Why do you believe God sees all sin as the same? (please provide scripture reference)?
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Psalm 37:38 "But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off."  NIV\n\nJude 1:15 " To judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."  NIV\n\nRevelation 21:8 "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.  This is the second death." NIV (New International Version)\n\nP.S.  lust is also a sin - \n\nMatthew 5:28 " But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."\n\nProverbs 6:25 "Do not lust after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids."
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I am sure that you have heard of the scripture,\n"For all sin and fall short of the glory of God"\nBeing saved has only one requirement, that is that one believe that Christ died as an atonement for our sins. All sin not just some sin.\n\nNO sin is greater than any other sin. A lie is a sin, cheating is a sin, wearing polyester clothing and cotton clothing is a sin (according to leviticus). All sin is equal because no sin can be looked upon by God because of his purity and holiness. All sin is equally dark because it causes a seperation from God.\n\nBecareful trying to make a judgement call you have no authority to make, only God knows who truely believes in his son. \n\nThe bottom line is being Gay will not stop anyone from being saved, no more than a liar can not be saved. The common denominator is Christ. \nJohn 3:16 states "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that EVERYONE who believes in him will not perish, but have ever lasting life. \n\nNo where does that scripture say not to Gays.\nFurther more, any one should be careful about judging, for by the same measurement which you judge others so shall you be judged.\n\nBlessings,
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Since day one we have been taught that all sin is forgivable. If not, then many are on the road to hell. God is all merciful, all loving, all kind all forgiving...all we need do is ask...and all we ask in His name will be granted.\n\n+David
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I've taken a look at that question and at the person's profile who answered it. I'm certainly not going to commit the sin of judging someone else but I will say that when someone asks a serious question about how God works in this world a Christian is called to follow the outline given in this portion of Scripture, not that I am using this passage to describe you by any means.\n\n2 Timothy 2:24  And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,  (25)  correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,\n\nThe Scripture also describes the battle that goes on in the lives of every believer that sometimes causes a person to not give a favorable representation of Christ in how they choose to interact with others.\n\nGalatians 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  (17)  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.  (18)  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.  (19)  Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,  (20)  idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,  (21)  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  (22)  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  (23)  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.\n\nAnd so if a person doesn't exercise self control and seek to be led by the Spirit of God they run the risk of reacting from their physical human nature and bringing reproach upon the name of Christ.
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Thank you, beautifully said. \n\n'Why do you point out the piece of dust in your brother's eye when you have not removed the bit of wood in your own'\n\nPeople who claim to be following Christ and then self righteously point out sins in their brothers and sisters are commiting an even bigger sin than what they are pointing out. They are 'wolves in sheep's clothing.' The ONLY, ONLY 'bit of wood' (sin) that we are supposed to be pointing out is our own. 'Why do you say 'Lord, Lord' and then not DO as I say?'\n\nIt is the sinful nature that does this, and is a sign that a person is NOT what they claim to be. When we die to the sinful nature, with Christ on the cross by being reborn again from above, we stop acting from it; we produce good fruit. A person who does this is NOT following Christ but following the sinful nature, which is ruled by 'satan' and is antiChrist.\n\nAstonishing isn't it? The hypocrites claiming to love God.
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The Bible does not say intolerance is a sin. What amazes me the most is all those people who say Christians should be tolerant are so intolerant of Christians. I believe thats called hypocrisy. You're right that God is the only one to judge and He puts much of His judgment in the Bible. So when the Bible says that something is a sin Christians can say that that same thing is a sin. The Bible condemns many things as sin like sex outside of marriage (both hetero or homosexual), the Bible condemns lies, adultery, murder, stealing, gossip, worshipping false gods, drug use, consulting spirits (demons through mediums and the like). So Christians are not judging only telling others what God has already judged and declared in His Word. Now something thats important is this. I can tell a person they are committing a sin and the Bible teaches that those who are sinners (which is everyone by the way) that don't repent for their sin and accept Jesus as Savior will spend eternity seperated from God being tormented. Jesus came to save us from that. Even when that is true of a person becuase they refuse to accept Jesus, God does not call me to hate that person but to love and pray for that person. I won't participate in their sin and I won't approve of their sin and I won't be tolerant of sin but I can still love the person and the Bible teaches us to do that as well.
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No sin here, weird but no sin that I can see. God gives freedom here. Heb 13:4 is good. I don't see anything that looks life defilement. Also read the Song of Solomon, pretty heavy stuff. Just don't invite the neighbors over, that would be taking it to far.\n\nYou need to look into why God damns? I don't think you get it.
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All people sin because they are sinners.  All people have a moral code yet break it.\n\nChristians have the perfect standard. The Bible.  Since Christians are still sinners, they still sin.  Yes, at times, they even love the sin.\n\nAlthough you may view yourself as sinless, look at your own heart.  It is not pure. \n\nRomans 7:14-15 (NKJV)  \n    For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. [15] For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. \n\nMatthew 18:15 (NKJV)  \n    "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. \n\n\nWe desperately need a savior.
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Well, according to the Bible, yes.  This is going to be very Lutheran of me, but I've already started, so I may as well explain it as best and briefly as I can.\n\nThe Bible states this: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and not that of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works that men may boast." (Ephesians 2:8)\n\nThe Bible also sports this nice little phrase "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any." (I Cor 6:12, I would also like to point out that my version of the Bible uses a more archaic variant of English)\n\nSo, indeed, even a smidgen of faith in Jesus is all that is necessary to save us.  Why?  Because no matter what we do to prove our "sinlessness" to God, in the end it's all pointless.  The most righteous among us eventually become self-righteous, and nearly every good act done in the name of God or one's own self instead of being nice to that person is only another futherance into sin for us.  Pride rears its ugly head even upon the best of us all.  One of the faults of being imperfect is that you are going to give in to sin eventually.  And in God's eyes, a "minor" sin is just as bad as a major sin.  Anger and just being annoyed grants you the same punishment as a mass murderer would recieve.\n\nSo this is justification by faith, we can't save ourselves, so God sends His Son down to uphold the Law perfectly, and give himself as a blood sacrifice for all the rest of humanity, from here to eternity.
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I remember asking myself this alot when I was a young girl. I asked this very question once. Someone closer to God answered this for me.\n\nIf you ask your Heavenly Father to forgive you of a sin with all your heart and mean it, he will. \n\nIf you turn around and continue to repeat that very sin, then ask for forgiveness, God looks at this as * What sin is this do you ask me to forgive you for twice?* \n\nIt was forgotten and erased away the first time you asked him. \n\nNow I do believe because we are human, we will continue to make mistakes. Some of those mistakes will probably be what we have already asked for forgiveness for. However, God does understand we are only human. This doesnt pardon you to continue to do the same thing over and over. God knows your heart. Its that simple. When and if you continue to do the same mistake over and over, God knows your heart. He will know and understand your life at that time, what you are faced with and the fact you are trying to make it better.\n\nI dont have the magic answer here. But I do believe that God knows your heart. If you are changing your life, making an effor to be righteous and do the right thing, God knows this about you. We will all falter at one time or another. Just be diligent and keep on.
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This is interesting because Christians say that you have to repent and sin no more, but then they call everyone a sinner. In fact it says in their bible that anyone who says they have no sin is a liar. Therefore according to them everyone keeps sinning. So then what is the difference between say adultery or homosexuality or lying or any other so-called sin when Christ supposedly died for sin? Do you see the great problem? It's absurd. It is only accepted by people because they don't have the capacity to think deeply enough to discover how serious the problem is. If they could actually comprehend the magnitude of the problem they would no longer support the doctrine of the cross. For two millennia the churches have gotten away with an absurd doctrine.
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Okay, this is just my theory.  I cannot prove this and I have nothing of substance to back it up with except observation.\n\nIf we are all made in the image of God (which I believe), and yet we all have different personalities (16 or so, depending on whose inventories you use), where did all the personalities come from?\n\nSome people might say sin or influence, but not all differences can be attributed to sin.  Two different people can see the same thing differently and not be wrong, because it's not a matter of right or wrong.  \n\nWhat I believe is that every strength of each personality type coexists peacefully in God.  Unity in the church or marriage or family is all about bringing ourselves individually under His headship because only in Him can we peacefully coexist.\n\nI think that part of what people consider contradictions in the Bible are actually specifications.\n\nWhen you have two things that are Biblically based, but polar opposite, I think we have to consider that they are written for two polar opposite attitudes of heart.\n\nWe tend to think that if something is wrong, then what we need to do is the opposite thing. But what if that's not true? What if we just need to reign ourselves in a little, not go drastically the other direction?\n\nThe preacher in our congregation when I was growing up used to say, "In order to give someone directions, you have to know two things: where they are and where they want to go."\n\nHis point was that sometimes what people need to do depends on where they start. For example:\n\nDo not answer a fool according to his folly,\nLest you also be like him.\nAnswer a fool according to his folly,\nLest he be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:4-5\n\nHow can they both be true, and how do you decide whether or not to answer?\n\nI think if I have a tendency to be rash in my answers, I'd better take verse 4 to heart. If I answer what I believe to be a foolish remark, I'm probably only going to show myself to be a fool.\n\nIf I have a tendency not to confront foolish talk because I am shy or insecure, every fool and his brother is going to feel compelled to give me advice because they take my silence as interest or approval. So verse 5 applies to me.\n\nWhat if we cannot align our strengths because our weaknesses cause us to clash?  If God can perfectly unite those attributes within Himself, could He not also unite us in Himself?\n\nIn the end, each person has to do what they believe to be the correct thing and trust that God will bring about resolution. If we submit to Him, He will bring us into agreement with each other. If we care more about being right in an argument than we care about being righteous before God, we have little hope of unity.
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This is why...\nI JOHN 1:8-10\n   8    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.\n   9    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. \n   10    If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.\n   \n I JOHN 2:1,2\n   1    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: \n   2    And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.\n\nAlthough these verses seem to contradict with these...\n\n I JOHN 3:6\n   6    Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.\nI JOHN 3:9\n   9    Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.\n\nThey do not.\nSin is unbelief.\nJesus said if you believe not you're condemned already.\nIf we are already a born again Believer, then how can we be an unbeliever?\nTo walk in darkness means to be IN SIN...or, in unbelief.\nBut we are no longer in darkness...if we walk in the Light...\n I JOHN 1:7\n    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.\n\nBecause all Scripture is given by Revelation...which is Light.\nWe must have an understanding of these things, in order for them to take effect.\nThat's just common sense.\nIf we are no longer IN SIN, but we remain in this flesh, we will still fall and make mistakes.\nBut if the Blood covers us, then God doesn't see it. Therefore, we cannot sin.\nApostle John also says that we should not have a desire to walk in the lusts of the flesh.\n He shows the difference between the believer (child of God/Light), and the unbeliever (child of the devil/darkness).\nIf we are in Christ, then we do not live a carnal life of satisfying this flesh. We serve God and our desire is to please Him.\nBut if we fall (and we will every day), we are easily forgiven by repenting (which we always will), and the Blood is always there for us.\nBut without an understanding of this (thru Revelation), it cannot take effect.\nThe understanding can easily be had by simple obedience and faith (just believe it and do it).\nChrist said His commandments are not greivous...which means, they are easy to do. He gives us the power to follow them, by the infilling of the Holy Ghost.\nIt's us doing it, but thru the power He gives us to do it.\nThis is why He said our righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees.\nWithout the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, we could not do that.\nThis is why all the so-called christians trying to please God, thru their own efforts, will not work. They are the same as the Pharisees...and they will never reach the Kingdom that way.\nThe only way to stop sinning, is to start believing (without question). We then must totally surrender to His will. He will then fill you and give you the power to stop sinning.\nFor we are saved FROM our sins...not IN them (ROMANS 6).\n\nThe Word is very simple. The problem is, people complicate it by not having that desire to surrender.\nIf God's Seed remains in them, then we will surrender...but if they are like Cain (who was of that wicked one), then they will remain as those full of dead's mens bones. Lifeless and unable to obey. Of their father, the devil. Servants of unrighteousness. Children of darkness.\nGod bless you.\n\nSee also my previous answer...\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=A9G_fxsqYl9EZikBn0wezKIX?qid=1006050808093
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These verses aren't saying the same things at all, and you aren't understanding them because you are looking at them out of context.  These are all from the NRS.\n\nGen 3:  14 The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."\n\n16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."\nhttp://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=Genesis+2&section=0&version=nrs&new=1&oq=&NavBook=ge&NavGo=2&NavNextChapter=%3E%3E&NavCurrentChapter=2\n\nHere in Genesis 3:16, YHVH is telling Eve that her punishment for eating of the Tree of Knowledge is to have pain during childbirth, and yet to still desire sexual relations with her husband in spite of it; that her husband will rule over her on account of her desire for sexual relations with him.\n\nGen 4: 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.\n\n6 The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it." \nhttp://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?passage=ge+4&version=nrs&language=en&showtools=0\n\nHere, in Gen 4:7, YHVH is telling Cain that if he does good things he will be happy; that Cain should desire to do good things because good things desire Cain to make good things manifest.  But evil things also desire Cain to make evil things manifest, and so Cain must learn to control himself - to gain mastery over himself - in order to differentiate between good and evil, and then presumably choose good over evil because man's natural state is godlike and therefore good.
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We all sin. However, we do not continue in sin as a lifestyle. It is impossible to walk in this world and not get your feet dirty.\n\n1 John 1\nThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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I agree.\n\n\nThe first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.\n\nIf God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.\nThink about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely. \n\nFirst it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.\n\nHow likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work?\n\nIt also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners. \n\nOne might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.\n\nUnless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.\n\nIf God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.\n\nIf this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is. \n\nHow likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.\n\nReligion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.\n\nIf this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God. \n\nHow likely is that????\n\nThink about it.\n\nThe idea of sin is simple nonsense; a lie made up about God by religion.\n\nLove and blessings\ndon\n\nSource --- Course in miracles
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well a sin is a sin, but you can always go to god for penance he will forgive you :]