To live is to sin

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Ferris Bueller

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So some will be more rewarded than others.
So there is a hierarchy of reward.
Yes, rewards for successful labor in the field and building of God vary one individual to another depending on the calling, the gifting, and the effort and effectiveness of the laborer. The reward is the presence in the kingdom of the person you labored over.
 
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I sometimes think I am better off dead. I don't mean to attract sympathy by saying that or to be controversial.
I just feel despairing of avoiding sin. It's impossible to lead a sinless life. Even with God's grace.
To live is to sin is my conclusion. To want to live is to sin even. Why do I want to live? To achieve ambitious goals? To seek entertainment and pleasure? Even to gain status by showing others how I've discovered the truth in Jesus Christ? To prove my superior intellect? To trade insults with people online?
The list goes on. Life is the battleground of Satan versus Jesus in our hearts. And Satan at least wins some of the time. Once we are dead, the struggle ceases. No more conflict. No more opportunities to sin. Peace.

That is a good foundation for what we believe and how to overcome by him who is the overcomer in you. Somewhere in our understanding we see Christ as all and the cross. Those great words "I'm crucified with Christ."
 
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I sometimes think I am better off dead. I don't mean to attract sympathy by saying that or to be controversial.
I just feel despairing of avoiding sin. It's impossible to lead a sinless life. Even with God's grace.
To live is to sin is my conclusion. To want to live is to sin even. Why do I want to live? To achieve ambitious goals? To seek entertainment and pleasure? Even to gain status by showing others how I've discovered the truth in Jesus Christ? To prove my superior intellect? To trade insults with people online?
The list goes on. Life is the battleground of Satan versus Jesus in our hearts. And Satan at least wins some of the time. Once we are dead, the struggle ceases. No more conflict. No more opportunities to sin. Peace.
Yes, we all sin, even though some on forums deny that they sin. And we can be forgiven by God's mercy and the Blood of Jesus. But true Christians are merciful and help others in many ways. But we still sin.
Matthew 5:7 (NKJV)
7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.

Thank you Lord Jesus!
 
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And yes, there will be rewards...of what kind and or level, dunno!
Your reward for your labor in the building of God is every stone you helped establish in that building who successfully passes through the final judgment at the end of the age......

19For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? 1 Thessalonians 2:19

14 ...you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
 
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Your reward for your labor in the building of God is every stone you helped establish in that building who successfully passes through the final judgment at the end of the age......

19For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? 1 Thessalonians 2:19

14 ...you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Yes, genuine "good works" that further His message and bless others. All else burns up if we seek a crown, there's your reward. :)
 
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