I was reading Romans 1e yesterday and came upon the part about condemnation. does this mean people can go to hell for breaking the law? Or does it mean earthly punishment I am trying not to worry about it, I try to keep the law
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Worried about the type of condemnation Romans 13 was speaking of
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This sounds like another manifestation of your OCD....
I feel like it is as well but there's still the "what if" running around my mind, its hard to shake.
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The more I read Romans 13, the more I become convinced that the part that made nervous was referring to anarchy. Because when I panic over verses I frequently visit BlueletterBible to look for clarity and I found that the word used for resist means to "oppose or range against"
So I think Paul is saying that attempting to range against the institution of authority is wrong and in the next verse Romans 13:3 Paul gives his readers ways to not fear the government other than anarchy. If I recall correctly there was a group of christians back then who wanted no authority over them because they figured thats the only way they could practice Christianity freely.
I think that those two verses while related are referring to two different things, I think the first is referring to the incorrectness of anarchy and the secobd about how to live with no fear besides anarchy. I have no desire to oppose the institution of authority, so I don't have to worry about going to hell over failing to keep every man made law right? I do try my hardest.
Jesus' blood has washed me clean but sometimes it serms like the bible is saying I must do things to keep my salvation.
So I think Paul is saying that attempting to range against the institution of authority is wrong and in the next verse Romans 13:3 Paul gives his readers ways to not fear the government other than anarchy. If I recall correctly there was a group of christians back then who wanted no authority over them because they figured thats the only way they could practice Christianity freely.
I think that those two verses while related are referring to two different things, I think the first is referring to the incorrectness of anarchy and the secobd about how to live with no fear besides anarchy. I have no desire to oppose the institution of authority, so I don't have to worry about going to hell over failing to keep every man made law right? I do try my hardest.
Jesus' blood has washed me clean but sometimes it serms like the bible is saying I must do things to keep my salvation.
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It sounds like you are answering all your own questions! I understand what you mean, though...OCD does often give us an exaggerated fear of hell, and we tend to latch onto certain things that we feel will bring judgment on us. I think it's all about learning how to have a balanced view of things - to recognize both God's love and His justice, without stressing one over the other too much. That's really hard to do when we have OCD though...we tend to skew toward His judgment too much, at least for certain things.
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