Why aren't Christians worried about their own sins? Is it cause of that ember in your eye?
2006-07-16 02:21:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
...since all humans are sinners, all humans do not love all humans, nor do they hate everyone's sins. If Christians would spend as much time taking care of their own sins as they do worrying about other people's sins, the speck and beam in the eyes wouldn't be a problem.
2006-07-16 17:44:49 · answer #1 · answered by novalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. All sinners love sin, that is why the are sinners. If they hated sin, they would not do it.
I hate liver. I have never woke up in the middle of the night, dreaming about liver, with my mouth watering, desiring a big juicy piece of liver. Because I hate liver. If I wanted and desired it, I would not hate it.
So if a person wants and desires something that is wrong, then they "love" that sin. That is the definition of a sinner - they are somewhere who wants and desires a sin.
When a person becomes a Christian, the desires within them begin to change. Would be great if it was all automatic and happened instantly, but it doesn't. Its a little thing called "free will". They still have to make a decision that they want to be changed. The new birth gives them the power to follow through. Why they don't is another issue....
(I like the new picture. Looks more like you.)
2006-07-16 09:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, Christians *are* worried about their own sins: usually far too much so. So much so that since they're told they *are* sinners, and they're not conscious of being really guilty for anything, they end up having to make stuff up. I know some prime examples: really good people, humble, kind, and nonjudgmental, who spend their whole life thinking about others' welfare, and they hate themselves because they're "sinners." That kind of piety tells you that to be really holy, you have to hate yourself.
Kind of ironic, isn't it, since the alleged point of Christianity is precisely that God loves you no matter what.
2006-07-16 09:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it difficult to forgive anyone, ever. I can tell myself to let it go, but the memory of the transgression keeps popping up. I hate that part of myself.
Christ alone has the power to forget. In some mysterious way, he loans this power out to those who need it. Even if you think God himself has transgressed against you, He can help.
And yes, sin, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
2006-07-17 06:05:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is easier for one to point out the sins and mishaps of others and not their own where hatred, fear, and the whole of human emotion exists. Mat. 7:3 And Why beholdest thou the mote that is in they brother's eye but not considerest the beam that is in thine own eye?"
2006-07-16 09:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by Theresa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no hatred for sin.
True, it's wrong, and I do my best to avoid it.
But I'm much more likely to say "I love you as a human being" than I am to say "God hates Fags!" I'd never say the latter as a matter of fact.
2006-07-16 09:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh, another person making assumptions and skipping to conclusion.
2006-07-16 09:27:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they try not to and if they do they ask for forgiveness
2006-07-17 10:46:39 · answer #8 · answered by donielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋