I have posted this type of question regarding the teaching of chrisitianity before. I am not 'bashing' christians at all, I have some wonderful chrisitan friends and am involved in a drop in centre that is connected with a christian church. What concerns me is this one particular friend who continues to do anti-social actions, and when I approach him regarding these incidences he just tells me ' I have jesus in my heart and he forgives all sins'. I feel he is using his chrisitianity as an excuse, am I right or wrong.
2007-05-25 19:55:25 · 10 answers · asked by judles 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
of course your right,especially in Catholicism.they become real Hippocrates during the week,doing things i would not even do,confession on Friday or Saturday before,Sunday church Sunday afternoon back to the world of sins,does god really forgive these people,each and every week,thats just to easy.my opinion is whether you like it on not,their are some people in the world that do not believe in christianity,but are real do-gooders.christianity comes from the heart and you dont have to follow rules or believe in god to be a good person
2007-05-25 21:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by fatdadslim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That does sound like an excuse. Yes, Jesus forgives all sins, but he can't do that unless you allow him into your life and accept him. That can't happen unless you truely listen to and follow his teachings. Thrashing others is directly against the example that Jesus set in the NT. In a nutshell, I think you're right.
2007-05-26 03:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes your right.....read him
Rom 6:1 ¶ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life
6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
12.Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof
2007-05-26 03:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So is he one of those people who thinks that because he's 'saved' that he has free reign to do whatever he wants? Let me tell you that's called 'heresy'. If you want to put him in his place tell him "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord, I will repay."
In other words as a 'Christian' his sins may be forgiven, but it doesn't mean he won't answer for them either in this world or the next. G-d's love is a parental love and he dolls out just punishment for our transgressions, call it Karma if you like.
2007-05-26 03:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by tropicalturbodave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Anti-social actions"???? Well that phrase can be defined many ways, it depends what you mean. But we cannot use God's grace as a license to indulge in immorality. Peter and Jude particularly comment about this in their epistles.
2007-05-26 03:01:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Being prideful and a jerk, and using Jesus as an umbrella so he can pat himself on the back. Jerk is a jerk.
2007-05-26 03:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Not everyone who says to me "Lord Lord" will enter into the kingdom of heaven but only those who do the will of my father..."
Jesus forgives those who repent.
2007-05-26 03:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let God deal with him. One thing us Christian loners know is that God works on people who may be seeking nothing here on Earth. That we are personally affected by God, and that there are ways that God has brought us up as. I would refer you to this:
Romans 14
The Weak and the Strong
1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. 2One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. 4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
And don't automatically assume that we are the one's who are weak in our faith! It may be talking about you!
2007-05-26 03:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is just showing that he cares.
2007-05-26 03:15:01 · answer #9 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right.. he's a jerk
2007-05-26 03:12:38 · answer #10 · answered by Screamin' Banshee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋