Chastity and Holiness

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Is it possible to be holy without being chaste?
 

phil36

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Hi resurrestion

What are you meanung by chaste? I have heard people using it for celicacy etc. I dont think thats what you mean though.
 
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i believe that as long as it's not fornication (i.e. sex without being married) it is chaste. The bible said that marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Not as long as it's not evil concupisence within the marriage youre all good. pray about it also. God will direct your path and help you to live a holy life before him as long as you acknowledge him
 
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I think God used GK Chesterton to spread His word and will in a unique way and he was certainly not chaste.
 
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Hi resurrestion

What are you meanung by chaste? I have heard people using it for celicacy etc. I dont think thats what you mean though.
I mean that I don’t think we are to have sex until we marry, and then we are to be faithful to our spouses after (if) we do marry.
 
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i believe that as long as it's not fornication (i.e. sex without being married) it is chaste. The bible said that marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Not as long as it's not evil concupisence within the marriage youre all good. pray about it also. God will direct your path and help you to live a holy life before him as long as you acknowledge him
I’m not aware that there’s anything wrong with two people having sexual relations if they are lawfully married to each other.
 
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I believe God can use us after we commit any sin as long as we sincerely repent.
 
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Dread_Zeppelin

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I am a big believer in repentance and forgiveness.
Absolutely! He didnt die on the cross for some sin, but all. Shame is unnessisary in any Christian's life, it is a snare.
 
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guilt is feeling bad after sinning

shame is feeling bad after sinning and asking for forgiveness
Once you’ve repented, I think you’re okay, whatever the terminology.
 
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Dread_Zeppelin

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guilt is feeling bad after sinning

shame is feeling bad after sinning and asking for forgiveness
What he said.

Even though I'm pretty young I can safely say that I've been through a lot in my life. Shame kept me bound the same place spiritually for years. One day I woke up with the realization that if I kept on asking God to forgive me for the same sin over and over again because I felt shame, I was calling God a liar. God died for all my sins, not some. After that a weight was lifted that I can't even describe. He forgives my sin when I ask the first time.
 
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Centuries ago I think the church sold forgiveness to people sometimes. Maybe I’ll start my own business. Big sins $1000. Little sins $10.
 
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Centuries ago I think the church sold forgiveness to people sometimes. Maybe I’ll start my own business. Big sins $1000. Little sins $10.
Sorry - that job position has been filled by countless tv ministries