2007-01-16 10:02:46 · 29 answers · asked by josie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We don't have any real "choices" if an omniscient god exists. People SAY we all have "choice"...... but no matter how long and hard we agonize over a decision, an omniscient being would've known all along... and creates each person KNOWING that they'll make "wrong" choices. In the end, if you don't "choose" redemption, this "God" KNEW you wouldn't... and allowed your existence and "fall to Hell" anyway.
2007-01-16 10:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first consequence is to draw us away from God and make us afraid to get near Him. We know we are guilty of disobedience to the God who will judge all people on the last day.
If we persist in a sin without seeking spiritual help from God, then we will probably come to a point where we will avoid God at all costs.....
And this decision will be true after we die: We WILL NOT be with God then either.
2007-01-16 18:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The expression "living on the edge" tan call to mind the image of an adventuresome, perhaps even a reckless or an irresponsible lifestyle.
But taken in a deeper, a more spiritual sense, the fact that we, as human spirits, possess free will, means that we are indeed "living on the edge of responsibility"! This must be so since, in accordance with the Law of Sowing and Reaping, the "cutting edge" of our future fate is inherent in the present free decision, of which we may make many anew every day and hour of our lives.
In fact, it is only when we begin to take to heart the actual significance of our each having the free will to choose, that we can then begin to realize how very incisive is our every thought, word deed and non-deed for our own well-being as well as for that of others.
"Living on the edge" thus implies that there tan be both sorrow and joy associated with the gift of free will: sorrow if we do not recognize and fulfill the corresponding responsibility for its proper use, but great joy for us when we do!
It also implies that everything we do experience in our Bues happens for a reason, and is therefore full of meaning and value for us, if only we make the necessary effort to live truly in the present and to learn from the experiences.
It is with regard to the irrevocable responsibility arising from our free will that the Grail Message calls out to us in the lecture "Responsibility": "Keep the hearth of your thoughts pure, by so doing you will bring peace and be happy!"
2007-01-16 18:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by wellcome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats assuming god exists and sin exists. But what this also assumes is which god youre talking about. Some say that hell send you to purgatory to make up for the mistakes. Some say hell burn you in hell forever. Some think a weeping and gnashing will take place for you. Some Christians dont think there is a hell. Some Christians think its just sepration from god. So it really depends on the person youll talk to. Obviously nobody knows whats really going to happen when we die because none of us have died to know.
2007-01-16 18:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by Mayonaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a crappy life, possibly in prison if you are caught. It is possible to consider sin as doing stuff that you know is not good for you like smoking or ripping of your business associates. It is they knowledge and intent that distinguish sins from mistakes. This is kind of like the distinctions between murder and manslaughter or just accidental death.
The authors of the laws and suggestions in the Bible were not able to make this distinction in their statutes for the same reason we can not do it today. They do try though. If you check the rules in the bible about keeping a dangerous animal, like an oxe that gores, you see the provision for unintentional injuries.
2007-01-16 18:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people's sins go ahead of them and some follow the person. But they all have consequences, they all lead to unhappiness and death. That's why God calls us away from sin. It's a snare to us. Some consequences of sin are liver cancer if you drink too long and lung cancer if you smoke too long.
2007-01-16 18:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
David chose to sin when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and had her husband killed. God forgave David after he confessed. But from that point on, everything in David's life went wrong, including his baby dying. This was God's discipline. A loving Father chooses to discipline his children and God disciplines us because he loves us. "Because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Hebrews 12:6.
2007-01-16 23:38:52 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the suphi tradition, it is believed that 75% of our lives is preordained. the other 25% is free will. what we choose to do with that 25% is what we will be judged upon. life is an exile spent bound in chains. if we do good, we will spend our lives in golden chaines. But, as you said, if we choose to sin, then we will be punished with metal chaines. regardless of what we do, we're screwed. However, if we use our 25% towards the search for God, then only will be truely free ourselves from this cycle of materialistic existence.
2007-01-16 18:10:26 · answer #8 · answered by panacea0522 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The consequences of sin is death it is the reason God paid the penalty of death for those who accept the atonement of Jesus Christ.
2007-01-16 18:10:12 · answer #9 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wages of sin is death, but the the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2007-01-16 18:06:22 · answer #10 · answered by Heatmizer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋