Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Does God Give Us a License to Sin?

I don't need a license from God to "sin", it just comes natural.

I think Jesus’ followers have been called to live in freedom, but they likely shouldn’t use that freedom to satisfy their sinful nature. To me, that freedom isn’t an excuse or a “license” to sin...that freedom isn’t a permission slip to sin.

Does god sin?’

Stupid question, but no, and it's God, not god.

If I "covet" my buddy's pickup or have the hots for his old lady will I go to Hell, or will God forgive me ?

If He’s omnipotent, then He has unlimited power and is able to do anything. Whether or not He violates His own divine Law, I don’t know. Whether or not He holds Himself to the same standards He imposes on us, I don’t know. I think His ways are far greater than our limited ability to comprehend them.

Clark,

When are you going on a beer run up North?
I'm betting Missy does a Tyson knock out in under 30 seconds.

Camper,

I’d just wave my dick in the air and wait for the adoring smile.

Same as I’d do to you.

LOL

The only way he could be the acceptable Sacrifice to take the place of us sinners is as the Lamb without spot or blemish.
He was the sinless well pleasing acceptable Sacrifice Who paid for the sins of the world

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

I Corinthians 5

At the Unbeliever's decision to stop trusting in their own good deeds and instead make Jesus the Object of faith, he believes that gospel, is given everlasting life.

Yes. I do believe that Jesus not only lived a sinless life, but was perfectly merciful and gracious and reverent throughout His entire life.

I'm 99% sure that Mary Magdalene taste tested his manna...

What exactly is sin? To make mistakes? To be imperfect? To be human? To be born in a world where killing and death are the rules of life?

Ruh-roh.

sin=separation from God. God is not going to force anyone to love him, therefore He gives Satan free reign to tempt people and get them on his side. Humanity has welcomed satan with open arms.

2 Corinthians 4:4
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Yes.
God does not approve of or condone sin. He condemned sins because He is just.
Jesus Himself bore the punishment for ALL sinners in His body on the cross.
The Father was satisfied with the justice carried out in full.
Now there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus.
For the rest of the Campfire, the offer is extended.
The gift is expensive, but it's already been paid for.
No works are required, nor any accepted.

"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5

That's not what I meant.

When I “sin”... it is a willful wrong on my part, it is a willful bad decision on my part. It’s not a “mistake”...a mistake is something you make on a math test when you get an answer wrong (for example). Big difference.

He will send you to Hell for rejecting God's gift of His Son.

Nobody chooses their own condition, some flawed, some damaged, some broken. We do the best we can with what we have.

Some do better than others because they are equipped to do better: better in business, better at sport, better with relationships, better life management. Others fall by the wayside, for countless reasons, some due to their own fault, poor decisions (is stupid a choice), others due to circumstances beyond their control, accidents, poor health, location, a slum in India in a family of street beggars, many believing in a God or gods, praying for guidance, praying for aid...yet all are deemed sinners?

What exactly is Sin?

It's possible to regret a decision the moment it's made and carried out, at which point it's too late. It's possible to regret saying something the moment the words are out of your mouth, at which point it's too late, it has been said....