Sinning

I am a sinner. They are not grave sins but nonetheless insults to the Lord, especially since I commit them willingly. I even tend to rationalize them. It makes me highly uncertain about the pureness and prospect of my soul. So I don't deserve to be this Happy Felix I keep calling myself here. I confessed those sins to a priest and even he thought it was not so bad for me, and he saw logic in the process of committing them. I pray for wisdom, strength, and - it can't hurt - a lot of mercy.

U dont need a priest. U need Jesus so he can heal your heart and take ur burdens. God bless u

Yeah, what Demi said. If I were you, I would be MORE than a wee bit concerned about the status of your eternal soul. Not being mean, just being truthful.

Out on a limb here thinking you are Catholic? Yeah, I'd be more than a wee bit concerned....... Get out the KJV and read the Gospel of John............that will give you ALL the instruction you need to rectify your situation.

Hi HappyFelix, we all sin, sadly, both before and after we become Christians (though it is true Christians who recognize the lesser sins as well as the obvious big ones for what they are .. if there really is such a thing as lesser sins in God's eye's, that is .. and Christians are the ones who are always grieved/horrified by them, both the big and the small, as well the ones that seek daily/hourly forgiveness for them).

Question for you, it sounds like burning in Hell in the age to come is your principle deterrent for sin, IOW, Hell is the reason that you try not to sin, or are you principally grieved about sinning for another reason altogether?

Thanks!

~Deut

Hi @Deuteronomy. It was good and kind of refreshing to read your post. Frankly, my whole life seems to be focused on earning Heaven. I think I trust God to reward that, even with occasional sins. I am not so much guided by fear of hell as I am in love with Jesus.

first know the difference between folly and sin, folly means to be wrong and sin is to do wrong, but we have all gone through the struggle of sin, and only Jesus can take it away which he did for me recently and i have not deliberately sinned since, but its a process, u have to first hate the world and your life in it, and then u testify, and after that u get convicted of the fullness of your sins and realize how unworthy u are, and then u are free and u will never do it again or it will come to mind

Thank you, @noblenut !! I assume that you meant convinced rather than convicted?

same things really

What ever we do we should never seek to justify our sins.. It is so much easier simply to acknowledge our sin to God openly without reservation and be happy that He is granting us forgiveness..

Hi again HappyFelix, that's great to know, as it seems to me that it's right where a Christian's heart & focus needs to be

That said, something that you just mentioned above is concerning. What do you mean when you say that you are "focused on earning Heaven"? How do you go about doing that (you know, practically speaking)?

Thanks!

~Deut

@Deuteronomy, just trying to live my life as God intended it to be. Being a good person, loving Jesus and finding ways to deepen that love, not hurting others, trying to bring others to him. Not very surprising, I guess.

Hi @HappyFelix, no, not very surprising at all That said, my followup thought/question is this, if the good things that we choose to do can actually earn us a spot in Heaven, then why the Incarnation, and especially, why the Cross

Thanks again!

~Deut

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