Christians, how many of you are virgins? Have ANY of you had sex prior to marriage? Why?
If so, did you have a momentary act of weakness, run to your priest and beg for forgiveness.... then go back to your man/woman and have sex again?
If it is a sin AND you know it is, why did you do it?
I'm rather tired of seeing God followers pick and chose from the bible what they can and cannot do. They interpret things differently from one another that no one follows the same rules anymore. And if you sinned, all you have to do is repent and you are back in "god's good graces". So someone runs of and sins, then repents... what is the point?
2006-09-21 08:41:16 · 25 answers · asked by Morning Star 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Repenting isn't just saying you're sorry. Repenting is turning from that sin (for good) towards God for forgiveness. If you just say "I'm sorry I'll never do it again" and then run off and do it, you're not truly repenting. Therefore, you're not really back into "God's good graces".
I do agree with you. I am tired of people picking and choosing what they beleive is right from the bible. It's either all true or not.
2006-09-21 08:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian. I am a virgin. And I totally agree with what you say. This sucks, but many of today's "Christians" do pick and choose sins, like you said.
It's not IF you sin, but rather WHEN you sin, and if you have been saved (admitted you are a sinner, believed that Jesus died for your sins and committed to live you life for Him) then you do repent after sinning. See, the Holy Spirit is inside you, once you get saved. And when you sin (which you will if your a prostitute or a preacher) you repent...it is confusing, but Jesus forgives your past, present and future sins but repenting is just being poor in spirit and realizing that you are so far from being perfect. The point is, you are in 'God's good graces" 24/7 all the time after you are saved, and like I said, ALL of your sins are forgiven. Repentance is just the Holy Spirit convicting you of your sins.
2006-09-21 15:51:08 · answer #2 · answered by ebonys_finest 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is true we are all sinners but as Christians we do not have to live in it anymore. Yes, we will fall but the thrust of our lives is to keep getting back up and sincerely repent (STOP, Turn around, Do what ever it takes to stop the sin.) And the Lord does indeed help us little by little to change by his power. Any one who feels gods forgiveness is a license to sin does not really know the Lord. When we realize how much Jesus has done for us we should truly be humbled and want to please him with our lives.
2006-09-21 16:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by handsomeworshipper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had sex before marriage, and regret it greatly. And I was saved at the time. But I wasn't doing it because I felt like it was OK.
When God saves us from sin and death, we are given a new heart and new desires. But this doesn't mean we have new bodies, and we still have a sin nature and fall from time to time. It doesn't make his grace pointless. The bible says, "should we sin more to make grace about more? Certainly not!" This cheapens the grace of God.
True believers seek to be saved FROM their sin, not saved so they can sin. If they are not repentant, they are not true believers. The two are mutually exclusive.
We have all sinned, and that is why God sent his son to take our sin penalty. And now I live for Him, and I fall into sin from time to time, but I don't go looking for it. There's a difference there.
2006-09-21 15:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I did before i became a Christian. But to answer your question, sex before marriage (fornication) is a sin, and just because you are a Christian does not mean you don't sin. Forgiveness is important in the lives of believers, it is a lesson as Jesus said to the disciples when asked, how many times should we forgive and Jesus said 70 x 7, which is to say as many times as they asked.
We will not be free from sin until Christ returns and takes us into Heaven, then no more sin will be. Until then we are in a process of becoming like Christ. Simply put if a child is learnig to walk and falls down we don't tell them to stay do we?
2006-09-21 15:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jeffery T 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The point is, no one is perfect, and even the perfect ones fell, well, at least 2 out of 3. While Adam and Eve most likely won't receive a second chance, the imperfect sinners today do, simply by being "regretful" and honestly ashamed and not desiring to REPEAT the ACTION, then forgiveness is granted.
HOWEVER, if you do something repeatedly thinking, I'm goning to get forgiveness because I'm a Christian, lol, you're in for a surprise. God simply said, (Lam. 3:40-44) "40 Let us search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: THOU HAS NOT PARDONED. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou has slain, thou has not pitied. 44 Thou has COVERED THYSELF WITH A CLOUD, THAT OUR PRAYER SHOULD NOT PASS THROUGH." (Lam. 3:40-44) In other words, YOU MUST BE SINCERE IN your prayer and honest about regretting doing it and not wanting to do it again, or God simply blocks your false, lying prayer.
2006-09-21 15:54:46 · answer #6 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Speaking on that subject. Most that do the sin had not found Jesus at that time. Once they repented, we pray they got married before doing it again. Some dont repent until after they marry for they dont find Jesus until later. God knows who is true in repenting and that is not for us to judge but rather to pray for them
2006-09-21 15:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by yeppers 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As a Christian I do not pick and choose from the Bible. I do not confess my sins to my Pastor. I do not judge people for their sins or how they live their life. That is for God to do. The only person I have ever had sex with is my husband. We have been married for ten years.
2006-09-21 15:45:13 · answer #8 · answered by cranky_gut 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yup I agree with you. I have several friends that regularly sleep around and go to church on Sundays. One friend actually has sex IN the church.
And yes, I find a lot of Christians pick and choose like you said. Whatever floats their boat they'll do cause they can twist the words around to make it not bad anymore in their eyes
2006-09-21 16:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive in God, But i am only human that have social life, desire and make a lot of mistake (even I have faith). I do have sex before marry but honestly I regret it. But Now I am already married for 2 years. so that is back than when I was in high school and university.
2006-09-21 15:54:35 · answer #10 · answered by OpenMinded 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋