Besides actions, sin exists in our thoughts!

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Besides actions, sin exists in our thoughts!

Submitted by Once a Boy on January 11 2001 21:12:03
In reply to What is a sin? submitted by Huck Finn on January 11 2001 19:36:06

You sure sin only occurs when one actually "acts out?" Is not our thought of hate towards a driver who cuts us off a sin? Why not? Is our anger in our heart pleasing to God? I believe our thoughts are sin. Thus, even if we don't act on our anger, lust, ect, we all sin many times in a day!

The real questions: Do we let our sin keep us seperate from God? Do we allow our sins prevent us from living? Do we allow it to suffocate us?

Or do we accept grace and forgiveness and shine on despite our imperfections? Do we choose to continue the fight of taking more steps forwards than backwards? Do we rise up despite our faulty thoughts and actions?

In short, do we accept God's love and continue to try to please Him despite the reality that we will always fall short of His desired perfection for us?

~Once a Boy

Follow ups:

Hey, Ford - Jimf3 January 11 2001 21:42:35 (50)
- I know - Ford Prefect January 12 2001 19:06:30 (6)
  - Keep that in mind, though - Jimf3 January 12 2001 19:38:36 (5)
    - Aberrations - Ford Prefect January 13 2001 11:32:04 (0)
    - Even so - Ford Prefect January 12 2001 19:41:34 (3)
      - Nonethless - Jimf3 January 12 2001 19:43:58 (2)
        
        You've demonstrated.... - Ford Prefect January 12 2001 19:54:20 (1)
        
        Yes, exactly - Jimf3 January 12 2001 19:57:32 (0)
- attraction vs behavior - Splash! January 11 2001 23:50:38 (15)
  - You GLANCE at his body and you sin? - Jimf3 January 12 2001 00:26:11 (14)
    - if you CHOOSE to glance at his BUTT/CROTCH, yeah - Splash! January 12 2001 00:51:11 (13)
      - What, you feel flustered? - Jimf3 January 12 2001 00:56:07 (12)
        
        not yet -- but you keep trying - Splash! January 12 2001 01:19:11 (11)
        
        You're just spouting nonsense - Jimf3 January 12 2001 01:42:16 (10)
        
        what are we trying to accomplish - Splash! January 12 2001 01:57:13 (9)
        
        Spiritually damnable - Jimf3 January 12 2001 02:00:28 (8)
        
        trying to be frutiful - Splash! January 12 2001 02:24:48 (7)
        
        You're losing it - Jimf3 January 12 2001 07:13:10 (6)
        
        Re: You're losing it - hyper92 January 12 2001 11:32:00 (5)
        
        Earth calling - Jimf3 January 12 2001 12:28:27 (4)
        
        Yo idiot! - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:02:29 (3)
        
        That has nothing to do with this thread at all - Jimf3 January 12 2001 18:52:04 (2)
        
        I started this thread without the focus of sex - Once a Boy January 12 2001 19:18:35 (1)
        
        Yes, and I commented on a limited aspect of that - Jimf3 January 12 2001 19:33:54 (0)
- I think you should re-read what I was saying! - Once a Boy January 11 2001 22:46:40 (26)
  - Blah blah blah, fucking blah blah - Jimf3 January 11 2001 23:11:35 (25)
    - You really are fixated on sex! - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:09:46 (1)
      - Me? - Jimf3 January 12 2001 18:54:43 (0)
    - Re: Blah blah blah, fucking blah blah - hyper92 January 11 2001 23:33:09 (22)
      - No sense getting guilty over sin - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:18:51 (0)
      - More wow - Jimf3 January 11 2001 23:49:53 (20)
        
        I've got a candidate for human sacrafices! - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:27:55 (0)
        
        why? - Splash! January 12 2001 00:39:44 (18)
        
        More to the point - Jimf3 January 12 2001 00:52:45 (17)
        
        Re: More to the point - Splash! January 12 2001 01:35:29 (16)
        
        What a fucking sadist - Jimf3 January 12 2001 01:38:35 (15)
        
        Read either Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:35:27 (1)
        
        I KNOW what's in there - Jimf3 January 12 2001 18:53:20 (0)
        
        He isn't but i might be... - Splash! January 12 2001 02:15:02 (12)
        
        He can knock all he wants - Jimf3 January 12 2001 07:18:20 (11)
        
        God loves us despite our ugliness. - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:43:12 (0)
        
        Re: He can knock all he wants - hyper92 January 12 2001 10:15:47 (9)
        
        I have loads of love in my life - Jimf3 January 12 2001 10:43:15 (8)
        
        Re: I have loads of love in my life - hyper92 January 12 2001 11:17:33 (7)
        
        I'm contributing a LOT - Jimf3 January 12 2001 11:21:41 (6)
        
        Re: I'm contributing a LOT - hyper92 January 12 2001 11:50:34 (5)
        
        Quite typical - Jimf3 January 12 2001 12:30:51 (4)
        
        Re: Quite typical - Once a Boy January 12 2001 18:55:29 (3)
        
        What ARE you rambling about? - Jimf3 January 12 2001 18:58:01 (2)
        
        It's the cocaine - Once a Boy January 12 2001 19:20:48 (1)
        
        Apparently - Jimf3 January 12 2001 19:36:40 (0)

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