Or does He punish us also............?
2007-05-12 05:15:36 · 22 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He forgives us but we have to deal with the consequences. Listen to reason here. If you smoke cigarettes, you could get cancer. You could have a cough that never goes away. You could get wrinkly before your time. Those are consequences. God told us there would be that attachment to our choices. If we choose to be decent people then we should expect a minimum of consequences except for the ones we have to deal with from you very mean non-believers.
2007-05-12 05:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by A B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God always forgives.
He does not mitigate the natural consequences of your actions, though. When you break the rules, there are almost always consequences...and that is as it ought to be.
God will forgive you for that watch you stole from WalMart...however, WalMart is still pressing charges.
God will forgive you for that fib you told your Dad last month. However, Dad still has you grounded.
God will forgive you for having unprotected sex with your lover. However, that STD you got is not just going to fade away by itself.
You got caught cheating on your final exams. God will certianly forgive you, but you will still repeat the class next year.
And so it goes...
2007-05-12 05:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God always forgive if we realise our mistake from the core of our heart, He never punish us for mistakes its only when we suffer the results of our mistakes say that God has punished us.
He always give us chances to rectify our Mistakes & become a Pure Gentleman.
2007-05-12 06:53:15 · answer #3 · answered by P S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God forgives always.
There are always results for our actions though.
For example say a person gets drunk and does something that is bad.
A person may quit drinking for life
and
people may forgive them
but
there are results/consequences for their actions while drunk.
There is a taking of responsibility for our actions, we may not like that which what we may need to do or may happen, to make corrections and therefore we chafe under the discipline.
2007-05-12 05:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by cordsoforion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe God loves us more than we can comprehend, and will forgive us many more times than we would forgive someone for the same thing. However, there is a limit to Gods patience and he can, at his discretion, chose to turn someone over to a reprobate mind. If this happens their heart becomes hardened and the holy spirit will stop trying to compel them to come to God. They are alone and lost.
2007-05-12 05:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by littledel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God always forgives...that is a state of Grace.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-12 05:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he does, and God doesn't punish if you do something bad and ask for forgiving he will but you have to pay the consequence of your acts. if you kill you go to jail even that God forgive you, you pay for act.
2007-05-14 01:34:40 · answer #7 · answered by RED ROSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does God always forgive? - No
Or does He punish us also? - Yes
2007-05-12 05:26:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but if you do something bad your not going to heaven because god won't let you in they say that in church and if you don't follow the bible the priest says your going to hell if you have sex before marriage and all kinds of stuff your going to hell. But if you confess you pay your way to heaven. So I think if you pay your way and go to church and pray, god will forgive you that's what I get out of it. To tell you what I think about it is a long story a novel. But I don't think he's a very forgiving person because right now I'll be going to hell for all the sins that i do. They are not bad sins but I have sinned. I don't care because I believe in something entirely different. And that's just my opinion. To me if we add up all the sins we do we are all going to hell and I don't care let the christians think what they want to think because it's our opinions and we sometimes can't change it.
2007-05-12 05:33:43 · answer #9 · answered by yashayuki 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what you mean by forgive.
If you mean, a sin here on earth that we ask forgiveness for, does God forgive us without consequences?
Well, God does sometimes gently discipline us, so that our gold may be refined. It may be painful, but it makes us better Christians.
If you mean, does God forgive sins or does he send us to Hell?
There is only one unforgivable sin in the Bible. And that is blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
2007-05-12 05:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Red 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋