For instance: 1 Cor 7 In order to avoid fornication let each man have his own wife and each wife her own husband. 1Cor 6 do not let fornication once be named amongst you as being a Christian.
The marriage bed is undefiled. With all this information we continue to have intercourse outside of marriage. This is what we call: I made a mistake. What say you
2007-08-10 04:16:35 · 10 answers · asked by I Wanna Know 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No a mistake is something that we may not know is wrong- if we continue to sin and know it is sin it is rebellion. A mistake can become rebellion- if once we fall we continue to sin.
2007-08-10 04:23:10 · answer #1 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mistake: an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
yes, sin is a mistake, if we really understood the effects/purpose of sex, folks wouldn't do it. The Bible calls fornicators/adulterers fools. That is what they are, stupid. But see the Bible says that when you know good and you don't do it, even THAT is sin. So not seeking to understand and be a person of integrity is a sin that's happening far before infidelity.
So yes, it's a mistake of choice. I don't think that is the more important question though. Can it be forgiven, absolutely, and if we don't forgive it, we won't be forgiven of all the things we've done which are no worse, though we'd like to think so. Godly sorrow is a motivator to repentance but one has to actually turn away and change their attitude to be repentant. THAT is what dicides the outcome of such a painful situation.
2007-08-10 11:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by Melodya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebellion against legitimate authority is a mistake...rebellion against authority that has no legitimacy is not a mistake. There is no time frame or scope implied in the term "mistake". Mistakes can happen for many reasons including ego, pride, hate, fear, and more.
If there is a God and if he created us, it makes sense that he would know how his creation works. The owner's manual for my BMW tells me that if I put regular unleaded gasoline (instead of premium) in my tank, I would have performance issues and may even damage the engine in my car. Once, when I was in a hurry, I forgot this instruction and pumped it full of 87 octane...and guess what, BMW was right (sputter, sputter, cough, cough until I realized what I had done and put in a bottle of octane booster!).
People might choose to ignore this instruction from God for a variety of reasons...because they are too lazy to resist temptation, because they didn't see it coming until it was too late, because they want to to test the veracity of the instruction (like when I told my son to watch out for a hot pan on the stove and he touched it to see if I was tellling the truth!), because they are deceived ("that rule only applied in the olden days...times have changed"), because they forgot to read the instruction manual or perhaps because they want to deliberately defy God. At the base, fornication is a mistake, the specific cause isn't relevant!
Now as an excuse used to placate the injured spouse or as the limit of your confession to God, "I made a mistake" is worthless and not true. Boo hoo, yes, you made a mistake...I want to know why and I want to know what you learned from it. Without that information, "I made a mistake" is just a copout designed to give the person the right to make the same mistake again!
2007-08-10 11:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by KAL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends upon the honesty and sincerity involved, God looks at your honest convictions and intentions, first. That's where the value of a growing soul lies: intentions. Ever hear the saying "its the thought that counts" or "sincerity, sincerity and more sincerity" or perhaps the saying "its your thoughts that lead you Godward"?
Don't forget that honest mistakes are whole different matter from intentionally commiting a sinful deed, even so, the judgment of others won't matter near so much as honest dialogue with God during prayer and worship time. Be open and willing the way little kids are to listening to the truth being whispered in your soul.
2007-08-10 11:26:34 · answer #4 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who you are including as "we", I wouldn't include myself in that. The human has a great ability to rationalize. We can call sin a mistake and we feel better about it. To say adultery is a mistake minimizes sin in our minds, but not in God's. For the believer, all sins are forgiven, even adultery. But the ramifications and results of that sin will live on in the persons life. Of course, God can restore the person to Himself once the person stops rationalizing it and agrees with God that is sin, but they will suffer the consequences of that sin.
2007-08-10 11:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hormones can have an awful effect on our free will. Sometimes they can be as powerful as alcohol on the brain. If you give them the smallest opening, things can go out of control with amazing speed. I'd say that was a real mistake.
2007-08-10 11:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God understands the difference between a sin we commit in ignorance and one that we do willfully.
2007-08-10 11:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Sin is a "Choice" a matter of "Volition" and use of ones "Free Will". John
2007-08-10 11:28:50 · answer #8 · answered by moosemose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have your rules about sex, I have mine. Sex outside of your (limited) definition of marriage can be a natural, healthy experience.
2007-08-10 11:20:48 · answer #9 · answered by Ben H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That you need to stop listening to that stupid book.
2007-08-10 11:20:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋