn the child, to make the child feel guilty, to shame the child, to take out the parents' anger on the child.
Discipline is always directed not towards punishment but towards help the child become a better, stronger person. And this really changes the way in which the parent interacts with the child. We all recognize parents who love their kids, even when there is a problem the family is working through -- and we all can recognize when a parent is abusing a kid or harming him emotionally.
God is not out to punish you, or "send you to hell," or make you feel like a worm. None of those things would have the effect of maturing you into someone who is like Jesus... they would only tear you down and destroy you.
People are weak, and people are fallible. Sometimes we rebel purposefully against God, and sometimes we fail simply because we are weak and human, just as a child sometimes fails (to treat others kindly, for example) because he is only ten and not a grownup.
God doesn't want to punish you. He wants you to love him and seek him more. He wants repentence. Adam and Eve, instead of repenting, hid from God in the Garden in Eden ... hurting God even more. God wants us to come to him.
And if you go to him when you realized you have sinned against him or someone else, and you want to do better, and you beg forgiveness, he will forgive. Even when we do not repent, his goal is only to discipline us in ways that will foster repentence... not destroy us.
Every person (no matter how mature) struggles with things that they have trouble beating. Sometimes it's something tangible (like sex), sometimes it's something intangible (such as arrogance, or sloth, or callousness to others). Every person. Read some of the stories of the ancient saints (such as Augustine)... even those church fathers were tormented over the ways in which they continued to do the wrong things, even when they wanted to do the right one.
Paul laments about how he does what he does not want to do, and does not do what he knows is right. Paul -- the writer of half the documents in the NT.
Love God. Accept your failed humanity. Repent of your sin each time. Slowly, over time, you will get better. You will want to please God more, and you will find that you do improve. You will never be perfect, you simply have to be willing to ask forgiveness no matter how many times you fail, and mean it. God forgives.
2006-07-03 13:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know how you feel, I do the same thing. If you are truly sorry for what you did and you are sincere when asking for forgivenss then yes God will forgive you. Once you have been forgiven for your sins then God doesn't want to remember them because they WERE forgiven, therefor you shouldn't dwell over the things you have done but work on your closeness to God. We all make mistakes if we didn't then we wouldn't be human.
2006-07-03 13:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by gilmore_girlsfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, GOD is bigger and more forgiving than any of our sins.
We cannot overpower GOD with our sins, no matter how many times we sin.
The only thing we are supposed to do, is repent (turn away from the sin) and move on. If we mess up and sin the exact sin again, we repeat and move on. There is no three strikes and your out except on earth.
Keep growing and learning, none of us will get to perfection until we are actually in the company of our LORD and savior.
May GOD bless you and keep you.
2006-07-03 13:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is ALWAYS forgiving if you are trying to do the right thing. He knows your heart, and if you really don't mean to do it then God will forgive you. I'll catch myself in a sin, like if I talk bad about people or fornicate, and I used to feel ssoooooo bad and I would pray for forgiveness. What I learned is that He wants you believe u are forgiven, to forgive yourself too, and ask Him to help in that area. Also, part of resisting temptation is to stay out of tempting situations. Now I feel glad that God... and Jesus... gives me so much grace. Trust me it's hard sometimes, but fight the good fight sista!!
2006-07-03 13:33:32 · answer #6 · answered by S D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to be forgiven, you must repent about that sin. Repenting, means to turn away from that sin and do it no more. If you unconciously do it, then try to find a way to keep yourself out of that situation and when you do find that you had done it, repent again.
God is eternally patient and merciful. You just have to uphold your end of the deal and try not to sin again.
2006-07-03 13:19:37 · answer #7 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course God will forgive you .... But wait a minute ... are you honest to yourself to us and to God ? .... At the same time you are doing this sin , you don't think that you are doing it again and stop it at once ? or you wait untill you finish it and then you regret ? Sins done more than once or twice in a short period are not unconcient anymore .... Be true to yourself and face it and God will replace your sin with many graces ...
2006-07-03 13:25:03 · answer #8 · answered by Archangelm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God forgives you as long as you are sorry. But you should always try to not make the same mistake again, bc if you were truly sorry the first time, you probably wouldn't do it too many more times after that.
2006-07-03 13:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by countrygirl:) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY!!!! God iz a loving, 4giving, & careing God He will 4give u every time u ask him 2 (soooo dont listen 2 people who say otherwise!!!!) :) :)
2006-07-03 13:21:18 · answer #10 · answered by i luv JESUS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When asked how often to forgive, Jesus said, "not just seven times, but up to 7 times 77 times". I think God would agree. Heartfelt repentance is the key here.
2006-07-03 13:20:37 · answer #11 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋