Where do we draw the line when we sin?

Question

Who is responsible for daily acts of sin tha we commit? Us or demons/spirits?

Do you think that sin is a product of our human lack of self control , our innate selfish desires and egos or do you think it is as a result of seeds/thoughts/whisperings of the devil/demons /spirits/external powers etc that tempt us daily?

Sometimes I know I have to check/scold myself when I think of doing something negative and I can track the origin of that negative thought or action, other times I wonder where the heck the thought even came from in the first place.

This question is not for people that don't believe in the existence of supernatural beings, and your responses are not wanted/expected/needed/neccessary/appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

we r responisble for our own actions. it is cowardness to use devil, satan, or demons as scapegoats for our wrong doings. and there isn't any apparent line between a sin and virtue, we often end up crossing them....

Answer 2

As we are in the flesh we all have certain weakness some that are considered sin. The ideal thing is 'Give no place to the devil and he will flee from you'. Like a pedophile who starts admiring boys or girls-should recognize it as wrong and don't let the thoughts grow. I think demon possession is more obvious. ' It's definately an ongoing discipline but QUITE worth the effort.

Answer 3

We dont, expediently. "Sin" is just another part of the co-creative process in which the divinity finds or explain itself.

We as a human race continue to develope and as we do ever so slowly we readjust the line of sin. "Spirt can do that" the countless checks and rechecks of trying to understand itself, but it knowns.

"supernatural beings have been playing with sin for thousands of years now"

"The line is very mobile" for now and its final resting place may be not that far off or so the whispers go"!

Enjoy, "we are all spirits having this human experience"

Answer 4

we have a sinful nature...our tendency is to sin. we are responsible. but we can learn to use our self control and consiously decide not to do something when we are tempted to do wrong. satan does tempt us, that is what he does...but we don't have to succumb. if you are a born again believer, the Holy Spirit living in you will help you to fight those sinful desires you have. those sinful things that just pop into your head out of nowhere? satan may have planted them there, but you can resist. great question by the way! hope that helped.

Answer 5

You pretty well answered your own question in the second paragraph. We need to draw the line before sin, and fight the temptation. Temptation itself is not sin, but the giving in to temptation is where we sin. I have tried to figure out why the Lord allows the devil to tempt us so much, but I finally decided it was to make our faith stronger. God bless

Answer 6

Temptation is not sin. Giving into temptation is completely our responsibility.

Sin is a deliberate thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to the eternal law of God.

Sin is a personal act.

Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them:
- by participating directly and voluntarily in them;
- by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;
- by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so;
- by protecting evil-doers.

The very few of us who are mentally ill are not responsible for their actions and therefor they do not sin.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

Satan uses our own weaknesses against us.
He tries to plant seeds of thought, justification or indignance in our mind that would cloud our judgment and we would then make poor decisions.

We do have free will therefore we can refuse to give in to these temptations but it is a lot harder for someone who does not have the Holy Spirit in their heart.

Answer 8

We were born into a world of sin because of Adam and Eve, it's up to us to resist temptation. It's hard, but that's the reason the Lord gave us weapons, Jesus and the Bible

Answer 9

Free will. Whatever the temptation, there is always a way out. We chose sometimes to take the sinful road.

Answer 10

in case you want to have exciting and stay your existence, i could recommend re-comparing your faith. do you incredibly imagine some being that supposedly created the universe incredibly cares what you do on a friday nighttime? incredibly? do you imagine that a being who neglects to make the attempt to feed ravenous, lack of life little ones international huge to teach a level that we've loose will and could no longer intrude on proper cares even if you've sex, or do coke? in case you imagine god performs miracles, then why won't be able to he miracle a bowl of rice for those youngsters? on account that he would not, one ought to come to really one of two conclusions. both he's there or isn't there. and in case you nonetheless believe he's, then for sure if he would not care about ravenous youngsters and preventing women human beings and little ones from being bought into sex slavery, then i imagine you'd be probability-free continuing to be a cocktea se to adult adult males at bars. edit... one better difficulty. on account that we are as you say, ''lustful creatures'' and on account that you've faith in god, then logically god must have made us lustful creatures, surprising? with that in thoughts, if god made us to lust, yet tells us it truly is a sin and punishable by ability of lack of life, what does that say for the nature of this god of yours? its all incredibly ridiculous once you imagine about it.