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Sin verses Sins
Samson:
--- Quote from: Richard D on October 02, 2008, 07:20:03 AM ---Samson
After reading you’re post I was thinking if someone is consumed by sin so as to not feel remorse or even think they were sinning would that person be aware of God in the first place?
So God would more than likely not be dealing wit that person at this time. Just some thoughts on that.
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Good Point Richard,
I see where your coming from, but I know of and have known people that claim to know God, know the Scriptures, certainly profess Jesus Christ, but perhaps are hardened by the deceptive power of Sin.
We all Sin, because all of us " miss the mark " (GK-Hamartia), by our thoughts, words and actions. My point was to emphasize the distinction between being consumed by Sin versus committing an individual Sin, of course, all of us are guilty of this.
I remember Ray mentioning something to the affect, that years ago he tried so hard to stop sinning, on his own, stating he didn't want to Sin, but eventually realizing that only God could remove this desire. Of course the fact is, he expressed he wanted to stop and later when God did the work, he stopped sinning as a way of life, but he also said we still commit individual sins, it could be merely a bad thought that pops in your head or a slip of the tongue, but it's still different than being consumed by Sin as a patterned way of life.
I think this information might be located in the Free Will series, not the one from the front, but the one at our transcripts/Audio sections or the one on Repentance, I'm going to check now.
In God's Love, Samson.
Richard D:
Thank you Samson for further elaborating on that and also for the link too. I’ll check that out as well.
Now you have me thinking again here, you had mention about how sin can hardened one heart by the deceptive power of Sin.
If we sin, we should always ask Christ to forgive us for our sin or sins. This is the right thing to do. So if one stops asking for forgiveness and just assumes Christ paid the price for our sins could this be where the hardening of the heart starts?
In His Love. Richard.
Douglas Wayne Thomas:
In order to sin, one must be in disregard of, or in disobedience to, a law that God has put in force. John says, "sin is lawlessness" and he uses these words in the sense of a transgression of God's law (1Jn 3:4). Take, for example, the first sin committed by mankind. If God had not made an exception about trees for food, and said of one tree, "You shall not eat", then Adam and Eve would not have sinned by eating from that tree (Gen 2:16-17, 3:2-3,11).
So we see a plain principle at work here...
You cannot violate or break a law that is not in force.
Sin was imputed to Adam because there was a law in force to prohibit what he did, and that made it a sin.
Samson; you got me thinking, sin and sinning are not static. Or maybe I should say Sin is static, i.e.… original sin, whereas sinning is dynamic, ongoing, one keeps sinning over and over again. I have to keep thinking about this one for awhile.
Richard D:
Hi Doug.
From what I learned on Ray’s papers Mother Eve sinned before she had eaten of the tree of good and evil.
Lust of the eye. Lust of the flesh and the pride of life was taking place in her heart.
So we always sin from one of these areas in life.
In His Love. Richard
mharrell08:
--- Quote from: Richard D on October 02, 2008, 08:53:01 AM ---Hi Doug.
From what I learned on Ray’s papers Mother Eve sinned before she had eaten of the tree of good and evil.
Lust of the eye. Lust of the flesh and the pride of life was taking place in her heart.
So we always sin from one of these areas in life.
In His Love. Richard
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That's right Richard...great point. ;)
Marques
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