I know it is wrong to commit sins and we should ask for forgiviness, but sometimes it just doesn't make sense to me. For example, if you succumbed to a human weakness, you could tell yourself, "okay, I could have done this." But you can't say that every time you sin, because sinning is an inevitability.
2007-11-12 13:32:30 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not saying that I can't help sinning, I am just saying that it is impossible to avoid sinning every once in a while.
2007-11-12 13:43:21 · update #1
have u no control...
2007-11-12 13:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by az-bandit 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is why God's grace is sufficient for thee!! praise God. When god looks at a saved person according to scripture he dosn't see a sinner, he sees the Blood that was shed by his Son to wash those sins away. Yes it's good to repent(turn sorrowfully away from an act) but Do we always? Do we remember every little thing we do? How many do we take for granted saying oh thats just a little sin. We gauge sin differently than God does, we see them as a forrest, a little white lie may be a blade of grass or adultery: Oh thats a good size tree! or looking at a person of the opposite sex and lusting: thats just a shrub, how bout Child molestation? Thats gotta be a giant redwood!! God on the otherhand looks down form above. What does our forrest(sin) look like from above? Can you tell between a bit of grass or a evergreen, a shrub or a giant redwood? NO All he sees is a blanket of sin, they are all the same to him. Christs substitutionary death on the cross PAID for ALL sin everywhere, yesterdays, todays and tommorows. He Paid the price in full and by our faith in his sacrifice, his burial and his ressurection, we are made justified in God's sight. The best analogy of the word justified I have ever heard is Just(as)if I'd never sinned.
2007-11-12 21:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by mark l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human race is bound to sin. There is a difference in being bound to sin and being forgiven in heaven than paying for the sins on earth.
Even as Christ was being crucified on the Cross, there were theives being crucified next to him. People have had to pay for their sins even before God gave his own son to pay for ours.
As far as saying, as you said "okay, I could have done this" every time you sin, you stated you can't say that every time. Maybe not, but the Bible clearly states you must confess your sins, even though that committing them is inevitable.
2007-11-12 21:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by dragonslayer_74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If at home you slam the door by mistake, and your parent gets upset, you apologize -- end of story and misdemeanor!
If on the other hand you steal your parents' car and go on a wild drunken joyride and trash the car -- the story's happy ending is probably going missing! Why? What is the difference between the two?
With God also, there are the daily misdemeanors that we pray and says 'please forgive me my daily sins.'
There is also the doing knowingly of what is wrong, such as murder, theft, adultery, etc. If one is caught up in this as in sudden temptation they may be forgivable if repentance and works of repentance follow.
However, if willfully done, planned murder, etc, they may be beyond forgiveness. It is up to God to make this decision upon looking into your heart.
Some truly big wrongs have been forgiven though. So, true repentance goes a long way.
All such serious wrongs if they are forgiven will be punished to the appropriate degree.
If you look at my profile, my homepage is there. On the main page, division name "Basic Bible Two" there are two pages discussing with scriptures what God does or does not do.
"Judgment of Christians" and "Unforgivable Sins."
2007-11-12 21:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends of how you define sin. If you are thinking of sin as something that you enjoy but you have to be punished for that I believe is an immature consideration. If you realize that "sin" provokes the evil p.e. if I kill I will harm sb, isn't? then you can resist of sinning. Not sinning is not of being a good person and everybody praising him but being a kind of athlete against the evil. I believe as that you are a fan of Flaubert you could read his essay about st Anthony.
2007-11-13 02:20:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because being a human, you have the power of deliberate thought and are therefore capable of distinguishing between wrong and right. Claiming otherwise is no defense for what you clearly understand as being wrong or right. God has laid out what is acceptable behaviour and what offends Him. He knows you're going to sin because of the nature we've inherited, but you're not forced to indulge such tendencies. You're just as free to reject them as you are to embrace them. Your choice in the matter is what makes you and you alone responsible for that choice before God.
2007-11-12 21:41:06 · answer #6 · answered by Wired 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian concept of sin doesn't make any sense. Judaism has a different idea that may not be so confusing to you. There is no word for "sin" in Hebrew. You simply "miss the mark"...The idea is that G-d doesn't expect that you will never "sin"...we were created to be imperfect, so perfection isn't expected from us. G-d only wants us to STRIVE for perfection...the act of trying to be better is all that he asks of us.
2007-11-12 21:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by missbeans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like the apostle Paul stated "I die daily". The wages of sin is death and sin is death. We are born with the knowledge of right and wrong whether we were taught it or not. It is in our nature. When you come into the truth you must have a relationship with God through Christ. That is why Jesus taught us to pray in the manner of the Our Father prayer. So, if we prayer in that manner daily you shall be atoned for your sins. Make sure you break down the prayer to better understand it.
2007-11-12 21:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by Los 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Exactly, so why send us to eternal punishment for things we are bound to do? How could a merciful deity let us be damned for that long of time just because we did something that was inevitable? You can say that we should overcome such things, and you would be right, but not for any reward, but because bettering ourselves is one of the key reasons why we're human. It just doesn't make sense to me, and I doubt it ever will....but still, hope this helps in some way...^_^
2007-11-12 21:37:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes sinning is inevitable but when we do it we are pulling away from God. It is a bad thing, so we get blamed. It's like any electronic device is going to die and when it does we get angry. But, if you ask for forgiveness it is like getting the appliance fixed.
2007-11-12 21:38:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are no different than children.
They are bound to defy parents, right from the moment they are able. We seem to have to teach them the word "no" well before any other concept.
Just because they are bound to defy us, does not mean that we are not to blame the child for this disobedience.
Same thing with God, sometimes it takes us just as long as children to learn the word no, and some of us never learn.
2007-11-12 21:37:55 · answer #11 · answered by cindy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋