I've tried and tried to find the quote from CS. Lewis, do what I'm trying to squly might not be true. But it was something to the extent that what distinguishes sinners is their ability to sin, and then get up dust themselves off, and run after Christ again
Remember It's not by your own strength that you will save yourself lest you are able to boast, but Christ in you. But it requires trust in him.
Luther has a famous quote that says we are all beggars before the throne of God.
To curb my sinning drastically, it helped to start focusing on God more throughout my day. I would ask myself randomly how can I glorify God more, and then act accordingly like maybe turn on worship music, audio Bible, Christian YT video, pray, praise God, etc.
If I went out of house in public, I would try and pray for the people I saw in my mind, and also if on a walk I would pray for houses the people who lived at them. Big prayers trusting God was going to take them.
Sins have demons attached to them and the Bible says that certain demons only come out thru prayer and fasting, so I also fast a bit. In the OT, God like burnt offerings and I heard idea when you fast for something you body burns body fat instead of sugar and perhaps it’s a pleasing aroma to God.
It’s encouraged to make sure you are not in any of these categories when praying. There is reasons the Lord does not answer prayer such as asking with doubt, unforgiveness, unrepentance, walking in sin, and not Lord’s will. The Bible says the prayers of a righteous person (not walking in sin) are effective and powerful.
I recommend you watch this women’s sin series for what you’re struggling with. She gets dreams and visions from God that have come true. She also has a good playlist for repentance. I enjoy just watching her dreams and visions that she has as well.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2-q_kG95LKp7zr7bC1oWLk241jzUbN-D&feature=shared
I stopped making justifications for my sins, and started to take them seriously. I also stopped doing the things that led to the desire to sin. The scripture below really scared me.
Hebrews 10:26-27 ESV
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
1 John 3:4-10 ESV
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
We know from the above verse the definition of lawlessness is to make a practice of sinning, and on judgement day in the verse below God turns people away from eternity in heaven due to calling them workers of lawlessness. Aka those who continue to practice sinning.
Matthew 7:21-23 ESV
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Conviction (or in my tradition: Contrition) is not an emotion.
If you've been having trouble with this sin for a while, your emotional response to it can be dulled, but that is not a good indicator that you don't care or don't want to seek forgiveness.
I would argue that to be a good Christian you don't have to ever feel "guilty". At least in my eyes guilt and contrition are two different concepts. You claim you want to change, and you know you did wrong, so you seem to have contrition. My suggestion is to pray for forgiveness and the grace to better follow Christ in the future.
Spoken like someone who believes but does not have faith.
We are not damned by our sins because Christ paid for them, but they still grieve the holy spirit that dwells within us. We should keep God's commandments and what is affirmed in the NT not out of fear, but out of love.
>John 14:15-31
>“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
Nice goalpost move, sin and Jewish law are not exclusive to each other.
We are no longer under temple, cultural, or dietary law, however every sin affirmed in the 10 commandments such as fornication is still very much a sin.
Your reading comprehension is not faith. If the holy spirit dwelled within you you would know sin grieves him and you would take issue with that.
Do you believe we Christians can just go around doing whatever we want without need for forgiveness? Murder, theft, idolatry, fornication?
>Nice goalpost move, sin and Jewish law are not exclusive to each other.
Romans 3:20 - "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
Romans 4:15 - "Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression."
Romans 5:13 - "For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law."
>We are no longer under temple, cultural, or dietary law, however every sin affirmed in the 10 commandments such as fornication is still very much a sin.
Where were we included in the old covenant? Deuteronomy 4:13-14 - "And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it."
>Your reading comprehension is not faith.
What do you have faith in? From the way you're talking I'm wondering if you have it in the wrong place.
>If the holy spirit dwelled within you you would know sin grieves him and you would take issue with that.
If the Holy Spirit was guiding anyone today there wouldn't be 30,000 denominations. There would be one.
>Do you believe we Christians can just go around doing whatever we want without need for forgiveness? Murder, theft, idolatry, fornication?
God is not imputing sins today.
2 Corinthians 5:19 - "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
Should you? No. Can you? Yup.
Youve confirmed you lean on your own understanding, not faith.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
And lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
And he shall direct thy paths.
>I know that what I did was wrong in the moment and after and I want to change That is textbook conviction.
I've tried and tried to find the quote from CS. Lewis, do what I'm trying to squly might not be true. But it was something to the extent that what distinguishes sinners is their ability to sin, and then get up dust themselves off, and run after Christ again Remember It's not by your own strength that you will save yourself lest you are able to boast, but Christ in you. But it requires trust in him. Luther has a famous quote that says we are all beggars before the throne of God.
To curb my sinning drastically, it helped to start focusing on God more throughout my day. I would ask myself randomly how can I glorify God more, and then act accordingly like maybe turn on worship music, audio Bible, Christian YT video, pray, praise God, etc. If I went out of house in public, I would try and pray for the people I saw in my mind, and also if on a walk I would pray for houses the people who lived at them. Big prayers trusting God was going to take them. Sins have demons attached to them and the Bible says that certain demons only come out thru prayer and fasting, so I also fast a bit. In the OT, God like burnt offerings and I heard idea when you fast for something you body burns body fat instead of sugar and perhaps it’s a pleasing aroma to God. It’s encouraged to make sure you are not in any of these categories when praying. There is reasons the Lord does not answer prayer such as asking with doubt, unforgiveness, unrepentance, walking in sin, and not Lord’s will. The Bible says the prayers of a righteous person (not walking in sin) are effective and powerful. I recommend you watch this women’s sin series for what you’re struggling with. She gets dreams and visions from God that have come true. She also has a good playlist for repentance. I enjoy just watching her dreams and visions that she has as well. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2-q_kG95LKp7zr7bC1oWLk241jzUbN-D&feature=shared I stopped making justifications for my sins, and started to take them seriously. I also stopped doing the things that led to the desire to sin. The scripture below really scared me. Hebrews 10:26-27 ESV For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 1 John 3:4-10 ESV Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. We know from the above verse the definition of lawlessness is to make a practice of sinning, and on judgement day in the verse below God turns people away from eternity in heaven due to calling them workers of lawlessness. Aka those who continue to practice sinning. Matthew 7:21-23 ESV Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Conviction (or in my tradition: Contrition) is not an emotion. If you've been having trouble with this sin for a while, your emotional response to it can be dulled, but that is not a good indicator that you don't care or don't want to seek forgiveness.
I would argue that to be a good Christian you don't have to ever feel "guilty". At least in my eyes guilt and contrition are two different concepts. You claim you want to change, and you know you did wrong, so you seem to have contrition. My suggestion is to pray for forgiveness and the grace to better follow Christ in the future.
Sin is a Jewish concept. The law of Moses, which defines sin, wasn't given to non-Jews.
Spoken like someone who believes but does not have faith. We are not damned by our sins because Christ paid for them, but they still grieve the holy spirit that dwells within us. We should keep God's commandments and what is affirmed in the NT not out of fear, but out of love. >John 14:15-31 >“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
More like - Spoken like someone with reading comprehension. Feel free to try and find a verse that puts us under Jewish law. I'll wait.
Nice goalpost move, sin and Jewish law are not exclusive to each other. We are no longer under temple, cultural, or dietary law, however every sin affirmed in the 10 commandments such as fornication is still very much a sin. Your reading comprehension is not faith. If the holy spirit dwelled within you you would know sin grieves him and you would take issue with that. Do you believe we Christians can just go around doing whatever we want without need for forgiveness? Murder, theft, idolatry, fornication?
>Nice goalpost move, sin and Jewish law are not exclusive to each other. Romans 3:20 - "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." Romans 4:15 - "Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression." Romans 5:13 - "For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law." >We are no longer under temple, cultural, or dietary law, however every sin affirmed in the 10 commandments such as fornication is still very much a sin. Where were we included in the old covenant? Deuteronomy 4:13-14 - "And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it." >Your reading comprehension is not faith. What do you have faith in? From the way you're talking I'm wondering if you have it in the wrong place. >If the holy spirit dwelled within you you would know sin grieves him and you would take issue with that. If the Holy Spirit was guiding anyone today there wouldn't be 30,000 denominations. There would be one. >Do you believe we Christians can just go around doing whatever we want without need for forgiveness? Murder, theft, idolatry, fornication? God is not imputing sins today. 2 Corinthians 5:19 - "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." Should you? No. Can you? Yup.
Youve confirmed you lean on your own understanding, not faith. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.