People willfully choose sin and not in ignorance. I rthink people know that murdering is bad yet they still do it. I think people know that sleeping with a married person is bad yet they still do it. I could go on and on but I think that it is evident that its not being done in ignorance. And this is not even about God or not anything that harms another physically, emotionally, mentally etc is wrong yet somehow people do all these things and claim they didn't know better. I'm not trying to be perfect but I have basic understanding that killing, murdering, gossiping, bullying, mocking, stealing, etc etc causes harm to others so I do my best to refrain from these actions etc. I really do not believe its all that complicated. I don't know
“People willfully choose sin and not in ignorance.”
amen your accountable only
for what you yourself know is right and wrong
“Therefore
to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
James 4:17 KJV
tha the what sin is it is knowing the right thing d not doing it or knowing what we are going to do is wrong and doing it anyway that’s what makes us sinners
“I think people know that murdering is bad yet they still do it. I think people know that sleeping with a married person is bad yet they still do it. I could go on and on but I think that it is evident that its not being done in ignorance”
yeah for instance if someone murdered someone they try hide the evidence they lie and try to avoid ever being caught that’s proves they knew it was wrong.
that’s what proves all under sin it’s what proves that our Will is insufficient to save us. Even if we know something is wrong we eventually still do things we know are wrong that’s proof of this
“As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one:”
Romans 3:10 KJV
“For
all have sinned, and come short of the
glory ( image ) of God;”
Romans 3:23 KJV
Jesus explains to us why we’re like that why if we know something isn’t right do we still do it ?
“For
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Mark 7:21-23
we sin because our heart contains knowledge of good and knowledge of evil so we are clear are constantly in a conflict between good and evil evil has a pull and root in our heart.
here’s what Jesus does that the law cannot do he can fix the issue in our heart and remove the knowledge of evil if we hear and follow his commands of the spirit so for instance
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,
Thou shalt not commit adultery:
( that can’t address the issue in our heart but this does )
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart”
you can tell a sinner at heart who harbors lust in thier mind and heart not to commit fornications or adultery all you want but because of what in thier heart they are going to sin according to lust it’s what’s in thier heart and it comes out of us and bears the fruit of sin in other words what we harbor inside comes out in the form of sinful actions.
But I’d we learn the spirit of life in Christ where he’s speak g to our hearts we then will begin to repent of the wrong thoughts and fantasies , we’ll learn not to look at people with lust and well know of those thoughts enter our mind we can reject the thoughts early on and repent then before we ever let it lead us to sin.
if we let Jesus take that heart that’s full of lust , greed , pride , grudge bearing and unforgiveness , vanity ect and we believe his word and make that our law he can do this to that wicked heart
“
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and
renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 KJV
when we begin to have our inner issues cleanses by his word
“
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
John 15:3 KJV
sin loses its power to rule us in that way where we know what’s right and wrong and still do it we only do that because our hearts and minds aren’t right we allow sinful lusts and thoughts to root inside and then we’re not going to ever overcome sin until we let Christ create a new mind and heart that doesn’t allow us to sit and imagine wicked things like adultery , hate and murder , greed and pride all of the sinful motives we allow the world to overcome in our hearts become sinful desires and eventually sinful actions we can be free.
believing Jesus and his Gospel. He changes the issue inside so we have right and wrong stamped on our hearts and it becomes part of who we are not an external command that a sinner is trying to keep but a new man created in righteousness
He’s able to change our heart and that changes us and our actions will flow from a heart that is full of truth and righteousness
we need to learn the right way to think , to believe how to repent of the inner things before we commit the outer things it’s a heart transplant and that frees us from the snare set inside of us that corrupt heart we bear
Jesus is able to do this
“
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And
I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 KJV
he’s not talking about Moses judgements but Gods that came through Christ of we start believing Christ he’s able to change our hearts and that changes everything
