Do you still sin?

[Optimax]

Answered yes.

Thank God not as much as I did and next year I will do even better.

God knew what he was doing when he gave us 1 Jn 1:9.

 

[imperfectchristian]

I think we sin everyday and need God's forgiveness everyday.

Matthew 6:11-12
11 Give us today the food we need,
12 and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.


Mark 11:25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Matthew 6:15
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:14
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

 

[imperfectchristian]

Do I still sin?

No.

Others sin; I just make errors in judgment.

~Jim

 

[Cassidy]

Are you referring to intentional sin or unintentional sin?

Sin is sin. There is no difference.

 

[Cassidy]

Physically - yes
Spiritually - no

 

[pinetree]

Go to a confessional..see a priest..

 

[mont974x4]

If you sin...even if it is random my friend then you fall short of the glory of God.

It's all about how God sees us. After salvation He sees us through the lens of Christ blood. Our occassional mistakes do not change that.


I won't walk about as a defeated woe is me sinner, when I am a saint, a member of the royal priesthood, and joint heir to the promise who makes the occasional mistakes.


It isn't about me, it's all about Him and what He has done.

 

[mont974x4]

Good answer John. We are perfect in Gods eyes.
We're just being made holy.
Hbr 10:14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

I just love these new smiles.

which is why I voted "no" and one of many reasons I am eternally grateful for Christ and what He did for me.

 

[Trish1947]

Do I still sin?

Yes, everytime my consciousness is reminded of it.

 

[pinetree]

Yes, everytime my consciousness is reminded of it.

yup

Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

 

[Cassidy]

That's a good point actually

 

[imperfectchristian]

It's all about how God sees us. After salvation He sees us through the lens of Christ blood. Our occassional mistakes do not change that.


I won't walk about as a defeated woe is me sinner, when I am a saint, a member of the royal priesthood, and joint heir to the promise who makes the occasional mistakes.


It isn't about me, it's all about Him and what He has done.

Actually the Blood of Jesus does not simply cover sin, it does away with it and there is a difference between being honest as opposed to feeling defeated.

God is not in love with some perfect idea of what we will be in heaven. He is in love with the beat up, scarred, wounded and miserable soul that everyone else has given up on.

He is in love with us, the true us.

Western Christianity is obsessed with spiritual plastic surgery framed with the implication that if we make ourselves look better that God will secretly love us more.

Deep down inside most Christians don't truly believe God loves them just the way they are. Instead they believe God loves some heavenly idea of them and that some day we will arrive at that place.

In turn, many of us love each other the same way. We don't truly love each other for who we are...we love an idea of each other. It's why many marriages fail, churches divide, preachers backslide and children runaway from home.

Love does not say "I love you for what you can be" or "what I want you to be"

nor does love say "I love you inspite of your faults"

instead...

Love says "I love you just the way you are with your faults"

When we realize that God loves us with this kind of love, then we learn to love each other with this kind of love.

The true mark of a believer is not the one who says..."I will live and even die for you", but the one that says, "Lord, not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" ... not the one who loves the Lord, but the one who allows the Lord to love them.

 

[New_Wineskin]

sin ? Well ... when the majority of people discuss sin , they are thinking of the Law - a list of do's and don'ts - being the authority - I am not under the Law . So ... no .

 

[pinetree]

sin ? Well ... when the majority of people discuss sin , they are thinking of the Law - a list of do's and don'ts - being the authority - I am not under the Law . So ... no .

 

[pinetree]

Paul made excuses...

Romans 7:17
As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

 

[mont974x4]

I'm sorry but the road you were trying to push me down is a defeated road. It is where I have often heard people end every sentence with a plea for forgivness because they are afraid they will die with some sin unforgiven and end up damned.

I'm not advocating plastic surgery Christianity. I am advocating an honest understanding of the victory we have in Christ. That goes much deeper than the surface.

 

[mont974x4]

I am not condemned, why should I act and think that I am?


Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

 

[Zoness]

Depends on how you interpet the question I said yes.

 

[imperfectchristian]

I'm sorry but the road you were trying to push me down is a defeated road. It is where I have often heard people end every sentence with a plea for forgivness because they are afraid they will die with some sin unforgiven and end up damned.

I'm not advocating plastic surgery Christianity. I am advocating an honest understanding of the victory we have in Christ. That goes much deeper than the surface.

I am certainly not trying to push you down that type of road. What I am advocating is not where we always plead for forgiveness, but where we wash His feet with our tears and renewed with gratefulness at His merciese that are new every morning.

I am not condemned, why should I act and think that I am?


Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

At no point did I ever say that Christians should feel condemned. What I did imply is that Christians should feel forgiven and feel loved by God in the same way that Peter of John must have felt loved by God.

 

[imperfectchristian]

I'm sorry but the road you were trying to push me down is a defeated road. It is where I have often heard people end every sentence with a plea for forgivness because they are afraid they will die with some sin unforgiven and end up damned.

I'm not advocating plastic surgery Christianity. I am advocating an honest understanding of the victory we have in Christ. That goes much deeper than the surface.

I am certainly not trying to push you down that type of road. What I am advocating is not where we always plead for forgiveness, but where we wash His feet with our tears and renewed with gratefulness at His merciese that are new every morning.

I am not condemned, why should I act and think that I am?


Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

At no point did I ever say that Christians should feel condemned. What I did imply is that Christians should feel forgiven and feel loved by God in the same way that Peter or John must have felt loved by God.