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That's like saying, "Why do people focus on money when they want to buy a house?" Because no money, no house. You don't get a house simply because it would be nice to have a house for free. You BUY a house. It's NOT free.
Neither are we free to come to God in sin. God is perfect. He cannot be around sin, or that would make him imperfect.
There is a cost to come to God -- punishment for sin. He paid that cost for whosoever will believe. He, personally, took on the punishment for that sin.
Don't you think we owe him at least the need to acknowledge the sin? More than that, we owe him sinlessness, a debt we cannot pay. Therefore we need his strength to overcome the sin.
If you rather get the house for free, you'll spend the rest of your life complaining that houses cost money. Sin cost even more. So, yeah, the focus becomes sin to get what we want -- God. Even there, that we do that is because he gave us the knowledge that we are sinful and need him ever so much. We see who we are and why we don't deserve him. We see what he did to bridge the gap.
This IS Christianity -- not Buddhism. Not Hinduism. Not Islam. There is no pick-and-choose on what you'd prefer. Since God spent a huge amount of time focusing on sin, sin means something important.
Neither are we free to come to God in sin. God is perfect. He cannot be around sin, or that would make him imperfect.
There is a cost to come to God -- punishment for sin. He paid that cost for whosoever will believe. He, personally, took on the punishment for that sin.
Don't you think we owe him at least the need to acknowledge the sin? More than that, we owe him sinlessness, a debt we cannot pay. Therefore we need his strength to overcome the sin.
If you rather get the house for free, you'll spend the rest of your life complaining that houses cost money. Sin cost even more. So, yeah, the focus becomes sin to get what we want -- God. Even there, that we do that is because he gave us the knowledge that we are sinful and need him ever so much. We see who we are and why we don't deserve him. We see what he did to bridge the gap.
This IS Christianity -- not Buddhism. Not Hinduism. Not Islam. There is no pick-and-choose on what you'd prefer. Since God spent a huge amount of time focusing on sin, sin means something important.
Excellent topic! It seems like, once you become a believer your propensity to sin should decrease. And the nature of your sins, if any, changes as well. I mean, a Christian (should, I think) become less prone to breaking any of the ten commandments. How many people who are Christians have problems with lying, stealing, or committing adultery? Instead, the nature of a Christian's sins changes, becoming a matter of not showing love towards our enemies--or even our brothers sometimes.
Speaking for myself, I am not so likely to sin by stealing, or lying, or adultery, as I am to sin by speaking harshly to the guy who cuts me off in traffic. Or perhaps by mocking someone on this board whose beliefs differ from my own. I am still far, far from perfect. I sin. But the nature of my sin has changed. /jmho
Speaking for myself, I am not so likely to sin by stealing, or lying, or adultery, as I am to sin by speaking harshly to the guy who cuts me off in traffic. Or perhaps by mocking someone on this board whose beliefs differ from my own. I am still far, far from perfect. I sin. But the nature of my sin has changed. /jmho
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(Short list -- What some people create as their new and improved Ten Commandments after noticing they can't keep any of the Ten Commandments, but they think it is special of them if they keep something of a law.)
Who cares what short-listers "confess?" What is important is what God has us confess.
So, isn't pointing to those poor other schmohzes what their sins are doing pretty much what they're doing -- making you look better, because you don't confess you got up late?
Who cares what short-listers "confess?" What is important is what God has us confess.
So, isn't pointing to those poor other schmohzes what their sins are doing pretty much what they're doing -- making you look better, because you don't confess you got up late?
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you don't google? never mind, happy 2 share
hint: protest
hint 2: reformation
hint 3: Germany
hint 4: Martin, Martin Luther
of course there is also the so called English reformation
so now we should all be called evangelical? I don't like that label either
read all about it
I chose a non-'religious' site because I think they may be more objective
but that's just me I guess
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you don't google? never mind, happy 2 share
hint: protest
hint 2: reformation
hint 3: Germany
hint 4: Martin, Martin Luther
of course there is also the so called English reformation
so now we should all be called evangelical? I don't like that label either
read all about it
I chose a non-'religious' site because I think they may be more objective
but that's just me I guess
hint: protest
hint 2: reformation
hint 3: Germany
hint 4: Martin, Martin Luther
of course there is also the so called English reformation
so now we should all be called evangelical? I don't like that label either
read all about it
I chose a non-'religious' site because I think they may be more objective
but that's just me I guess
lol, I was going to say Luther, and his protest,
Yes I google. But did not want to assume I knew what you meant, wanted you to share. I like hearing what people believe.
When i was a baptist I stopped telling people I was baptist because there are so many different types of baptists.. People would assume things, so I started just calling myself a christ follower..
I now go to non denominational church. soo....
Simple story yet so very true teaching a lesson for those interested in learning. It's always how we see our situations in life that can make or break us. Like that woman, many of us sit under a tree engulfed in the problems we see with our eyes. Depressed and trapped in despondency., Totally surrounded by it.
When something as simple as a child giving a flower despite his circumstances can help change our perception of reality. How much more Jesus and us abiding branches on the vine?? His truth will come so much so that our perceptions will change so drastically each day we learn from Him that we will see our lives in a new way based on Jesus and not the world and what we see with our eyes.
He says to "come unto Me all you who are heavy laden (over come) and I will give you rest." Only those who dare to look at what Jesus said and not what they "see" in life will be able to walk in the promises and abide on the Vine and bear much fruit. It is so true that our minds are the battle field and only the Holy Spirit can minister to that need of a changed mind using the Bible He teaches us from, comforts us from and guides us from.
And isn't it amazing how this knowledge comes some 10 fold some 20 fold some 50 fold? Once open to the zillions of possibilities in Christ we are also open to the many and more promises as we begin seeing the Bible as a love letter to us of how much He loves us and what He has done for us. It becomes personal and private. Some of the promises we have been given can't be described because they are so varied and overflowing.
The Holy Spirit that Jesus promised us in John 7:38-39 will do this in our lives when we believe.
[h=1]John 7:38-39American Standard Version (ASV)[/h] [SUP]38 [/SUP]He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, [SUP][a][/SUP]from within him shall flow rivers of living water. [SUP]39 [/SUP]But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: [SUP][b][/SUP]for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
It is an astounding shock to me that I have the Holy Spirit abiding in me ready to teach me the truth, to lead comfort and guide me in alllllll my ways! And yet this is the promise and it is true because He is true and His Word is true.