Do christians be punished for committing sins?

Question

Help me understand. If a christian accepted Jesus as his saviour and continued to sin deliberately, would he be punished? I know many christians who say as long as you accept Jesus as your saviour you will go to heaven. Kind of dangerous. Why do you have the 10 commandments then? Why do you say babies sin?

Answer 1

Many of them think they can do pretty much what they want, and if they feel guilty about it then they can say a little prayer, and all is forgotten and forgiven. It gets particularly bad when they talk about other people's "sins", while doing whatever they want (but it takes the focus away from their own faults.)

Answer 2

A Christian who sins will face the consequences of his sins. The Apostle Paul writes about a man who was sinning by sleeping with his father's wife. Paul said to give that person over to the destruction of his flesh by satan so that his soul might be saved. (See 1 Corinthians 5:5). My unserstanding of that is that the church was to let the suffer the consequences, punishment, etc. that went with his sin in the hope that it would turn him around and save his soul.

Read through the little book of 1 John. He talks about how Christians are not suppose to sin. That if a Christian slips up and sins, he can confess it and get in cleaned out of his life (1:9). But if they continue to deliberately live in sin then they are not really born again, but still born of the devil (3:8).

Check out 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Paul gives a list of sins that if people continue to practice will keep them from inheriting the kingdom. Similar list are repeated elsewhere in scripture. So sin is a big issue in the life of a Christian. They do not get a "free pass" just because they prayed once to be saved.

As far as babies, Christianity does not teach that babies sin. It does teach that it person is born with a DESIRE to sin, and they have to be taught to follow God. Have you ever meant a small child who had to be taught how to lie, or hit, or fight, etc? And that every person at some point in their life chooses to sin, which is why everyone needs to be born again.

Note that a baby is not held responsible for having a DESIRE to sin, only for the sins they commit. Just like you would not be held responsible if you DESIRED to do something wrong, but didn't do it. You are all responsible is you do the sin. This is why babies, or people who are mental incapable of understanding their moral choices are not held responsible for sin.

Answer 3

If they are deliberately sinning about the same thing they asked forgivness for than they aree not truley repentent. They will be judged. Also children all though they are born into sin are not responsible for their actions. There is a thing called the age of accountabilty. Some where around 12 I think.

Answer 4

Yes Indeed! The Scriptures say "For the wages of sin is death, and the gift of God is Eternal life" The Christian who sins will received the same dose of medicine (punishement) that God will give to the non-Christian. He will be punished accordingly.

Then, what is the difference between a Christian sinners and the sinners who sinned always? No difference at all, they are both qualified to be called sinners, and sins must be punish.

The most clear treatment of this subject in the New Testament is found in the 2 Peter 2:20-21. Study this entire chapter carefully which best summarize its teachings, "For if after they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them".

Unquestionably the people spoken of here were once Christians, for the writer speaks of them as those who had, "escaped from the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ".

Unquestionably these same people were, again, entangled in worldly pollution, that is, they had fallen from the way of the truth, and had (again) become sinners. Also, unquestionably they are subject to condemnation for these sins, for the verse says that their final state is worse than their initial state, that is, they are worse off than before they were saved. Thus, the doctrine of "once saved, always saved", is not supported by the scriptures, for the Bible here shows that Christians can sin, and that they may receive punishment for those deeds.

in I John 1:8-10 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us".

Christians (including myself) can sin, and that they can do unrighteousness. More deeply, John is here instructing Christians how they can find forgiveness for their sins; Christians are to confess their sins and they will be forgiven them. This instruction is not for sinners who have never become Christians. Christians are citizens of God's kingdom, and must abide by its rules. People who are not citizens in the kingdom must first become so before its laws apply to them.

The Christian who does fall away (upon seeing his sinful life) may conclude that he was never saved and become doubtful of the power of God; another may live a sinful life, and become lost, while believing that God is unmindful of the sins being committed. Either way can result in eternal death for the sinner's soul, and it would be such a useless death. The Christian who sins must confess those sins to God, who will forgive them.

Answer 5

Hi,

I'm a christian who DOESNT really accept Jesus in literal terms..

I do however beleive in the essence of Christian sprituality, which when delved into is quite interesting and surprisingly removed from "common" beliefs..

To begin with.. one of the quinissential aspects of Chrstianity is that God lives within us in the form of a soul.. the soul is connected to the human being which is guided by a mechanical being called the human body.. our minds are free to make decisions and control this being but our soul.. which is a part of God's great will and intentions and love.. lives within all of us.. it is the thing that feels for us.. and mostly it always wants ot feel love.. no matter how tough anybody is.. they still will cry like a baby when hurt.. this is what Christians believe to be the soul of Christ..

Moving on.. the bible and the ten commandements are spruiked throughout the church and its vestages as LAW.. in effect the Catholic church knows it is duping the people to a degree.. but the belief system is designed ot make life easy.. to make people happy ot work and contribute.. the commandments there to guide people when faced with those tough decisions in life.. refer back to the commandments..

I dont think there is such a need to criticise Chrsitianity so heavily.. it is a simple set of beliefs designed for no other purpose than to placate the masses and allow them to feel a common connection which we do naturally feel ..

It also acts as an educational doctrine.. Christian teachingsa have redesigned the landscape of the planet in which we live.. most inventions, commodities you name it.. were produced by Christian minds.. despite their lack of Nobel prizes..

The problem is small groups and some larger groups hijack cristianity.. and always have.. others scorn it out of prejudice.. because some christians do bad things..

Well.. unfortunately.. not everyone makes the right decisions whether jewish, chrsitian hindi or orthodox.. every religion has it s bad apples.. who dont follow the commandments or the basic tenets..

To curse all christianity because of peophiles for example is ridiculous when other religions have very long historys of child abuse.. some dating back 1000 years.. simply do a net search to find out who.. trust me.. most chrsitians are not into kids.. believe me!! every chrstian i know would skin a pedo alive!!

finally.. i never heard it said that babies sin.. I think you are reading about some extremist form of chrsitianity.. most chrsitians have total tolerance for their kids.. and totally acept kids make mistakes while they learn about the world around them.. they are expected ot make mistakes and adults are expected ot teach and correct.. sinning is not a factor really.. chrsitians in fact are the ones who introduced the 18 year adult age.. because prior to that chrstians dont consider people to be repsonsible nor skilled enough .. so they tolerate and dont sactify them as sinners..

I think you need ot stop reading the book of "How to hate Chrsitans" and accept the simple fact.. that your electricity was given to you by a chrsitian.. so was your car.. your oven.. your lightbulbs.. your gucci handbag.. and more than likely your landscape gardening too..

Oh.. and we also taught the world how to eat food.. prior to that humans were eating leaves and roots and cooking raw kills over fire.. christians made a tremendous contribution to CIVILITY.. then they taught it to the world.. for 1450 years Rome ruled the planet.. sure.. a lot was borrowed from aFrican tribes.. who actually were the first to have luxurious baths in their homes.. not the romans.. the romans actually stole the idea.. then refined it..

All up i think every relgion has its merits.. and every person should just be repsected from now on.. so tired of all these critics having side bets.. when you know you have christian friends you couldnt do without..

Answer 6

All will be held accountable for their sins and no one is without sin.The ten commandments are the yardstick by which we are to measure our behavior. Think of them as a blueprint for a good person. Babies have no sin. Jesus died on the cross to wipe out all sin, that stretched all the way back from the original sin to the sin of the last person to take a breath on this earth.

Answer 7

Babies are born with Original sin but in baptism they are cleansed. As a born again Christian if someone decided to keep on sinning on purpose I don't think they truly experienced the real "Born again" transformation.
It is so powerful & when the Holy Spirit comes into your heart you are so changed & willing to Praise God & live the true life as a Christian you do not have the urge or need to do what you used to do.

Answer 8

Christians are punished for deliberatly sinning. We will go to Heaven, though, because Jesus died for everyone. But the Bible does say that there are consequences for everything we do.

Answer 9

No Christ taught that you belong to who you serve. Those who accept the atonement of Jesus are forgiven yet they are to consider the man of sin to have died with Christ on the cross. While Christians are not under the penalty of law it is written on our hearts and we are taught to go beyond the requirements of law... I recommend you read Romans 6 it exaplains this much better than me.

Answer 10

To accept Jesus is to accept his teachings. To accept his teachings, you have to know him.
Ten commandments is from God through Moses before Jesus Christ came. Jesus confirmed all these when he came, was crucified and ressurected.
Read the Bible from the Old Testament and the New Testament.