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No, that isn’t a problem. Jesus explained it to us:God forbid that the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet should happen on the sabbath day! The letter of the law would keep you from being able to flee to the mountains! (see Matthew 24:15-21).
Pride.The fact of the matter is, when I sin, I bring trouble into my life. Therefore, Jesus taught (you and) me not to sin (Matthew 4:17). I can’t figure out why so many Christians resist the idea that we should repent of our sin.
It would be a problem for someone who bases their salvation on their own keeping of the law, or their works. See Galatians 3:10-13.No, that isn’t a problem. Jesus explained it to us:
[27] And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath;
[28] so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath." Mark 2:27-28
I do believe we should repent of our sin, but sometimes I wonder how people really think i it's possible to repent of every sin they ever commit. Either they don't see a lot of their sin as Sin, or else they are repenting every 2 minutes. I agree that Christ took our every sin on himself, so that it is finished. But at the same time, will full sin will mess up your relationship with God.It would be a problem for someone who bases their salvation on their own keeping of the law, or their works. See Galatians 3:10-13.
= because they are likely Christians who have been misled or misguided or deluded, ...The fact of the matter is, when I sin, I bring trouble into my life. Therefore, Jesus taught (you and) me not to sin (Matthew 4:17). I can’t figure out why so many Christians resist the idea that we should repent of our sin.
Jesus saves, but we keep ourselves out of trouble when we resist the temptation to sin.It would be a problem for someone who bases their salvation on their own keeping of the law, or their works. See Galatians 3:10-13.
You bring more trouble into other lives. Why do you miss this point?The fact of the matter is, when I sin, I bring trouble into my life. Therefore, Jesus taught (you and) me not to sin (Matthew 4:17). I can’t figure out why so many Christians resist the idea that we should repent of our sin.
It is true that if I sin against you, I bring trouble into your life, but I also bring trouble into my own life. If I want to be at peace, I need to stop sinning.You bring more trouble into other lives. Why do you miss this point?
I have run into people who don't think "repent" has anything to do with sin.
Then I would say there is a connection between repentance and sin. We repent of our sin.It doesn't. You either sin or you repent of sin meaning you choose not to further sin in that way. It does have a great deal to do with not allowing sin to control us and/or the world.
Then I would say there is a connection between repentance and sin. We repent of our sin.
If you are sinning, then you need to repent. Isn't that a connection?But they are two different things and I don't see a connection.
To sin is to do what is damaging or harmful to ourselves and/or others, now and/or in the future.
To repent is to recognize the sin for what it is and to choose to not keep doing it.
If you are sinning, then you need to repent. Isn't that a connection?
It seems like a connection to me.No. If something is dangerously on fire you need to pour water on it to put it out. But that does not mean that there is a connection between fire and water.
Okay bad analogy as both fire and water have other purposes.
But if something is on fire and that is not a good thing, we need to know how to put out the fire.
If we are sinning we need to know how to repent, i.e. stop sinning. They are connected only by inclusion in the same thought or sentence. Which is splitting hairs I suppose. I understand your point. My point is to know the difference between regret and repentance. Between repentance and forgiveness.
It is true that if I sin against you, I bring trouble into your life, but I also bring trouble into my own life. If I want to be at peace, I need to stop sinning.
The fact of the matter is, when I sin, I bring trouble into my life. Therefore, Jesus taught (you and) me not to sin (Matthew 4:17). I can’t figure out why so many Christians resist the idea that we should repent of our sin.
Yes, but if we freely indulge in sin, the chastisement will come more often.Matthew 10:34 might be why you aren't having joy in Christ? maybe you have expectations that aren't being met? Read that verse because in my life both Matthew 10:34 AND Jeremiah 31:31-36 are equally true, and just like Isaiah said, I can soar on wings like eagles, I can run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint. And I'm disabled.
We all struggle, we all get chastised by God from time to time... but our lives? Those are in Christ - not in constant misery no matter what the world throws at us...
My experience is that I need help from the Lord, but my experience also tells me that sin is not a pleasant way of life.I have always read that having a change of heart (repent) about sin is not truly possible without the help of the Holy Spirit. I read Acts 2:38 as saying that they needed to repent of their unbelief that Jesus was the promised Messiah of the OT. This would have been a pivotal concept for those present.
Yes, but if we freely indulge in sin, the chastisement will come more often.
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