Earth is not heaven and is not designed to be heaven.The difference is that what we want is really made evident by what we do. We can say we want anything-but in truth we may well worship the creature more than the Creator. Talk is cheap. In heaven we genuinely want only God because we finally know Him "face to face". He completely satiates any and all hunger and thirst.
Sin is evidence of lack of love in some area, love for God and also for neighbor. We should begin to move towards love in this life-and are "equipped" as Christians to do so. But the flesh is weak, and we're suspicious that we may "miss out" if we give in to God and give up pet sins. But the more we know Him the more we love Him and the things of this world then grow dimmer. But it's hard-it's a process that takes time. And it can be easier for people to just throw up their hands instead and say, 'Oh well, I'm just a snow-covered dung-heap, forgiven due to my faith but unable to refrain from sin.' That's not the gospel, however. God helps us, with grace, to move on wards and upwards overall even if we slip back now and then-and expects and even demands that as part of our Christian walk. We're "new creations", not just forgiven worthless worms. But His demand is only a good one: simply that we love-and His promise is that He'll build that justice in us as we're willing to accept it, as we're able to recognize and value it as superior to the sin that otherwise tempts us away from love, away from Him.
God allowed Adam and Eve to sin for a reason, the same reason God allows all mature adults to sin.
It takes a lot more than a strong motive to keep from sinning, since Adam and Eve had a strong motive not to sin and only one way to sin, yet they sinned.
When deity dwelled within a human body unquenched that person did not sin (Christ), so if you allow the indwelling Holy Spirit to be active and unquenched within your body can you stop sinning?
Do you first have to quench the Spirit in order to sin?
Sin has purpose for the nonbelieving sinner and helps some to become children of God, but sin does not have purpose for the Christian and is definitely not needed in heaven.
Sin created an unbelievable huge debt for the sinner.
Sin hurts God.
Yes, if we had not sinned Christ would not have had to go to the cross, but if I had not sinned, I would not have accepted God’s charity (Love/grace/mercy) in the form of forgiveness and thus not have obtained Godly type Love.
God does not want us to sin.
For the most part all the verses on sin do not address: “why God allows us to sin and the benefits of sin”, but you can look at Luke 7.
There is an unbelievable huge benefit to accepting God’s forgiveness for our sins, since Jesus has taught us (Luke 7:36-50) “…he that is forgiven much Loves much…”, so if you are forgiven (and accept that forgiveness as pure charity) of an unbelievable huge debt created by sin, you will automatically have an unbelievable huge Love (Godly type Love) and I see no other way for humans to obtain this unbelievable huge Love but will listen to you?
If it takes being forgiven of an unbelievable huge debt created by sin to obtain Love, than you will first have to sin? (Sin would have purpose/benefit at least for the person prior to obtaining their initial portion of Godly type Love.)
Briefly:
We do not sin in heaven for at least the following reasons:
Satan is not there.
We have already experienced satan, evil, sin and all the hardships associated with sin.
We do not have a sexual body which causes all kinds of temptations, conflicts, and selfish desires.
There is nothing more to be gained, “We have it all”. Yes, we do not have the same degree of Godly type Love others have, but that just means they Love me more than I can Love them so is that something to envy, lust after, take pride in?
Some might think they would desire to “rule” in heaven, but God/Christ has shown spiritual “rulers” are those who unselfishly serve others, so is it something to really lust after?
Right now, the Spirit is literally “at our elbow”, but He is not visible to us so we can easily quench Him, but with spiritual eyes we will literally see Him, walk with Him, talk with Him, 24/7.
It is not that we “cannot sin”, but there is no reason to sin, no satan to tempt us, and we have lots of wonderful things (helping others most likely without Godly type Love) and the Spirit as a full time partner.
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