A question about sin...?

According to the Bible, Jesus will forgive all our sins if we ask for forgiveness. Does that mean that we should just sin as much as we want and then ask forgiveness for it all? In the book Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, one of the most evil characters wasn’t bothered by all of his atrocious acts because he had a bishop (I believe) who would always absolve his sins. Has the promise of forgiveness become an excuse to sin without fear or reprisal?A question about sin...?
Hola Zara (y Paco),



Since you have prefaced your questions with "According to the Bible . . . ," let's keep in that context for the answers. In your first question, you ask if we SHOULD sin. Since "should" is a normative term, meaning something ought to be, then the answer should be obvious: No! The second part of your first question is similarly obvious; yes, we should ask forgiveness for all our sin.



The second question is more interesting. For many people, I think they do use the promise of forgiveness as an excuse, or as license, to sin. This seems not to be a defect of the promise, but a misunderstanding on the part of those who act as if they had license. One who has received such forgiveness should respond with a grateful and joyful heart, not with a presumptive or hardened heart which shows little sorrow for the offenses that have been committed. It's reasonable to wonder whether a person has appropriated the promise of forgiveness if that person's life does not reflect it. Such a person should be wondering the same thing.



Keeping with your preface, if you care anything for what the Bible says, rather than just my opinions, I quote the following:



"Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?" (Romans 2:4)



"For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death." (2 Corinthians 7:10)



"Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test?" (2 Corinthians 13:5)
No. That's not how it works, no matter what they think. If you sin and plan to continue, then you are NOT repentant and w/o remorse, how can there be change or forgiveness?A question about sin...?
Unfortunately a lot of so called Christians do use the promise of forgivenss. But the whole key to salvation is acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Savior. That means Christ becomes a part of you and when that happens you change. Not instantly, not one big CHANGE, but bit by bit. So if you do use the promise of forgiveness to commit sin then its doubtful that Christ is a part of you.
If this is your approach towards having freedom on earth, but still ending up in Heaven after you die, it's somewhat flawed. If you want to be with God after you die, you need to want that. Living a life of sin and repenting at the last minute will not likely help, since asking for forgiveness without a sincere heart is not accepting Christ. Also, as someone else mentioned, you might not get the chance. You never know what will happen tomorrow.A question about sin...?
No, our time here on earth is also a test, to see how we worship him, how we imput him into our lives. There are supposedly different levels of Heven, for the different level of worshipers. Like priests %26amp; preachers, nuns. Then on down. If you just keep on sinning then you truely arent sorry when you ask for fogiveness. He would know your heart and how you truly feel.
No, it doesn't. When you repent, you have to mean it, otherwise, it counts for naught. There are two people you can't lie to--yourself and your God. He'll know if you really mean to change, or if you're just paying lip service.
I think that in many cases people confuse God and Religion for a court of law, or a parent, a friend, or a school teacher. I think that it'd be pretty hard to lie to the omnimpotent, it would take more than a little fast talking to pull the wool over the eyes of God.



There is a major difference between an apology, an admission of guilt....and actual remorse.
"I’ll wait until I am old, then I’ll get right with God."



You may not get the chance. God may just lose patience with you and end your life. Perhaps you don’t think He would do such a thing. Then read Genesis 38:7 to see how God killed a man who was wicked. Jesus told of a man who boasted that he had so many goods that he would have to build bigger barns. God called the man a fool and took his life that night.



Those who say they will repent in their own time lack the fear of God. Their understanding of His nature is erroneous. If they caught a glimpse of His holiness, His righteousness, and His consuming justice, they wouldn’t trifle with His mercy. Such arrogance needs to be confronted with the thunders of Mount Sinai. He is not wise who thinks he can outwit his Creator, enjoy a lifetime of sin, and repent at the last minute. Deathbed repentance is very rare. God killed a husband and wife because they told a lie (Acts 5:1–10). He lost patience with them. Most people think that God’s patience is eternal. It evidently is not.



The Bible says that it is through the fear of the Lord that men depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6). If they don’t fear God, they will be complacent about their eternal salvation (Matthew 10:28).
Heb 10:26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Heb 10:27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.

Heb 10:28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Heb 10:29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Heb 10:30 For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."

Heb 10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.





1Ti 5:20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.

1Ti 5:21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.

1Ti 5:22 Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.

1Ti 5:23 No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

1Ti 5:24 The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

1Ti 5:25 Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.



Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Rom 6:2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Rom 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

Rom 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

Rom 6:5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

Rom 6:6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Rom 6:7 for he who has died is freed from sin.

Rom 6:8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

Rom 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.

Rom 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

Rom 6:11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Rom 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,

Rom 6:13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Rom 6:14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Rom 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

Rom 6:16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

Rom 6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

Rom 6:18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Rom 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

Rom 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

Rom 6:21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.

Rom 6:22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
You have the right to choose.......Free will is what separates us from the animals......but to sin when you know it wrong is wrong
Just make sure you ask forgiveness in time! If not, your toast!!!!!
i dont know but what would make you think of that question

words about the bible are very rare in yahoo answers
Sin is not synonymous with crime. Sin is violation of divine law which says "love thy neighbor as your self". Anyone who lacks love is a sinner.

Crime is violation of human law.

A soldier who kills the enemy is a sinner not a criminal and so is pardoned.

A thief is not pardoned but punished by human judge.
Sinning is a doorway for the devil to enter. If you continue to sin you may not be able to stop even if you wanted to.
First, let's consider what sin is. The bible is no help because it is self-contradictory (and in many places, simply wrong.) So sin is best viewed as an immoral act, which may be defined as one that is detrimental to society. Obviously, this includes things like stealing and murder, which are prohibited by law, as well as some things that are bad (but not so bad as to be legally prohibited). You probably have a reasonably good idea of the sorts of acts that you would consider sinful.

So, why to avoid such acts, other than the fear of legal prosecution? Most people would rather advance society because doing so makes them feel good. If you've ever found a purse and returned it to its owner, chances are you feel good about having done so, whether or not the owner gave you a reward for doing so. And that's the bottom line: avoid sin, because you will be comfortable with yourself if you do. By my take, that's living the good life.
Disobediance and sin wasn't the cause of the fall of man. It was the refusal and selfish disdain for others in taking responsibility for our choices that caused it. In the beginning Adam and Eve disobeyed...sure..yet..after sinning..what did they do...they hid in their shame. When God called them out and questioned them...(why would God need to question? To see their response), Adam and Eve pulled the standard..."the devil made me do it." Adam went even as far as to imply that it was God's fault.."this woman YOU made me..." If Eve after having takin a nosh realized her faux pah and ran to the feet of Christ asking for forgiveness and confessing her sin...repenting, cuz ya notice..neither one of them ever did...then all would have been set to rights. Yet just as sin entered this world through one man..So its gone now because of one man...its done its finished. Every sin that has ever been or will be committed is atoned for...all that remains now is turning to the one true God and understanding what you've done, what you do, how wretched you are and how loved in spite of it. In effect you are saying at that time..." I don't want to eat of the tree...I don't want that knowledge.." Just as the two in the garden had their sins covered by the shedding of blood..by what had to have been a perfect, blameless, spotless animal (lamb perhaps) so Christ became our perfect, sinless, blameless blood atonement. As it was in the beginning..so will it be in the end. The Bible never teaches sin without fear of repisal...it teaches that the wages of sin..is death. Jesus conquered death as well as sin so that those belonging to Him wouldn't pay that wage. Its not a get out of hell free card though..oh and as well, while were on the subject..hell is not everlasting torment..hell is "sheol" meaning "grave, pit, abyss", death in effect. When God says..."perish" He means it. So we are here to choose Him-Everlasting life...or ourselves-everlasting death. Those that do not choose to repent of their sins in effect love the sin and will perish with it. Recieve Him if you have not already...come as you are and He'll take care of the rest. His love for you knows no boundries...Love in Christ, ~J~ %26lt;%26gt;%26lt;
it always has been....where were u?
u have to work to ask allah to forgive u
Yes thats exactly what it means, to hardcore christains too. Dont let them LIE and say that they wouldn't ask forgivness for ALL their SINS. and most wouldn't stop from sinning because its all just a freaking game to them. Do anything you want, just ask for forgivness. Hell, i dont even bother to ask for forgivness anymore, cause jesus isn't real.
u r here to live and accomplish gods work

if ur good deeds r godly actions

ur sins r also wat the god himself is forsing u to

so if god exists ur sins and good deeds r nothing to be worried abt

just do watever u feel to
It should never become your excuse to sin more; we have to recognize that, even though we will continue to sin, we should strive not to, out of love for Jesus.
Dear,

Thank you for your answer.

First let me tell you the fact that we all have human bodies. Because our bodies and minds are connected, every deed of your body and mind makes some change in your body and mind. To put it more clearly, if you do some sport for one month, your body will be well-shaped and healthy. if you recite and think every morning and evening good and positive thoughts, your mind will be positive. So, every your deed has some effect on your mind and body.

If you indulge too much in sex, your body will get used to it and you will experience various changes. For example, if you masturbate every day, you will become lazy and your body will lose strenght. Here is obvious how sin can change your life for worse.

If you speak evil words and make evil deeds, they will become habit of your mind. Step by step, you will lose your friends or make them unhappy. Also, if you lose harmony in your body and mind and if you lose harmony with your surrounding, you will suffer as a result of evil recompense of your bad deeds. So, sins of speech, thought and deed make very fast recompense.

Let us say that you love somebody but because of your sinful mind you insult him/her or make him/her suffer. As a result, you will lose your love, you will suffer and your lover will find another lover. When you get old you may be together but your life will go invain.

Your question may be changed into this: When I should be happy - now or when I get old? If you do not sin, you will be happy all your life; if you sin you will suffer all your life and be happy (if your repent profoundly enough) only when you are old.

There is not happiness in sin. The devil gives you little to take your fortune. It is not good bussiness.

God gives you eternal happiness and devil gives you something that seems like happiness but it is not. If you see and feel real happiness, you will no longer want to make sin. True love is eternal happiness.
religion is overrated, but if you must follow then yes sin! thats why that loophole is there. if you dont believe then you go tohell but if you do believe then sin all you want you filthy sinner.
Maybe sinning for the sake of being able to and be granted forgiveness after is the one sin that cannot be "erased" ??



I've wondered that as well...
Good point :) :)