Hi and greetings and now for my new poll...
It just accured to me that if where holy spirit indwelled then the holy spirit should know when where tempted to hate or sin coz of denomic influence.
Surely at that point we must not follow through ?
And speak that jibe or that ill reward comment ?
Now maybe to some questions are overboard like demanding the truth is demanding sin ?
To the question Does the holy spirit convict us befor we sin. ?
may you all be blessed by this and may you all deliver some fruits
to this thread
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Before we sin the Holy Spirit guides our conscience to let us know it is wrong to do. This is when temptation fights with your conscience. At this point, you've done nothing wrong. It's not until you actually sin that your conscience should convict you, or if you don't sin your conscience should be free of guilt. Being tempted is not a sin. Jesus was tempted, and the Bible says He never sinned. But if you actually do what you are tempted to, even though your conscience (which is lead by the Holy Spirit) tells you is wrong- then you sinned. "He who
knows the good he ought to do and chooses not to do it- sins."
But we have repentence. "
If you confess that you have sinned, He is faithful and just to forgive you." (This is both specific and nonspecific. Don't feel like you have to confess every individual sin to be forgiven. Just mention the biggest ones, then say "and all my other sins"). But you have to repent (make a u-turn) from the sins you confess. You can't just do it in vain, it has to mean something- like you're trying not to do it. "If you sin willfully, there no longer remains a sacrifice for your sins."
The Holy Spirit marks us for salvation. But if we mourn the Holy Spirit, He will leave us, and we will lose our salvation. Mourning the Holy Spirit means to whine and complain about being Holy or doing Holy things. It means that your heart favors what is evil instead of delighting in what is good and right. Paul says "The good I
want to do I don't do, but the wrong I
do not want to do I end up doing."
So Paul sinned, but he was trying not to, because he genuinely wanted to do good, but failed the test at times. But he who mourns the Holy Spirit does not genuinely want to do good- therefore they indulge in the pleasures of sin without effort to stop, thinking it will be covered by Christ's blood. But God knows every thought and intention, and in such a case He will take away the sacrifice of Christ's blood, and the Holy Spirit, and you will have to try to get into heaven on your own name and merit.
As for me, I will call on the name of the Lord, because my own name means someone who will not pass judgement with flying colors. But in order to keep His name I have to stay faithfully 'married' to Him. "
If you remain faithful till the end, I will give you a crown of life."