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HC.

Do you sin?

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

Since I obeyed the gospel as described so clearly in the video above...

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

Watch the video for details before it's too late.

If there is a such thing as a god, if there is I don't believe you can be an ass your whole life and find god 5 minutes before you die and go to heaven. Live life the right way and treat people right and you may go. Again, if there is such a place.

HC

I listened to this sermon.


Does what this man says represent your beliefs?

I revived this thread to allow HC to address questions that I have about the presenter.

You’re certainly not alone in feeling that way. MANY people can likely relate exactly to your sentiments. “Live life the right way and treat people right” is sound wisdom. Period.

Jesus forgave a thief dangling on a cross near death, knowing full well the thief had converted out of plain fear. His life was deemed so worthless that it wasn’t even seen as being fit to be worked to death on a Roman galley. That thief would never study the Bible, never attend a church, and never make amends to those he had wronged. He simply said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

And not because of anything he’d done, but in spite of everything he’d done. It was just a desperate plea for grace and mercy from a dying man. And Jesus promised him, “Today you will be with me in paradise.” It’s a reminder that salvation isn’t about our own efforts or our good works. God’s grace doesn’t depend on what we’ve done for Him, but rather on what God has done for us.

Is that a yes? I don’t know if it’s a yes or no since I don’t communicate through videos.

Bill is at church right now currently fleecing the sheep.

OldHat, are you another Bill Stallings sock puppet? I'm guessing yes.

If man dwells on "to sin or not to sin" he's doing so from a prospective of living in the world. The ultimate goal is to be in the world but not "of" the world. That's a very difficult task,...usually only the various Monk societies actually succeed in being in the world but not of the world. For the rest of us, we split the difference between the two while existing within various levels of each.
Young people live "in" the world. As we age, the world naturally becomes less connected to us, and as a result, we become less connected to the world. My experience has been, that the more I age, the easier it is to be "in the world, but not of the world. As for "sin" at this age, my primary sinful behavior is connected to maintaining a positive relationship with my fellow man. All the traditional sins have fallen by the wayside as a result of the aging process and the fact that I've participated in them until they hold no more interest for me. So, to sum up, these days my efforts to live a relatively sin free life is centered on my ability to accept my fellow man as people worthy of my empathy and compassion. Some make it easy. Some don;'t,....and I don't know if I'll ever reach the point of doing so which is indicated for in the Bible. I've never been a particularly tolerant man in that regard.