tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post111248122662635103..comments2023-03-30T01:59:59.285-07:00Comments on culture driven life: the “Sin List”, where do you rank?jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223995578394539795noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112723265434037502005-04-05T10:47:00.000-07:002005-04-05T10:47:00.000-07:00I think I would agree. If you look at the situatio...I think I would agree. If you look at the situation in the garden, God removes them from the garden so that they would not eat of the tree of life, and live forever in that sinful state. He sends them out to live and then mercifully die.<BR/><BR/>They could have lived eternally in shame and sin, or died to escape that life. God chose to let them die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112714956723406912005-04-05T08:29:00.000-07:002005-04-05T08:29:00.000-07:00Matt, I was interested by what you said..."What is...Matt, I was interested by what you said..."What is the consequence of sin? ANY sin? Death."...<BR/>I was thinking about that statement in regard to the length of a human life, from birth to an ultimate death that is inescapable no matter how hard you try to avoid it...death is at the end of a human life – Is Sin to blame for this rule of existence? Would Death exist without Sin? Can you remove one from the other?<BR/>From my understanding of the Bible; the amount of time allotted for our human existence began with an eternal timeframe in Adam and Eve - and since their initial sin and the many subsequent sins that occurred after that original sin; our human existence has come to a sort of level – on average of 75 years according to the old testament – Sin can not take anymore of our lives than it already has by limiting our time on this earth…or is it God that limited our time on earth because of sin entering the world through Adam and Eve?…If this is all true, sin is unavoidable, it surrounds us, we were born into it and it’s power is inescapable – in this life. Where we find our salvation from this sin/death is in the next step through Jesus Christ...in which we are assured Life-Eternal, right?Benjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767010973015115851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112646334287923712005-04-04T13:25:00.000-07:002005-04-04T13:25:00.000-07:00What is the consequence of sin? ANY sin? Death. G...What is the consequence of sin? ANY sin? Death. God may hate one sin more than another, but there is only one result, no matter what the sin.<BR/><BR/>Since one death covers all sin, the result is that all sins are equal. We all sin and fall short of his glory, yet he paid the price for all sin. There is no way I could ever earn freedom from guilt, but He gives it freely, and I am eternally grateful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112630819130243882005-04-04T09:06:00.000-07:002005-04-04T09:06:00.000-07:00Here is my current thought on the ranking of sins....Here is my current thought on the ranking of sins. Of course all sins are not equal in human eyes. We can see that in our human experience. we are more angered by people who rape and kill 9 year old girs than by people who use two profanities as was done in this article. To say that God sees the situation differently is absurd. Is god equally disapointed with me for speaking negitively about others as he is with someone who flys a plane into the world trade center? It can't be. When we look at scripture I think we can mae this case. God never destroyed a group of people for cussing or gossip. He did destroy several groups of people for things like sacrificing children, and making homosexual relations normative. I have to conclude that he feels strongly about certain kinds of sin and super strongly about others. He hates them all, but I can't say it is to the same degreee.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282622121318493152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112584301868408862005-04-03T20:11:00.000-07:002005-04-03T20:11:00.000-07:00The distinction between mortal and venial sin, alr...The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture (cf. I Jn 5:16-17), became part of the tradition of the church. It is corroborated by human experience.<BR/><BR/>Venial sin damages the relationship with God; mortal sin destroys it. Venial sin is like a fight between spouses; mortal sin is like a divorce. To die in a state of mortal sin is to lose heaven forever. For there is no more rime for repentance and conversion after death. To die with venial sins on the soul is to need purgatory to purify the should before heaven. To die with neither kind of sin or their consequences in the soul is to merit heaven without the need for purgatoryStorminNorminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626279433545152317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135932.post-1112569774473943592005-04-03T16:09:00.000-07:002005-04-03T16:09:00.000-07:00For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory o...For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.<BR/><BR/>To me, that makes the standard of righteousness infinite perfection, the perfection that Christ alone could live. Imagine a ladder with an infinite number of rungs. Christ's perfection is the top of the ladder. Starting at your curent level of righteousness how long would it take you to reach perfection? How about to get just halfway? How much progress can you make climbing an infinite ladder?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>What would God owe you if you could stop sinning this instant and attain perfection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com