why does it seem that some people get way with sinning?

Question

i notice that people seem to get away with all sorts of things that the bible says is sin. while i cant seem to get away with anything. i even think about doing something i know is wrong its like an instant smack in the head saying hey stupid you know better.

Answer 1

that is the gift of the holy spirit. you should be happy you have received it. your body is gods temple. he is reminding you through your conscience that you know what you are doing is wrong so that you can be held accountable. he wants you to make the right decision. you are precious to him and he wants you on the right path. his path. as for other people sinning, god does not hear the prayers of the unrighteous. they are not close to god like you therefore their conscience does not remind them of their wrong doing. they will pay in the end. every man's soul for his own. do not worry about their sins make sure to limit your own and i as well.

Answer 2

Just because the Bible says something is sin doesn't mean that people are willing to accept it. We're stubborn creatures who don't want to admit our accountability to God. And the longer people ignore what God is telling Him, the less they will be able to hear Him, until He finally says to them, "Depart from me, for I never knew you." It's not that He's not trying to smack people upside the head to get them to wake up--it's that people are mad that God is trying to tell them to get rid of things that will kill them if they keep them. The Bible says that it's not His will that ANYONE should be lost, and that He does not take any pleasure in the deaths of the wicked. (Matthey 18; Ezekiel 33:11) The fact that you can't "get away with sinning" is probably evidence that you know what God wants you to do and He's not going to stop reminding you until you admit your sin and do a 180-degree turn away from it and go back to Him. In the meantime, if you see people who seem like they're getting away with sin, pray that they will turn to Christ. I'd hope He isn't done with those people yet.

Answer 3

misterangryeyes,
I'm the same way.

If you are Christian, think of it as a blessing.

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Hebrews 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

It's supposed to mean that He loves you. I don't preach perfection like some here do. I preach faith in His word. That is; He will most definitely do what He says He will do. So if you trust Him, He will perform certain things in your life that maybe others don't get.

If you are not a Christian, He's probably trying to get your attention. Turn to Him. He does the chastening because He sees something in you.

Don't ask me what, I haven't figured out what He sees in me yet! lol

Answer 4

It may seem that way, but God sees all sin! You are better off not getting caught up in it. Sin looks fun and enticing. The repercussions of sin can be very difficult to deal with. Lead your life as sinless as you can, it will pay off in the long run!

Answer 5

WOW! The deacon is right. Whom He loves, He chastens.
No one gets away with sin. There is going to be a day of judgment.

Answer 6

Because the world is unfair ... the concepts of karma and reward for the down-trodden at a later point may play out socially, but otherwise are of little consequence.

Answer 7

I don't know, but it catches up with some and not with others. You have a conscience and that will serve you best....not so stupid, are you? Best wishes.

Answer 8

how do YOU know they got away with it? You just have more common sense you will benefit from this.

Answer 9

You have the Holy Ghost dwelling in you because you have believed in Jesus Christ and been saved. The fact that the Holy Ghost shows your right from wrong means that you are one of God's children and not a lost soul.


Hebrews 12:8 - But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Hebrews 12

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Answer 10

Easy - some people just don't believe in that superstitious blather. Your god is pretty damn arbitrary, isn't it? Yeah, right pray for me. Thanks, dear.