Unbelief, is it a sin?

[Foghorn]

Is unbelief a sin?
I believe it is.

God commands all men to repent and believe.

If God commands something and we do not do it, it is sin.

Agree?
Disagree?

Thoughts?

 

[AHH who-stole-my-name]

I was under the idea that Christ offered us a choice.

 

[EmSw]

Is unbelief a sin?
I believe it is.

God commands all men to repent and believe.

If God commands something and we do not do it, it is sin.

Agree?
Disagree?

Thoughts?

Can men disobey God's commands? How is that? Is God powerless to have His commands obeyed? Where is His Sovereignty in that?

 

[Foghorn]

Can men disobey God's commands? How is that? Is God powerless to have His commands obeyed? Where is His Sovereignty in that?

You cant answer the op? Or, you will not answer the op?

 

[Foghorn]

double post

 

[Foghorn]

I was under the idea that Christ offered us a choice.

That don't answer the question.

The question is, is unbelief a sin?

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Is unbelief a sin?
I believe it is.

God commands all men to repent and believe.

If God commands something and we do not do it, it is sin.

Agree?
Disagree?

Thoughts?

It is absolutely sin. Adam and Eve were early adopters, but we all got on board eventually.

 

[Foghorn]

It is absolutely sin. Adam and Eve were early adopters, but we all got on board eventually.

Thanks.

I was starting to think I asked a very difficult, perhaps unanswerable question.

 

[Winken]

Is unbelief a sin?
I believe it is.

God commands all men to repent and believe.

If God commands something and we do not do it, it is sin.

Agree?
Disagree?

Thoughts?

We are all born in sin. We are all born separate and apart from salvation. Sin IS, from the beginning of each life. To continue in that standing, not believing that He died and rose again, is a continuation of our sinful standing. God grant that every person yields to the call of the Holy Spirit to be Spiritually birthed.

 

[Foghorn]

We are all born in sin. We are all born separate and apart from salvation. Sin IS, from the beginning of each life. To continue in that standing, not believing that He died and rose again, is a continuation of our sinful standing. God grant that every person yields to the call of the Holy Spirit to be Spiritually birthed.

So, if I understand you correctly your answer is, "yes, unbelief is a sin?"

 

[Winken]

So, if I understand you correctly your answer is, "yes, unbelief is a sin?"

I'm surprised you had to ask!! Yes, it is a sin.

 

[Foghorn]

Can men disobey God's commands? How is that? Is God powerless to have His commands obeyed? Where is His Sovereignty in that?

John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Hope this helps.

 

[AHH who-stole-my-name]

That don't answer the question.

The question is, is unbelief a sin?

Please don't set up a question as if it were sound without using Scripture and then ask a question about it. I took the liberty of Googling this and found one reference to this and it is

Acts 17:16-32 Please read it all, but read 17:30 in particular.

Paul Preaches in Athens

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. 17He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.

18He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, “What’s this babbler trying to say with these strange ideas he’s picked up?” Others said, “He seems to be preaching about some foreign gods.”

19Then they took him to the high council of the city.d “Come and tell us about this new teaching,” they said. 20“You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.” 21(It should be explained that all the Athenians as well as the foreigners in Athens seemed to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas.)

22So Paul, standing before the council,e addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.

24“He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, 25and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. 26From one manf he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

27“His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. 28For in him we live and move and exist. As some of yourg own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

30“God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. 31For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

32When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.” 33That ended Paul’s discussion with them, 34but some joined him and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the council,h a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

This is actually in the Bible and I think you for making me aware of it.

Seeing this I would say that It is a sin as it goes against Gods commands.

 

[Foghorn]

Can men disobey God's commands? How is that? Is God powerless to have His commands obeyed? Where is His Sovereignty in that?

1John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Hope this helps.

 

[EmSw]

You cant answer the op? Or, you will not answer the op?

Yes, it's a sin.

Now, would you like to answer my questions?

 

[EmSw]

1John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Hope this helps.

Sure. But now you have to explain how man can disobey God's sovereign commands.

 

[Foghorn]

Yes, it's a sin.

Thanks for your answer.

Now, would you like to answer my questions?

No, but go ahead.

 

[Foghorn]

Sure. But now you have to explain how man can disobey God's sovereign commands.

Because man is not able to of his own.

 

[AHH who-stole-my-name]

Sure. But now you have to explain how man can disobey God's sovereign commands.

I really don't see this as a hard question, so i think you meant something more by it. To answer it as you posted the question, The answer is to the best of our abilities. None are perfect and none have not fallen by the way side, but the more we learn from the Bible, the more we have to implement into our lives.

 

[EmSw]

Because man is not able to of his own.

So man is more powerful than God's sovereign commands.