Sin is not merely “bad things,” Taken. I’m sure you remember all of Jesus’s “But I tell you” statements concerning things like murder and lust. All sins are matters of the heart, not the outward acts. Consider that Jesus said the two great commandments are, in order… you know this… to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself, and that on those commandments hang all of God’s law. So with that in mind,
ask you a rhetorical question: Do you perfectly love ~ again, in order ~ God and your neighbor?
Without reservation…YES.
Do, I have to LIKE such neighbors ? No
Can I ALSO hate such neighbors? Yes.
What does hate mean? A Strong dislike.
I love the Lord.
I like the Lord.
I love all People.
I do not like all people.
I do hate (strongly dislike) some people.
Have I, do I, can I…. Lend a hand, aid, comfort, people I do not Like, I hate? Yes.
It is Not so much… the Dislike, Hate…that gives rise to … to constant conflicts… but Rather….
PRECEPTS (ie. Behaviors, treatment, between and among men)…that gets funky, when Love is Absent.
The Lord Loves All people… while at the same time, dislikes and strongly dislikes (hates) some of those same people.
For example…
A wife can Love her husband, and Hate him for lying…at the same.
The lying, does Not effect her Love for him…
The lying, would effect her Trust in him….
And certainly, she could Hate him for that.
And this love, as you know, I’m sure, is far, far greater than some kind of warm fuzzy feeling… I mean no, you don’t, and neither do I nor does anyone else. In this life we never do. So we are really always sinning.
Disagree.
One day this will no longer be the case… in eternity… but for now, in this life, no.
In THIS Life… I chose to Take Gods Offering… that His Power Dwells IN me, and Keeps MY Belief IN Him, Forever.
Never Again, Can I sin (not Believe In God)… be against God.
I have NO requirement, to Believe IN men.
I have no requirement… to Like, Trust, Follow, Mimic, Agree with, Worship, Exalt, Comfort, to give Charity, Help, Aid, Work and Dole out Freebies to other men.
My Requirement is to Love the Lord God Above All and Love All other men…
We need perpetual repentance and forgiveness.
Sure…FOR TRESPASSES…. Of men against men!
Men TRESPASS against men and certainly there is a protocol, for men to ask and forgive men For Trespassing.
And IF a man Trespasses against an other, and apologizes and corrects the Trespass….and the other REFUSES to forgive him…
God will intervene and Forgive the Trespass, the man (when asked) refused to Forgive.
We need Christ. But the great thing is that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive.
I Have Christ…. In Me.
I confessed my Sin to Him and He forgave me.
I Trust HIS Forgiveness, remains Constant, and Does Not Require Repeating.
I Trust His Power IN me, is sufficient to Keep His Forgiveness Constant.
No, I do NOT repeatedly ASK Him, for what He Has Already Given me.
One day we will be changed, and we will be just like Christ. Right now, though, we are being made that way.
Sure, One day, we shall SEE the manifestation of our Own Glorified Bodies…
Meantime…I Live IN Christ Jesus’ Risen Glorified Body and His Spirit of Truth…
And … “IF”…
As you “imply” I can Still Sin…
How would that (if it were possible) AFFECT Christ Jesus’ Glorified Body, (in which I dwell)?
Wouldn’t THAT… mean…Christ Jesus Would have SIN IN His glorified Body?
(God Forbid, to believe such a thing).
And hey, we can live now as if we are, because it is an absolute certainty. He Who began a good work in you will ~ will, not “might” ~ bring it to completion at the day of Christ (Philippians 1:6).
I do…. Without preaching… men IN Christ Continue to Sin and Should continue Asking For Forgiveness they have Already Received.
Thank you.
God Bless you.
Glory to God,
Taken