Sin doesn't equal adulthood

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Parody

Parody

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I grew up in a Christian family. My dad is a pastor and my mom was a stay at home mom, we lived in a small town out in the country. In high school I never smoked, got drunk, had sex (I didn't even date), or any other major misdemeanors. If you think I'm trying to be self-righteous, I'm not just keep reading.

Everyone sins, including myself but I never did any of these 'major sins' (even though all sins are equal). Now I'm in college and I'm having difficulty keeping my temper around some adults in the church. Even in my senior year of high school, I got called a 'sheltered' child by an adult in my church because I told my friends my beliefs that their actions were wrong. Sheltered? Ha! Because it's impossible to live without adultery and drugs I must never have been surrounded by it. How is it that the church can teach one thing but encourage the next? Why do they persecute kids who follow the law and label them immature? Jesus never taught that you had to fall into sin in order to reach adulthood.

I'm not condemning anyone who sinned before they got saved. I would just like to be treated with respect as well for not falling into temptation. I was around drugs and alcohol as a kid but I was always taught that they were a sin so I stayed away from them, that shouldn't make me any less of an adult. Why are there so many hypocrites in authority?


((Sorry about the grammar, I speed typed and didn't proofread))
 
Most modern churches don't appreciate anything about scripture and obedience. They are just like the world they claim to not be of.

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Cultures have made all kind of arbitrary behaviors that they consider to be adult. One common theme that exists is following into temptation and then struggling out. It is thought of as a character building experience and necessary for adulthood. I don't know where it originates and I don't agree with it.
 
Parody said:
I grew up in a Christian family. My dad is a pastor and my mom was a stay at home mom, we lived in a small town out in the country. In high school I never smoked, got drunk, had sex (I didn't even date), or any other major misdemeanors. If you think I'm trying to be self-righteous, I'm not just keep reading.

Everyone sins, including myself but I never did any of these 'major sins' (even though all sins are equal). Now I'm in college and I'm having difficulty keeping my temper around some adults in the church. Even in my senior year of high school, I got called a 'sheltered' child by an adult in my church because I told my friends my beliefs that their actions were wrong. Sheltered? Ha! Because it's impossible to live without adultery and drugs I must never have been surrounded by it. How is it that the church can teach one thing but encourage the next? Why do they persecute kids who follow the law and label them immature? Jesus never taught that you had to fall into sin in order to reach adulthood.

I'm not condemning anyone who sinned before they got saved. I would just like to be treated with respect as well for not falling into temptation. I was around drugs and alcohol as a kid but I was always taught that they were a sin so I stayed away from them, that shouldn't make me any less of an adult. Why are there so many hypocrites in authority?


((Sorry about the grammar, I speed typed and didn't proofread))
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Yeah, you bring up some valid points. I think a lot of times when I christian sees that you've not fallen into something, it's not so much that they thinking "wow, you're weird," (though that's what they say) so much as "wow, I'm shocked they've never been there before." I've done a lot of bad things, but I've also abstained from a lot of bad things. People are absolutely shocked that I've never smoked or done drugs. Many of my christian friends were extremely shocked to find out that I don't casually date. For me I got more non-christian people thinking I was weird than christian ones, but overall there's like this normal standard of expectations and overall I think people are just shocked more than anything else when they meet someone who's never been there.
 
Excellent post...Thank-you JimmyDiggs..aloha from the Islands...Nalo01
 
I'm having the same problem with others belittling me too. I'm 17 and I don't have a boyfriend (gasp) and this is on purpose (double gasp!) I've never had sex, smoked, beaten anyone up, and I do not encourage cussing (triple gasp.), so why am I looked at as ignorant. "Sheltered" is the word that I hear a lot but I don't believe it. Some people think that because I haven't experience "real" teenager things, that means when I'm living on my own I'm going to just lose it and become immature, fall into temptation, yada-yada-yada.
I know they're not right, I just wanted to get that out.:)
 
Parody said:
I grew up in a Christian family. My dad is a pastor and my mom was a stay at home mom, we lived in a small town out in the country. In high school I never smoked, got drunk, had sex (I didn't even date), or any other major misdemeanors. If you think I'm trying to be self-righteous, I'm not just keep reading.

Everyone sins, including myself but I never did any of these 'major sins' (even though all sins are equal). Now I'm in college and I'm having difficulty keeping my temper around some adults in the church. Even in my senior year of high school, I got called a 'sheltered' child by an adult in my church because I told my friends my beliefs that their actions were wrong. Sheltered? Ha! Because it's impossible to live without adultery and drugs I must never have been surrounded by it. How is it that the church can teach one thing but encourage the next? Why do they persecute kids who follow the law and label them immature? Jesus never taught that you had to fall into sin in order to reach adulthood.

I'm not condemning anyone who sinned before they got saved. I would just like to be treated with respect as well for not falling into temptation. I was around drugs and alcohol as a kid but I was always taught that they were a sin so I stayed away from them, that shouldn't make me any less of an adult. Why are there so many hypocrites in authority?


((Sorry about the grammar, I speed typed and didn't proofread))
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It may be that they are jealous. You have lived the life most Christians wish they had. And they are sinners. And acting out of their jealousy. Not that it's ok. But sometimes understanding a persons motives can make it easy to tolerate it.
And then the bible says that things like this will happen.
 
Honestly, I think that the reason there are so many issues in the church and in the places of authority because we are all human beings: flawed, imperfect and saved by grace.

Something we all must consider is that we are all just a few choices away from falling into the same sins as those we condemn. I firmly believe that many Christians are living a mediocre life of being lukewarm and dwelling in the gray area of life. We need to remember that God is a holy, just and sovereign God and that we must serve Him with holy fear. Yes, we are saved by grace. Yes, we are loved. Yes, we are held by mercy. Yet all of this is in regards to the just judgment and righteousness of a jealous and mighty God.

It is easy to look into other lives and consider ourselves better because we haven't fallen where they have. Yet, one must be fully aware of the fact that, as I mentioned, we are just choices away from the same fall. Pride is a huge, huge thing. When someone tells you that you're sheltered (or were), say, "Yes, I was. I am blessed that God has held me as He has, for I most assuredly don't deserve to be protected as I have been. I will take this blessing of my upbringing to continue to serve God with all that I am and to bring glory to His name, to seek His face and to follow Him all the days of my life. I will seek Him and His covering in order to keep me from the sins that so easily befall us all and to have Him continue His good work in me, purging out my own sins, in order that I may be pure and holy, as He is holy. I hope to lead by example, as He has called us all to do, and for my life to be a light in this darkness, to show others that it is possible to live a life consecrated unto Christ, by His strength and sheer mercy to make it possible to turn from sin and leave it forever behind."

Okay...not word for word, but you know what I mean. :)
 
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