What do you all believe about sinning and forgiveness?
Do you think you can run around doing whatever you want and believe God will forgive you ? That forgiveness comes automatically no matter what you do with all sins being equal? And that you don't have to ask to be forgiven?
Or do you think you can sin but you NEED to ask forgiveness and be truly sorry to beable to go to heaven?
I am having somewhat of a heated debate over this on another site and I appreciate your input on the subject! 1|1|Two things we can never really talk about...|Sharon|sharon.forshee@hughes.net|21:07:15|10/19/2014|
that always leads to heated discussions and that's Religion and Politics!! 4|2|Sharon is right....|inthesticks|jbsimon@ymail.com|22:42:35|10/20/2014|
>Posted on Oct-19-14 at 09:07 PM (Eastern)
>by 72.171.24.249that always leads to heated
>discussions and that's Religion and Politics!!
...politics and religion shouldn't be discussed. Especially in mixed company and on a public trading site such as this. Not everyone will have the same views....and someone is certain to be offended by something someone else says.
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2|1|go and sin no more.... |momoftwo|red@1000greetingcards.com|09:14:20|10/20/2014|
This internet page explains it from the bible pretty good:
All wording below is from this page:
http://freegiftfromgod.com/blog/2012/07/go-and-sin-no-more/
In John 8:3-11 the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus to see what he would say about her. Under the law she would have been stoned to death, but we see Jesus showed her compassion by not condemning her. However when he released her to go her way he said, “Go! And from now on, sin no more!” (John 8:11) In this situation it was quite clear that the woman was living in a sinful manner for she was acting in adultery. This the mercy of the Lord was given to her and she was given her life back and given a chance to now live a new life. But the attached condition was that she should not live a life in sin. She should repent and turn her life around.
The apostle Peter gave the most graphic description of this situation if a person does turn back and turn away from the Lord. If after receiving the grace of God they choose to return to their life of sin, Peter explains their situation as follows in 2 Peter 2:20-22.
20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
The Lord has made you clean through his sacrifice and entering into his resurrection in baptism. If you then reject the new life and turn back to the world and the ways of your old life, you are doubly condemned because you should have known better. Thus we must heed the words of the Lord and ensure that we too, “Go and sin no more!”
http://freegiftfromgod.com/blog/2012/07/go-and-sin-no-more/
8|2|Great answer momoftwo....|Quietwaters|Quietwaters39@hotmail.com|07:12:01|10/24/2014|
If you truly know Christ, you no longer want to sin, your heart changes, your life changes, because of what He has done for you. So when you feel you have made the wrong choice, you are sorry and feel that need to repent. He knows our hearts.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lets-Learn-Smore
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The ten commandments are also what we are to follow. 5|2|momof2 - i agree < see inside|puregrace|youngkin@bigfork.net|10:33:22|10/21/2014|
I was just wondering what some of you thought because I was having a discussion on another board where some people believe they can do anything they want and still go to heaven, they think that they are automatically forgiven without having to ask. 6|3|Totally agree with Sharon on this. We show our repect to others by not talk about those 2 subjects! Now if you want to doit by email with someone that is your own business. JMO!|cashcoll|cashcoll@yahoo.com|17:06:44|10/21/2014|
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7|1|Thank you all ! |puregrace|youngkin@bigfork.net|17:14:22|10/21/2014|
Got what I needed!