The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by God than the good deed which turns you arrogant.?
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Hello zanzi_uk.. :)\n\nWhen one repents from their sin.. :)\n\nLuke 15\n\n7  I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.\n \n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ.. :)
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Being good is not enough and not even for a christian. We can't continue in sin and expect God to reward us Heaven. God is not willing to turn his back on us if we do the right thing and that's serve him wholeheartedly. God is merciful and forgiven but we must repent and turn away from that lifestyle or sin.
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It is commonly thought that all human beings (with the possible exceptions of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary) have sinned at some point and are in need of repentness and forgiveness.\n\nThe fallen nature of humans that makes it so easy for us to sin is called Original Sin.\n\nEven very holy people increase their efforts to be more and more Christlike.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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I think that as ong as you are a good person in your heart, and dont' inflict pain on people, that you will go to "heaven" or whatever it is called. All religions pretty much have the same message.
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Well I'm agnostic but will answer this anyways...\n\nI find this one of Christianity's few logical points.  All people carry some form of greed, arrogance, conflict, etc. in them.  No matter how good a person you are, you WILL sin...its bound to happen.  What the concept of being a sinner means is that Christianity is admitting that its followers will not lead a sinless life (which is realistically true).  Basically, we're imperfect and we know it...but God loves us anyways.\n\nFor non-Christians, its an excuse for Christians to admit they're imperfect while still maintaining that their beliefs are.
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The first step of repentance is to stop performing the sin. If you don't do that you are not repenting.
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There is a difference between being grieved by pride and disliking it in others. Lewis was seeing it left and right with the higher thinkers he hung around with. "Oh, how I dislike that man's arrogance," one of them probably said. Lewis knew that the person saying it was just as arrogant. One thing I can tell about you, Irish, is that if you are concerned with being prideful, you probably have nothing to worry about. Seeing it in other people just means you are sensitive to it. But let God handle the prideful one and just ask the Lord to search your heart daily.
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I'd rather be good cause I believe in the thing called Karma. As they say: "what goes around comes around." So, when you do good, good comes back to you.\n\nHowever, there are times in a man's life when doing a bit of evil could bring much good. This is what I call, a sacrifice.
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"There is something borderline arrogant about Christians saying Atheists do not like the hard work it takes to be a true believer."\n\nPerhaps you dont understand what Christians are saying. Scripture states that our faith has nothing to do with us. It is a free gift from God. No hard work involved.\nI would agree that Christians can be arrogant. And selfish. And just about any other negative label you care to apply. In short, Christians are sinful people. But, people who live in the forgiveness given freely through faith in Christ.
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Every one wants their religion to be THE BEST ONE by flaunting good deeds they try to make it so.  In the  Bible it says do not flaunt your deeds only god needs to know. (not exactly, but close) I would like to think no matter what religion you practice this should apply, I hate to think people do good just to convince others of their goodness, only you and your god or goddess or??? need to know
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Amen, brother, though there is always more to God...\n\nGenerosity is proclaiming all the good things God has done for you, all else is dwelling on the less perfect. Always seeking to find new things to praise, without condemning others is the true path IMO.\n\nGod bless.
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God is perfect goodness. The cost for sinning just one time is eternity in hell. The only way to get forgiveness of sin is belief in the ONE pure sacrafice that God has given us. It's not something you have to bargain for, it's just there waiting for you to take it. If you are a good person, but don't have the sense to take salvation when it is offered so freely then it's your fault. God does not send anyone to hell, they send themselves by rejecting him. It is not his will that anyone should perish.
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they are judging people based on their idea of Godliness.yes,we can make criticisms,but to say to someone you are a sinner like that is wrong.yes,there is a way to say this in a lovingly way without putting the person down.if i were to point out that God does not like lying and lying is a sin and God loves you but not the sin this is the correct way to say this.we must preach the good news but we cannot go to war with it.\n                             God Bless
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Sin, separation from God, and eventually death.  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.  When you do something you feel is morally wrong, it makes it that much easier to do it again, unless you repent and ask God for forgiveness.  If not, then it eventually draws you away from God: darkness and light can't inhabit the same space.  Your spiritual walk with God becomes cold and you begin to feel loneliness.  If you allow yourself to continue on this path, it will eventually lead to self distruction and death.
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I think it all comes down to an attitude of heart.\n\nIf you have the attitude that you can sin all you want and your covered, I think you're in big trouble.\n\nIf you think one sin will separate you from God for all eternity then life becomes a gamble.  Who can guarantee that their last act won't be a sin of some sort?  We all sin and fall (present tense) of the glory of God.\n\nSo, what do we do?  I think the book of I John paints a good picture when he talks about walking in the light.  Walking in the light is walking a lit path.  It's a determined walk.  Trying to stay the course.  You can misstep and come back to the path.  \n\nThere is a difference between stumbling along in your journey and abandoning your walk.\n\nSome of us came from homes of abuse, addiction, and neglect.  Some people have more to overcome in gaining maturity than others do.  That's why God is the one Who judges us.  I can't tell by my experiences how far you should have come on your journey.\n\nBut there is a difference is stumbling or not walking gracefully and abandoning the course.  Some people wear the Christian t-shirt while jogging another road.  That's walking outside the light and in the darkness.\n\nIt's something that you have to be vigilant about and pray about.  Some people may use Christianity to excuse doing what they want to do, but that's not the purpose of Christianity.  It's mishandling it in the same way using a vase to murder someone is not the correct usage of a vase.\n\nNobody seeks to do away with vases just because they have been used as murder weapons.  People are creative and can use just about anything to accomplish goals or justify their actions.
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It's very true. "Sin" is a judgment in itself then that faith system says we are all full of 'original sin'. It's a manipulation tool that has brought great harm to humanity throughout the centuries.
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God gave us a gift of choice - do the right thing or do the wrong thing, it's up to us to decide.  I don't think people say it is okay to sin, they just do it cuz they made the wrong choice.  Repenting is for the catholic religion, I am not catholic so I don't repent, I do ask for forgiveness (I guess that is a form of repenting) anyways - people will do what they want to do and how they want to do it - that is our God given choice.