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At the rate some people sin, it's almost impossible to keep up.Does the bible tell us to keep up with other peoples sins?
I think only to the extent that we can pray for them, and that we can help to restore them.Does the bible tell us to keep up with other peoples sins?
Aren't we suppose to become dead to sin?
Is there a reason why you would think that it is a good idea to do something like that? Are there situations you could give as a result of why you hold something against something for example in what they might have done in an action that caused you to have issues? Does the bible talk about us keeping up with people's sins?At the rate some people sin, it's almost impossible to keep up.
But I do the best I can. - LOL
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I think only to the extent that we can pray for them, and that we can help to restore them.
James 5:15-20 KJV
15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19) Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20) Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Galatians 6:1 KJV
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
For me, I endeavor to separate the sin from the person. It's what they did, but it's not who they are. That is, this is a person whom God created to love and be loved, who did something bad. Forgiveness is about letting go.
Much love!
Thank you.@Rella, it's a general question as a phrase to denote, people who are continuously keeping up with the sins of others. Which is why I ask, does the bible suggest it to be something one does?
Sorry, my response was a failed attempt at humor.Is there a reason why you would think that it is a good idea to do something like that?
At times, I wish, there was some place one could go for a short period of time or for the rest of their lives to remove temptations from mind and sight.St. SteVen said:
At the rate some people sin, it's almost impossible to keep up.
But I do the best I can. - LOL
Sorry, my response was a failed attempt at humor.
I answered as if "keep up" meant maintain the same rate.
In other words, to sin as much as they do.
But to answer your question...
Love keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NIV
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
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I think this was the idea behind the monastic lifestyle.At times, I wish, there was some place one could go for a short period of time or for the rest of their lives to remove temptations from mind and sight.
That's a troublesome verse. Meant as a sobering reminder.I have no desire to keep up. I have no desire to sin at all. But no sooner do I feel I have things under control
then I stumble.
But then the constant thoughts arise that if one stumbles does that mean “For if we are willfully sinning after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice concerning sins.” Hebrews 10:26-27
I think that if God has a problem with something in our lives, conviction of sin will come.Is it that we are keeping up with, or simply allowing our mortality to control what we tell ourselves that all go through it?
And can love or will it offset the wilfuness in mankind?