Question about sin and repentance in christianity?

Question

This is just an attempt to understand beliefs of other religion, I am muslim though.
Say, if a peron is christian and believe that Jesus christ died for the sin of mankind. He takes loan from a friend and didn't pay as per promise, he is sinning, right?
He continued this sin and never paid back the loan until he died without paying back the money. So, what would be his condition? will he be punished or he will be benefited from crucifixion.

Esther can explain further..

Answer 1

repentance is necessary to receive forgiveness. peace

Answer 2

Yes, if you take a loan from a person and do not pay it back you are sinning. Unfortunately, if this person dies without paying the loan back and never repented of it. He will end up in hell. Sin is sin to God no matter how great or small. If the person who did not pay back the loan asked God to forgive him for not paying it back and is sincere, then God will forgive Him. However, even though you are forgiven, you will have to reap the consequences of your actions. For a person to commit a sin and have no regard for dealing with their sin results in a hardening of their heart overtime, where eventually they refuse to listen to God. This is why they will end up in hell, not just because they did not pay the loan back.

Answer 3

I'm glad you asked.

Try to follow this, okay?

What many Christians say nothwithstanding, Christianity is not about trying not to sin. It's about trusting God. What God promised was that His Spirit would live in the body of the believer, changing us. The relationship that ensues works specifically with the believer. Sin is not counted by God for these people. It may be counted by everyone else, but not God. The sacrifice that Jesus provided being complete.

Repentance comes when the sinner has a change of mind. He or she has a sorrow because of something they did. The literal meaning is 'turning from something, to something else, and has been used in the example of a ship that found itself headed for a storm, and repents back to port for safety.

So repentance has not merely to do with being sorry, but turning away from that sorrow to another thing, in the case of Christianity, to God, for peace and safety.

Answer 4

Dear Hectic,

*There is a passage of Scripture which i think defines sin well- it says whoever knows to do right and does not do it- it is accounted to him as sin.

In the case you described, if that person knows that he needs to pay that person back and does not do it. It is most certainly sin.

Repentance however, is more than just saying that you are sorry. It is having a change of heart (literally making a 180 degree change). The Greek is- meta noia (where we get our english word- metamorphosis- so it involves a change in the person). Not just saying that the person is sorry.

Now understand in the scenario you described God would not be fooled and know that this person did not repent sincerely (at least as it pertains to this sin).

To have a personal relationship with Christ a person is repenting for sin (acknowledging that he has broken God's commands) and wants to now live under God's standards. God's blood pays for our sinfulness (kind of like in the OT when people sinned they'd make sacrifice to God- Jesus made a sacrifice that was sufficient for all-time). But the Christian must continue to obey and follow God. The Bible teaches that Christians will face a different judgment (not unto salvation, but for every word and deed that he has committed).

i would say that it's between that person and God but a Christian who is aware of something not right in his/her life- ought to address and will be prompted to do so by God's Holy Spirit which lives inside him when He receives Jesus.

i hope this answer was clear and sufficient. Feel free to email me if i can explain anything.

Hope that helps. Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 5

This is a very good question and it shows you have some understanding about our beliefs. Just so you know, in our holy book, it says to study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that doesn't need to be ashamed and rightly divides the word of truth. You are doing that in your quest to understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In our faith, repentance is not just a simple, "oops, I'm sorry, please forgive me." Repentance is where you get down to business with God and truly show God that you want to turn away from this sin because you realize you need his help to turn away from that behavior. Sin in our faith is doing anything that is contrary to God and is based not on the action, but on the intention. For instance, if a person makes an honest mistake, that is not sin, but if a person does something deliberately but intends to do it, that IS sin.

So, in the case of a person who takes a loan, it would all depend on whether the person intended not to pay the person back or simply could not pay and sincerely wanted to repay them. So, if he was deliberately trying to steal the money, he would be punished.

Where the crucifixion comes into play is that Jesus died for our sins as you know. But forgiveness and the payment for sins comes to those who repent of their sins.

Answer 6

When anyone sins, and we all have (Rom. 3:23; 6:23), he deserves eternal separation from God (Isaiah 59:2). Yet, because of His love and mercy, God became a man (John 1:1,14 ) and bore the sins of the world in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24; 1 John 2:2). We are forgiven when we realize that there is nothing we can do to earn the favor of God and we put our trust in what Jesus did for us on the cross (Eph. 2:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4). Only God saves. The only thing we bring to the cross is our sin.

Answer 7

Your common sense is genuinely screwed up guy. the answer for your first question "Is devil the daddy of Christianity" is an emphatic no in the different case it doesn't be spoke of as Christ-ianity yet devil/ianity! In answer for your 2d question, it became Adam's transgression which led to Christ's sacrifice for sin no longer devil If devil is the daddy of lies and lies only - no, devil is a assassin from the starting up, He is composed of thieve, kill and damage (John 10:10) no longer LIES only, so how does that make Christianity it really is Christ targeted a lie? devil did not reason God to act. God had Jesus Christ anointed because the Lamb of God before the inspiration of the international, before any sin even occurred. every body can refute your common sense - that's surely screwed up and illogical

Answer 8

If the person intentionally never paid the money back then yes, it would be a sin. Actually two sins. It would be stealing and lying. If the person had all of the intent in the world to pay back the money but never had the financial oppurtunity then, no it would not be. (Yes, I am a Christian.) So, if stolen and lied about then repentence is necessary.

Answer 9

The Word says we will all be put through the fire of God's presence. If we only have our salvation, that's all that will be left. If we have done our best to follow Jesus and listen to the Spirit our actions will remain.

Think of it like this: Our salvation is our crowning glory but the number and quality of gems in our crown will depend upon our actions in life. If we are bad in life we will have the crown but no gems. If we follow God we will have many gems. I don't believe that literally but the idea is important.

Answer 10

If I was a born again believer in Jesus Christ, borrowed money and didn't pay it back and died....my salvation would not be negated because I died without paying back a sum of money. I trust that answers your question?

Answer 11

Jesus paid for our sins past, present, and future.

I'm not saying we have a license to sin, but as Christians we lose our sinful nature.
And true, some of us still stumble,but by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus Christ we are forgiven, we confess our sins to God.

That's the free gift we are offered, and it's available to everyone who wants to receive it.