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Is it possible to live a single day without sinning?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 46.7%

  • No

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Yes, but I can count these sinless days using one hand

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • No, because we have a sinfull nature, we are a constant cesspool of sin

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
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4runner

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wattie said:
sin..

to remain without sin for an entire day means every single thought of that day would be completely pure..

we may be able to not do a particular kind of sin for a day.. but even our thoughts need to be perfect to not sin at all for a day.

it isn't just.. I didn't like or steal or cheat or lust etc.. it is I didn't even think about that!
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An impure thought is temptation, not sin. What we must do is when we have a wrong though take it captive.
 
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That's not what Jesus teaches, if you've lusted you've committed adultery in your heart. If you are unjustifiably angry at your brother, you've committed murder in your heart.
 
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Peepers said:
That's not what Jesus teaches, if you've lusted you've committed adultery in your heart. If you are unjustifiably angry at your brother, you've committed murder in your heart.
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It is one thing to have a thought go through your head to which you take captive, and bring into the obedience of Christ. It is quite another to dwell on that though letting it become lust or even an intention of the heart.
 
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wattie said:
sin..

to remain without sin for an entire day means every single thought of that day would be completely pure..

we may be able to not do a particular kind of sin for a day.. but even our thoughts need to be perfect to not sin at all for a day.

it isn't just.. I didn't like or steal or cheat or lust etc.. it is I didn't even think about that!
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thats a fact, but don't think thats not apprehendable. You can CHOOSE GOD. example (*you are walking into wal mart, there is a girl provocatively dressed, you see her and immediately look away, (aware of the temptation) your flesh says to look again, but Jesus says to look away, and to USE HIM as our strength. So what CAN we CHOOSE to do? not look back and choose to pray to Jesus, thanking Him for the deliverance of this sin. Praise GOD. if you can do it once, you can do it twice, etc. Through Jesus all things are possible. To say otherwise is putting a "limit" to the power of GOD.
 
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See_KING_Truth

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Deadtosin said:
don't think thats not apprehendable. Through Jesus all things are possible. To say otherwise is putting a "limit" to the power of GOD.
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Amen to that!
 
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Peepers

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4runner said:
It is one thing to have a thought go through your head to which you take captive, and bring into the obedience of Christ. It is quite another to dwell on that though letting it become lust or even an intention of the heart.
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Well, I guess we need to better define what sin is then, I would most certainly say that the fact that we have those thoughts shows that we are indeed still sinful. Do you think Jesus had impure thoughts?
 
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I get up late every day so im out of the race for sure.:)
 
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4runner

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Peepers said:
Well, I guess we need to better define what sin is then, I would most certainly say that the fact that we have those thoughts shows that we are indeed still sinful. Do you think Jesus had impure thoughts?
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Yes, the bible says Jesus tempted in ALL ways like we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

If i have been tempted with lust, and Jesus was tempted is ALL ways just like me, then yes He was tempted with lust. Yet He never sinned, nor was He sinful.
 
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Imagine Jesus standing in front of you saying, "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." What would you tell Him?

Many today who say it is not possible to go one day without sinning cry, "THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" So whom do they reprove by this argument? They reprove God, for commanding us to do something the fulfillment of which is impossible according to them.

If a person says he cannot live one day without sinning, that person makes a statement of faith and belief in his own experience and not the Scripture

"Go, sin no more" John 5:14; John 8:11
Awake to righteousness, and sin not 1 Cor. 15:34
"Little children, sin not" 1 John 2:1
''Shall we continue in sin?" Romans 6:1, 2
"Stand in awe, sin not" Ps. 4:4
"He that committeth sin is of the Devil" 1 John 3:8
"Whosoever is born of God doth not sin" 1 John 5:18; 3:9
"Let not sin reign in your bodies" Romans 6:12
"Sin shall not reign" Romans 6:14
 
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Originally Posted by Peepers

Well, I guess we need to better define what sin is then, I would most certainly say that the fact that we have those thoughts shows that we are indeed still sinful. Do you think Jesus had impure thoughts?
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4runner said:
Yes, the bible says Jesus tempted in ALL ways like we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

If i have been tempted with lust, and Jesus was tempted is ALL ways just like me, then yes He was tempted with lust. Yet He never sinned, nor was He sinful.
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John Calvin said, "We on the other hand, deem it SIN when man is tickled by any desire at all against the law of God."

Is temptation sin as Calvin claims? I think not, lest we call Jesus a sinner.

If your belief about SIN has its roots in Calvin's teachings, you might want to do your homework to find out WHY you believe what it is you profess to believe.

To over define sin is to define sin wrongly, resulting in grave consequences.
 
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See_KING_Truth said:
I recently heard somebody say in the chatrooms that it is not possible to live a single day without sinning.

I am interested in seeing what others opinions are on this...So what do you think?
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Not only is it possible to stop sinning for a day, it is necessary.

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matt 5:48 RSV
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One must learn exactly what sin is.
 
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' be perfect '

the word perfect in the bible generally refers to-


teleios
tel'-i-os
From G5056; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588) completeness: - of full age, man, perfect.

This doesn't mean never sinning

it means being mature.. complete.. of full age..

In the context of God.. perfection could mean sinlessness.. but not in the context of people.

Anyway..

I agree with sinning less.. Jesus obviously wants that for us.. so that we are no longer in bondage.. and are thinking on His payment for us so we don't abuse His grace..

but actually not sinning at all.. even for a day?

I don believe that is possible.

To love less = sin

To not help someone who needs it in some context = siin

To even think about stealing something = sin

Sin is imperfection.. human nature.
 
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wattie said:
' be perfect '

the word perfect in the bible generally refers to-


teleios
tel'-i-os
From G5056; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588) completeness: - of full age, man, perfect.

This doesn't mean never sinning

it means being mature.. complete.. of full age..

In the context of God.. perfection could mean sinlessness.. but not in the context of people.

Anyway..

I agree with sinning less.. Jesus obviously wants that for us.. so that we are no longer in bondage.. and are thinking on His payment for us so we don't abuse His grace..

but actually not sinning at all.. even for a day?

I don believe that is possible.

To love less = sin

To not help someone who needs it in some context = siin

To even think about stealing something = sin

Sin is imperfection.. human nature.
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Perfect is perfect. We should stop sinning.
 
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