Posted on 09/03/2013 2:09:18 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The serpent is more crafty than any of the beasts of the field. He attacks while retreating, retreating while attacking. He concedes this point, all the while making that point. He is both a tar baby and quicksilver. And we are fools for forgetting it...
...the hard truth is that evangelicals are sleeping with partners to whom they are not married. Hundreds of thousands of them, with barely a word even spoken...
The result is not merely immorality. The trouble with not keeping your pants on isn’t that you offend that great Prude in the sky. The problem is that it leads to death (Proverbs 7:27). How many of our grievous social ills trace their roots to the lie that we can have sex outside marriage with no great consequence? To put it another way, what would this world look like if there were no more adultery and fornication? Because families would be intact, ghettoes and the pathologies that come with them would fade away.
(Excerpt) Read more at ligonier.org ...
Christians can fall into sinful state, but I can’t imagine thousands or even millions being in such a state. It’s not the number of evangelicals that are having extramarital affairs but the number of those having extramarital affairs that claim to be Christian that’s suspicious.
More likely premarital, but true.
Wow. Would you like to hang nailed to a cross until dead for all of mankind? Did God ever offer you that option? Because, if not, then it's plain that God makes a rather clear distinction between you and Jesus Christ. It strains all credulity that you might not see this.
I'm appalled at your nauseating, petulant heresy, and will no longer converse with you. You are Satanic and evil. Never mind the sunscreen, because where you're headed, all you'll need is barbecue sauce.
GSA,YMOS
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Dang!
I could be a POPE!
Even Numero UNO!!!
Matthew 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me:
Yes; we HAVE noted you did NOT even TRY to answer the question about Jesus' insults to Pharisees...
I like the way all OTHER sins are being ignored in this thread!
Good point! Talking about sin is a complex subject. God hates all types of sin and without repenting and humbling ourselves to accept the shed blood of our Lord, the least little sin is spiritual death. Christians are called to be the light of the world. We dishonor our Father and His Son when we fail to represent Him through sanctified lives.
Christians can certainly sin. But they cannot live with sin.
Some say we cannot live withOUT sinning.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1Jn 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2) Christians are capable of not sinning because we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. But we still sin because of our nature (not because the devil made us do it). We really don't have an excuse.
3) If Christians refuse to admit they sin then they really are non-Christians. This is simply because we don't understand repentance.
4) If Christians fail to confess their sin, the Father will correct that situation. Pro 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. We simply will not prosper as Christians.
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