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What is Sin? And who originated this post?
Laren:
--- Quote from: orion77 on September 17, 2006, 12:25:24 AM ---Sin is an important study for us to grow. Study the entire 10th chapter of Hebrews. Clears up a lot of things. We live by FAITH.
Helo Laren, we posted around the same time with the same subject matter, 8).
God bless,
Gary
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Thanks Gary for posting re: Hebrews 10, a wonderful chapter. i posted some of the verses that jumped out at me as well as a few others.
Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Heb 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Rom 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jo 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Phi 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
It's all about HIM.
orion77:
Laren, I hear ya. It's all about Him.
Was just thinking about when Moses was handed the law, written on two tablets of stone, and when he came down from the mount, as the story goes, he broke the tablets into. First, they were written on two tablets, why two, and secondly seems it was doomed from the get go, because the people so quickly turned away from the Lord.
Now, in Genesis, God always had the night come before the day. Interesting? The old covenant and the new covenant. Jesus is the Light, the Way, and the Truth. We all know what the law leads to...death. Jesus leads us to...life.
Us, in this life have always gone the way of darkness and the wrong way first, then comes the truth, the light. All of these examples are amazing to me. They speak very loudly how merciful God really is. He is the one we are to imitate.
To know that our lives are going in perfect alignment with His will and purpose is true freedom.
God bless,
Gary
ned:
--- Quote from: Laren on September 16, 2006, 11:49:21 PM ---
Sin is believing that we can become like God by our own works.
In believing the lie, man attempted to become like God by his own work.
By believing the serpent and honoring him one becomes a child of the serpent, a brood of vipers that would desire the things of their father. So God later instituted the law, to show man his sin, to show him that he can't become like God by works.
Sin is man trying to get into the presence of God, trying to become like God by our own self works.
For they exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” Romans 1:21-25
We often fail to see and receive the righteousness that was freely dispensed to us who believed that God had redeemed them through the Son, Jesus Christ.
Man’s desire to become like God through believing the lie, resulted in death. We became a slave to the law of sin and death, by trying to achieve righteousness through it.
For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes,” Romans 10:1-4.
Although man wishes to obtain life through his own righteousness he is condemned to remain in death by his own labor.
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I've picked just a few comments from Laren above which really bring to light the "many called", those who think they have accepted Jesus on their own, those who believe they must, on their own, accept Jesus to be saved, and those who preach to millions of people that the sinner's prayer will save them. Amazing they can't see that their belief is on "their own works" (accepting Jesus on your own would be your own work). Thus, they indeed serve themselves, the beast within. This magnifies the fact that they worship and serve the creature (the beast within) instead of God, because they think they must accept Jesus, of their own works; they really do put themselves above God.
Excellent comments and scripture references, Laren. Thank you.
Love to all,
Marie
YellowStone:
A quote from Marie:
Thus, they indeed serve themselves, the beast within. This magnifies the fact that they worship and serve the creature (the beast within) instead of God, because they think they must accept Jesus, of their own works; they really do put themselves above God.
Coming right back to the beginning. Are they truly serving themselves, when in fact they are unwittingly, following to the letter, the full purpose of God from the beginning of time?
Can anyone say that this "serving the beast within" is contrary to God's plan. Also, "they think...." Are they truly thinking on their own, free and willingly outside of the will of God. If yes, then God is not all knowing; however, if no, then once again, each thought is according to God's supreme purpose.
What then is sin? Of what benefit is it to us? Thankfully, we are more than puppets on a string and for some strange (carnal) reason, I still "feel" like I have control of "my" thoughts and that "I" can still fathom complex issues on my own (with the help of God.) God has so graciously allowed us to feel emotion and feel proud for our accomplishments, even though all of them are according to his will.
If God's purpose is for some of us to sin more than others, it has to be more than for the "righteous" of us to judge. That is pure foolishness, at least to my level of understanding. Why then are some people difficult to love? Is it because we are seeing their actions as personal to us, instead of seeing them as players in Gods grand plan for us all. How then can we not love each and everyone of them, for they are not different than anyone of us, for each of us lives according to the enlightenment that God has personally bestowed on each one of us. Instead of being hurt and angered over some event, we should rather ask God for understanding so that we may garner some understanding from the event/s so that our knowledge and love for him and all around us, (even terrorists) can grow according to his will.
Marie, does this make sense to you? Comments always welcome.
In God we trust...
Darren
mannonthecross:
Darren,
Well spoken!
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