IS SIN A CHOICE?
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Amen and amen!
And it also explains that those lusts are what, if acted upon, bring forth sin. So all sin begins with temptation.
For if nothing temps us to break the law we would never do it. Not loving our neighbour means we are tempted to disobey Gods command, to have a momentary pleasure of rising up in our flesh, which is always wanting to have dominion and do what it wants (It wars against the Spirit). All sin comes forth from temptation but that originates from within us ever since the fall sadly. This is why we need not to fight it but to crucify it daily. The Lord understands however that we are not born of pure seed as He was and our flesh is indeed still weak, however willing our spirit becomes. We have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in our struggle against sin, but thank the Lord He did on our behalf.
And it also explains that those lusts are what, if acted upon, bring forth sin. So all sin begins with temptation.
For if nothing temps us to break the law we would never do it. Not loving our neighbour means we are tempted to disobey Gods command, to have a momentary pleasure of rising up in our flesh, which is always wanting to have dominion and do what it wants (It wars against the Spirit). All sin comes forth from temptation but that originates from within us ever since the fall sadly. This is why we need not to fight it but to crucify it daily. The Lord understands however that we are not born of pure seed as He was and our flesh is indeed still weak, however willing our spirit becomes. We have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in our struggle against sin, but thank the Lord He did on our behalf.
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Sin is not a choice in fact it's what we do best. There is no good thing in us people.
All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All.
You would think after 6000 yrs man would of come up with some sort of methods....exercise...pill.....nope.
In fact you read that it get progressively worse in the last days......
All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All.
You would think after 6000 yrs man would of come up with some sort of methods....exercise...pill.....nope.
In fact you read that it get progressively worse in the last days......
Sin is not a choice to the person who is Unregenerate.
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews 12:8 KJV
Man could not help themselves thats why God sent his Son Jesus to do for us what we could not do for ourselves
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 1:7 KJV
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:24-25
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 1:14 KJV
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:1-3 KJV
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews 12:8 KJV
Man could not help themselves thats why God sent his Son Jesus to do for us what we could not do for ourselves
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 1:7 KJV
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:24-25
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 1:14 KJV
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:1-3 KJV
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Hello again AlmondJoy, while I believe that I understand what you are saying, that the unregenerate man/woman is a slave to sin because that is what they desire most in this world, so they will always/freely choose to sin when they could have chosen to act according to righteousness instead (if righteousness was their principle desire instead of sin, that is).
And just to be clear, you do not mean that there is a third party (like God) who is overwhelming their free will choices and 'causing' them to sin/leaving them with no choice but to sin (causing them to do what they would have never chosen to do on their own), do you
Thanks
~Deut
And just to be clear, you do not mean that there is a third party (like God) who is overwhelming their free will choices and 'causing' them to sin/leaving them with no choice but to sin (causing them to do what they would have never chosen to do on their own), do you
Thanks
~Deut
Love your username I used be obsessed with butterfinger before I became diabetic.
Yes sin is a choice, it isn't that we have to sin it's that we like everyone else are human some days I try to see if how long I can go without sinning eventually messing up of course but then again temptation is perhaps my greatest weakness it's actually good thing I am diabetic because I would likely be a major alchohalic
We are all tempted it is the act of acting on that temptation that makes it a sin
Yes sin is a choice, it isn't that we have to sin it's that we like everyone else are human some days I try to see if how long I can go without sinning eventually messing up of course but then again temptation is perhaps my greatest weakness it's actually good thing I am diabetic because I would likely be a major alchohalic
We are all tempted it is the act of acting on that temptation that makes it a sin
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Actually think of it this way sin is the act of disobeying God but an act is a choice we willingly do it but an act to do something is a verb, there are some who like to complicate it by several ways some claim to be without sin which in of itself is a sin for only Jesus is sinless, others divide wilful sin with unwilling sin an accidental sin
And if we didn't chose every act of sin then we could not be held responsible for it but luckily Jesus took that responsibility for us
And if we didn't chose every act of sin then we could not be held responsible for it but luckily Jesus took that responsibility for us
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10 They say to the seers,[b] ‘Don’t see ⌞the future⌟.’
They say to those who have visions,
‘Don’t have visions that tell us what is right.
Tell us what we want to hear. See illusions.
11 Get out of our way! Stop blocking our path!
Get the Holy One of Israel out of our sight.’ ”
9 These people are rebellious and deceitful children,
children who refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.
“My people travel through lands
where they experience distress and hardship.
15 This is what the Almighty Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:
You can be saved by returning to me.
You can have rest.
You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me.
But you don’t want that.
But you don’t want that.
16 You’ve said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.”
So you flee.
You’ve added, “We’ll ride on fast horses.”
So those who chase you will also be fast.
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The Lord is waiting to be kind to you.
He rises to have compassion on you.
The Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all those who wait for him
12 This is what the Holy One of Israel says:
You have rejected this warning,
trusted oppression and deceit,
and leaned on them.
20 The Lord may give you troubles and hardships. But your teacher will no longer be hidden from you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes. 21 You will hear a voice behind you saying,
“This is the way. Follow it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.”
Isaiah 30