How to enjoy life without sin?

[cedric1200]

No replies necessary. But they are welcomed.

How do I live a happy life without the pleasures of sin. Sin lately is not making me happy. It is literally making feel sick. I have been sick; feeling like I am going to throw up. And usually this occurs after I watch a pornographic movie or something unclean on youtube.

I have also been selfish, unloving, lustful, unforgiving, unfruitful, unrepentant, lying, and many more I am sure.

If I am not a Christian (according to other Christians), why is God punishing me? Why is he making me feel sick about my sins? God only punishes his children. I have this strong desire to have the kind of relationship that David, the King had. But at the same time, I enjoy the world for a second. But then it becomes miserable, because I know God's wrath is coming. So how can I enjoy this life without ignoring and forgetting God? I will answer my own questions.

1. Give God at least 10% of my time everyday with prayer and worship. If I do this, I am sure the desires for this world will increase.
2. Submit to Christ everyday. This is not about dos and don'ts. For I can obey this law and that law and still end up in hell. It's about realizing that no matter what I do I will not be righteous enough to go to heaven. So I need to decrease so that Christ can increase. I want to be able to say that it is not I who live but Christ lives in me.
3. I need to repent right away, which means turn away from my sin. I remember the ten bridesmaids. Five of them had oil in their lamps and the other five did not. Well, you know the story. I don't want to wait to repent before it is too late. Repentance begins now.
4. Repent everyday as much as possible, even if I had not sin that day. David said that he did not know how much sin is in his heart. So I can obey all the Ten Commandments perfectly, but they maybe one thing that I lack. Jesus told the rich man that there was something he lacked when he told the Messiah that he obeyed the law perfectly. Then the Messiah said it is impossible for man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but with God all things are possible.
5. I need to make an effort to not sin. I lust, I swear, I have outburst of anger, and many more. This is not so I can go to heaven. This is so I get healthy physically, for sin affects me physically. And get healthy spiritually.
6. Learn new things and leave my apartment. I signed up for school. I have social anxiety problems, so I probably won't make many friends. But learning would be good for me. I can learn a new language, which the college teaches and music. But I am going to work on my AA degree.
5. Be happy. This is not easy for me. I have depression. But I need to change the way I think.
7. Have a Sabbath day of rest. Spend one day listening to teaching, worshiping, praying, watching Christian shows, etc. I just need to make that day holy unto the Lord.
8. Accept the fact that not all people will like me, and then move on. I don't usually reach out to people. They usually have to come to me. But I may have a lab partner or someone I have to do a project with that may hate me because of my skin color or mannerism. I need to accept that and keep it business. And not give him power over me by being miserable. If I do not let people get to know me, then it is not personal.
9. Live by God's law. This does not justify me. But I find there is freedom in living by his law.
10. Keep busy. Play video games, shoot hoops, go bowling, go swimming, walk around the park, read, write in a blog, and more.
11. Keep my apartment clean. This is healthy. No more to be said about this.
12. Eat healthy foods.
13. Stop coveting. Why covet something that isn't mine? This does not make me happy, but miserable. It's like a gymnast who can't eat chocolate, but spends time dreaming about chocolate. It would probably make him/her miserable.
14. Stop judging other people. I am very judgmental. But the more I judge, the angrier I get. This hardens the heart.
15. Do not curse, even when I am angry. Be mad but don't sin. After I curse I feel guilty because I pronounce judgment on myself. Jesus said every idle word that comes out of our mouths will be judged.
16. Stop watching movies that will harden the heart. This is most difficult. But no more needs to be said.
17. Treat people with love that reach out to me. I will continue to leave people alone. But anyone is welcome to chat with me. I will use 1 Corinthians 13 for my guide in treating people.

I am sure there is more. But I got to go.

God bless.

 

[DiscipleHeLovesToo]

No replies necessary. But they are welcomed.

How do I live a happy life without the pleasures of sin. Sin lately is not making me happy. It is literally making feel sick. I have been sick; feeling like I am going to throw up. And usually this occurs after I watch a pornographic movie or something unclean on youtube.

I have also been selfish, unloving, lustful, unforgiving, unfruitful, unrepentant, lying, and many more I am sure.

If I am not a Christian (according to other Christians), why is God punishing me? Why is he making me feel sick about my sins? God only punishes his children. I have this strong desire to have the kind of relationship that David, the King had. But at the same time, I enjoy the world for a second. But then it becomes miserable, because I know God's wrath is coming. So how can I enjoy this life without ignoring and forgetting God? I will answer my own questions.

1. Give God at least 10% of my time everyday with prayer and worship. If I do this, I am sure the desires for this world will increase.
2. Submit to Christ everyday. This is not about dos and don'ts. For I can obey this law and that law and still end up in hell. It's about realizing that no matter what I do I will not be righteous enough to go to heaven. So I need to decrease so that Christ can increase. I want to be able to say that it is not I who live but Christ lives in me.
3. I need to repent right away, which means turn away from my sin. I remember the ten bridesmaids. Five of them had oil in their lamps and the other five did not. Well, you know the story. I don't want to wait to repent before it is too late. Repentance begins now.
4. Repent everyday as much as possible, even if I had not sin that day. David said that he did not know how much sin is in his heart. So I can obey all the Ten Commandments perfectly, but they maybe one thing that I lack. Jesus told the rich man that there was something he lacked when he told the Messiah that he obeyed the law perfectly. Then the Messiah said it is impossible for man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but with God all things are possible.
5. I need to make an effort to not sin. I lust, I swear, I have outburst of anger, and many more. This is not so I can go to heaven. This is so I get healthy physically, for sin affects me physically. And get healthy spiritually.
6. Learn new things and leave my apartment. I signed up for school. I have social anxiety problems, so I probably won't make many friends. But learning would be good for me. I can learn a new language, which the college teaches and music. But I am going to work on my AA degree.
5. Be happy. This is not easy for me. I have depression. But I need to change the way I think.
7. Have a Sabbath day of rest. Spend one day listening to teaching, worshiping, praying, watching Christian shows, etc. I just need to make that day holy unto the Lord.
8. Accept the fact that not all people will like me, and then move on. I don't usually reach out to people. They usually have to come to me. But I may have a lab partner or someone I have to do a project with that may hate me because of my skin color or mannerism. I need to accept that and keep it business. And not give him power over me by being miserable. If I do not let people get to know me, then it is not personal.
9. Live by God's law. This does not justify me. But I find there is freedom in living by his law.
10. Keep busy. Play video games, shoot hoops, go bowling, go swimming, walk around the park, read, write in a blog, and more.
11. Keep my apartment clean. This is healthy. No more to be said about this.
12. Eat healthy foods.
13. Stop coveting. Why covet something that isn't mine? This does not make me happy, but miserable. It's like a gymnast who can't eat chocolate, but spends time dreaming about chocolate. It would probably make him/her miserable.
14. Stop judging other people. I am very judgmental. But the more I judge, the angrier I get. This hardens the heart.
15. Do not curse, even when I am angry. Be mad but don't sin. After I curse I feel guilty because I pronounce judgment on myself. Jesus said every idle word that comes out of our mouths will be judged.
16. Stop watching movies that will harden the heart. This is most difficult. But no more needs to be said.
17. Treat people with love that reach out to me. I will continue to leave people alone. But anyone is welcome to chat with me. I will use 1 Corinthians 13 for my guide in treating people.

I am sure there is more. But I got to go.

God bless.

here's my list:

1. practice being cognizant of God's presence in my mind; all day, every day; especially when i realize i've messed up - that's when i need to know He never condemns me. Expect that presence to be always positive, never condemning, ever lovingly leading, always able to get my attention when i'm about to step into destruction - always my faithful Friend and loving Father. practice conversing with Him in my mind when i'm resting - and expect to hear Him even when it seems i haven't lately; ask Him what i should be doing on a regular basis to see if i've missed His leading; ask Him specific questions about how to do the things i need to do as i do them - and expect that the wise choice will come to my mind; thank Him regularly for being with me and helping me; healing me, especially when i feel sick; prospering me, especially when my checkbook says otherwise; forgiving me before i was born; choosing me before the foundations of the world were laid; and mercifully, lovingly honoring His choice when i was at my worst.

2. practice being cognizant that His written word is His chosen method of instructing me, correcting me, encouraging me, and empowering me; i must never allow doubts about His faithfulness to linger in my mind, but push them out with remembered words from His written word of mercy, undeserved favor, and the unconditional love He has for me. i must always attribute every good thing in my life to Him, and never attribute any bad thing to Him for any reason. i must strive to put as much of His word as possible into my mind; not quantity, but sound doctrine based in clear scripture, taken in context, confirmed by other scripture, and harmonized with the whole of scripture. i must question anything i think i believe about Him for which i don't have clear scripture to stand on. i must remember that everything He says to me in my mind will agree with all of what He's already said to me in His word - His word is how i confirm His leading; the more i know if His word, the more i will be able to recognize His leading in each given situation i face. He is His word; the more i know His word, the more i know Him.

3. as i grow in my ability to perceive His situational leading, i must strive to act on that leading on His queue; no matter how nuts it may seem to my mind. i must expect to catch myself giving cheerfully without a second thought on a regular basis, not concerning myself with my own needs before i follow His leading to give; not just money, but whatever He leads me to give, including my time. i must speak when He leads me to speak, expecting His thoughts to guide my words as i form them; and i must be silent when He leads me to be silent, no matter what the cost appears to me to be.

this keeps me busy all day every day; but if i don't give up, i will eventually be ready to find out what # 4 is

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

Well anyone who sins they can live a life without sin is in fact sinning since they are lying. Even Jesus was tempted to sin while on earth. So we have no chance to be sin free our whole lives. BTW I'm obviously not saying go head and sin since you can't avoid it. I'm just saying we can become really good at avoiding sin, but we will never be perfect.

I've seen some say they are sin free. So to them I'd say have you ever jaywalked? If so you aren't following mans laws which God tells us to do (unless they interfere with Gods laws). Have you even for a second been mad at someone for whatever reason? Sin. Are you maybe not the healthiest of eaters? Sin (taking care of your temple..etc). Ever watched tv, movies...etc? Sin... or at least odds are some movie you watched did something that by biblical standards would be bad to watch. I'm being extreme here but I'm just saying often we don't notice the small sins we do. As an american I know I do some things that probably aren't the best as a christian. Like watching R rated movies. Yes they don't affect me as a christian... but would God watch them? Doubt it.

How do we enjoy life without sin? We can try our best. Pray for strength, read our bibles, do to church... try to keep ourselves reminded about how to live. Stay close to God. Will we be sin free? No. But its as close as we can get.

 

[BFine]

In the resurrection believers will enjoy life
without sin...while we are still in these suits
of flesh we sin... but we can repent of that
thanks be to God!

So...
Continue to press on!

 

[Zandy12]

Is it me? Or is sinning just inevitable in life? I feel like wherever I go in life, whether it is at work, with relatives, around friends, or even with family, your always forced to put a smile on and lie about how your truly feeling. Or else if your being honest, you are just nagging or being negative, or just too much of a goody good. Plus then there's always those circumstances where lying or being fake is necessary. I run down that road too many times. Don't know if its human nature or plain ignorance. Just curious.

 

[Anguspure]

Is it me? Or is sinning just inevitable in life?

Not sure if I would use the word inevitable but nevertheless the difficulty is insurmountable without his power.

I feel like wherever I go in life, whether it is at work, with relatives, around friends, or even with family, your always forced to put a smile on and lie about how your truly feeling. Or else if your being honest, you are just nagging or being negative, or just too much of a goody good.

For me thats the special treatment for the good people in my life. Its funny, I never have to be false about my feelings around the unbeleiving hard heads that I live with 6 months of the time, unless its my feeings about Christ that is, then they expect me to keep my trap shut.

Plus then there's always those circumstances where lying or being fake is necessary.

Like when you need to tell a depressed self absorbed mess of a person that they are doing alright and that you are happy to have them around all the time? I call that Love but its an excruciating falsity nevertheless. Or are we just to worried about the sin of it to lay down our lives?

I run down that road too many times. Don't know if its human nature or plain ignorance. Just curious.

I guess thats the point isn't? Its not until we've recognised our poverty of spirit, mourned over it, have been brought to meekness and hunger after righteousness that we can be filled and enter the kingdom He has prepared for us.

 

[DiscipleHeLovesToo]

everyone in a flesh body on the earth today will transgress God's law (since Jesus has ascended and isn't in a flesh body on the earth today); however, for reborn believers, those transgressions have been paid for by Jesus from God's perspective, and are not counted against us as sin by God - and His judgment rules, no matter what anyone else thinks.

the lost are indeed ruled by their feelings (their flesh); but reborn believers can control their feelings (their flesh) rather than be controlled by them. look at the example of Paul and Silas in Acts 16:16-40 - they had been whipped earlier in the day, thrown into prison, and chained by their feet. but they were so thankful to God for the eternal life He gave them, that they began to sing praises - and connected with the power of God so that their chains fell off and all the doors were opened.

lying is never necessary; if you must lie to keep from hurting someone's feelings, then you really don't care about them at all - you're lying so that they won't think bad about you - this is self-love - a willingness to allow someone to remain in bondage to the devil to avoid their potentially harsh reaction to you for telling them the Truth. the Truth never hurts, although it can reveal the pain that is associated with the lie that the Truth exposes. God specifically tells us that He hates lying (He even repeats this) - and He mentions no exceptions:

Pro 6:16-19 KJV
(16) These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
(17) A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
(18) An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
(19) A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

lying is never necessary;

Actually a good questions is what about parables/stories? Lets say a friend is feeling depressed, the the point of they may be suicidal. And they say give you the story of what happened. So they say something like "I was in an accident and lost use of my legs. My life is over! What will I do now. I will never be able to live a normal life!". Now you could say something like "Sorry to hear that. Things can get better!" or you could give a story about someone you knew who lost use of their legs too but lives a normal life now, even is married with kids. Then you mention things will get better. If your giving a story back (even though its not true) is that really a lie? Or is it more of a parable? The bible uses parables to encourage us.

I love to help people. So sometimes I have used parables to encourage them. THough I try not to do it if I don't have too.

 

[Anguspure]

lying is never necessary; if you must lie to keep from hurting someone's feelings, then you really don't care about them at all - you're lying so that they won't think bad about you - this is self-love

True - perhaps. In this situation I would have preferred a lie and an imperfect relationship to the people running away from me because they couldn't tell the truth (like many have done). Of course truth would have been much more preferable but there aren't many who have the guts and then are prepared to stand with a person through the anger and the pain.

 

[Quasicentennial]

How can we be so sure that the Word of God is not a scam created by a bunch of wise old men from the Middle East? Our present circumstances are not always positive or guaranteed to remain safe, unless our being at the right place at the right time relies strongly on our decision to choose, whether right or wrong - it's like we live on a 'decision destination probability', and that there is no such thing as a 'right' or 'wrong' decision if you reach your destination and live your circumstances safely:.
A classic example is missing your flight to Indonesia, only to find out 2 hours later that the plane suffered a terrible and mysterious tragedy, more than hundred crew and passengers missing and the plane could be in the deepest depths of the Indian Ocean.:
We have our Father God Jehovah's eternal omniscient mind on 'eternity', who knows all our future life circumstances or events, including Satan's deceiving act on Adam and Eve, even way before Satan himself was born, and I always wondered why there were no security officers like angels of heaven, or even security surveillance cameras to record evidence by catching him in the act, and then physically appearing in front of him to prevent Adam and Eve from eating the forbidden fruit:.
After watching an Australian TV documentary on the endless violence with the refugees who are trying to escape by boat, risking their lives in unpredictable ocean weather conditions, I had to wonder if Satan is winning the war as tragedy after tragedy continue on the television news daily with all sorts of terrible situations anywhere in the world:.
And yet we have an eternal Jehovah God who is full of Light or the healing positive holy spirit - it's like 'tragedy' to him is like peanuts in comparison to the power of Christ's resurrection and eternal life in his Second Coming, so magnificent and so beyond size and volume - it's definitely going to be a unique experience once we become transformed with genius-intelligent minds and measure-perfect bodies of Christ,
totally corrupt-free from disease and disability, and totally tragedy-free from unforeseen circumstances since Jesus will reign and supervise/ moderate us new brothers and sisters of Christ in every move we make inside our most advanced free-for-all home accommodation: the kingdom of God on a new disaster-free paradise Earth for a lifetime of business (work/employment) and recreation (hobbies, sports, athletic challenges) activities,.;'*';.,

 

[DiscipleHeLovesToo]

Actually a good questions is what about parables/stories? Lets say a friend is feeling depressed, the the point of they may be suicidal. And they say give you the story of what happened. So they say something like "I was in an accident and lost use of my legs. My life is over! What will I do now. I will never be able to live a normal life!". Now you could say something like "Sorry to hear that. Things can get better!" or you could give a story about someone you knew who lost use of their legs too but lives a normal life now, even is married with kids. Then you mention things will get better. If your giving a story back (even though its not true) is that really a lie? Or is it more of a parable? The bible uses parables to encourage us.

I love to help people. So sometimes I have used parables to encourage them. THough I try not to do it if I don't have too.

'lie - a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive' - dictionary.com. if you say something you think is true but it's not, that error, not a lie. if you say something you know is not true in order to sway someone in their thinking, you goal is to deceive them - this is the hallmark of the devil. a parable is not a lie because it's clear that it's not factual, but an illustration given to reveal a point of truth. but in your example, if your your friend who has no legs were to ask you to introduce them to this person you spoke about, what would you say? one way to recognize a lie is that you have to tell more lies to justify the first one. it doesn't mater what your motive is when you try to deceive someone; a lie can never have the same positive benefit as the truth. as Christians, once we learn how God sees lies, there should be no more debate about whether or not it is ever appropriate to lie - whether we understand His view or not.