Then why can I not accept that sin is natural, and rejoice that I am a sinner?
2007-02-18 13:41:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I rejoice in that every day! Yay! I am not perfect! YAY! I'm human! Yay! Don't hate me because I'm tollerant!
2007-02-18 14:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by jennilaine777 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Scripture ALL men are sinners ....anyone born into the world is a sinnner..
" All have sinned..."
The solution to the sin problem has been provided by God in that He sent His Son to pay the price for sin...so we can rejoice in the fact that we can be free of sin through Jesus Christ.
2007-02-18 21:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sin is disobedience to God. And what seperates a man from God is sin. Generally the same thing sin, but sin without knowledge of sin ...is not sin...It is not imputed. But like Paul said I was alive once without the law,,.but when the law came sin revived and I died. There is a place in the Lord that you can live ..without the desire to sin and that Place is where we strive to go to...even while we are here in the earth. That place is knowing that in your flesh...dwells no good thing..Sin dwells there...it is there whether you sin or don't or I should say whether you don't think you do. It is in that place that you know what is sin ...and don't think about going there..you don't practice it...you don't compromise with it. Once you know what displeases God you avoid it.
The bible says about a man named Job (before Psalms) that he was upright. a man that respected God and avoided evil. The word perfect is used but that does not imply sinless ...perfect in it's application there means complete....which I use next in a right application.
Matthew 5:28...says Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
to be complete is the meaning because while we are here in this earth we could never be sinless. As I said before sin dwells in the flesh..but if you have Jesus he is your completion...it is in the applying the blood sacrifice and seeking his right example and living it that you are seen as complete by the Father....Because what he sees is the life of Christ in you. John 17:23..
Romans 6:7...says.. For he that is dead is freed from sin...Means when you can crucify the flesh the deeds of the flesh and the desires of it you will be free from sin...that is in the doing the deeds...
There is a place where you can go where even though you know sin dwells in the flesh...you don't have to fufill it's desire...and that is the place we strive for while we are here in this earth...we will truly complete ..when we leave this earth to be with him..God bless
2007-02-18 22:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by soldier612 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin is natural to man's inclination, but it is unnatural to God. Since God requires no sin enter into Heaven (in His Presence), then God came in the form of Jesus Christ to live as a man among us, be the eternal blood sacrifice to justify sinners on the day of Judgement.
So when you are standing before the God of the Universe and the list of sins are being read. There are two people who can pay for your sin, You or Jesus Christ.
"Your BEST WORKS are as filthy rags to God."
2007-02-18 21:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by James B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
2007-02-18 21:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rejoice for you are a repentant sinner! Jesus will help you whittle them down to where they become acceptable to God.
2007-02-18 21:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because you know deep down inside that this life is not all there is. After we die we will be judged and either get to go to heaven or sent to hell. God is good and provided a perfect sacrifice for us. Gods love when we accept Jesus as our personal savior, will cover a multitude of sins.
2007-02-18 21:46:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can, and many do.
But God goes beyond "natural." Your assumption that if it's natural it must be okay, is wrong.
We are pre-disposed to sin but called to a higher place. We are called away from our nature.
2007-02-18 21:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by Misty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you don't really understand what sin is. There are two ways to understand it. One is willful disobedience to God and the other is missing the mark, like aiming for a bull's eye and not hitting it. Because we aim for the high, we are disappointed when we miss. I don't really know anyone who sets out to disobey and disappoint God.
2007-02-18 21:46:14 · answer #9 · answered by teetzijo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They say god loves a sinner. (and something about hating a sin)
2007-02-18 21:44:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋