I have a question about having pride being a sin?
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Daisy, I'm sure your parents are proud of you, and rightfully so. The kind of pride that the Bible is against is a arrogant pride that leaves God out of the equation.
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Pride hides in us when we believe we are wise "in our own eyes" and are unteachable.  We get angry when people correct us.  Zealous christians are often very prideful \nthat they know the Bible and they are right and others are wrong, even fellow christians.\n\nWe become proud when become fault finders, have a harsh unloving spirit, become offended easily, need to be seen or need attention.\n\nProverbs 16:18 (NKJV)  \n    Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. \n\nWe must remember Romans 3:23 (NKJV)  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
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Let's clear something up.  If you are tempted and decided not to do wrong, you're okay.  You did not sin.  Temptation is NOT a sin.  However if you are tempted and you play with it in your head and you do the action in your thoughts, then you have sinned.  For instance, let's say a beautiful woman passes by.  You look at her lustfully, you've sinned.  If you are tempted to look at her that way and you choose not to, it's NOT a sin.  If you look at her and you start undressing her in your mind, then it's a sin.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Is it right, might be reworded as, "is it a sin".  The short answer is yes.  However, let me clerify the christian viewpoint on sin.  All People sin.(Romans 3:23).  Sin has a penalty(Romans 6:23) God sent his son to pay the penalty of our sin (Romans 5:8). If your heart is right, God forgives your sin, through the death of his son (Romans 10:9).  Now to the fun stuff.  Jesus died for all your sins, even the ones you'll do in the future.  If that were not true, he would need to come back and pay for them again.  So all your sin has already been covered.  All your responsable for right now is to grow as a christian (1 Corinthians 3:2 & Hebrews 5:12).  If you are a christian asking this kind of question, then God will reveal your answer through his word. until that time it is a sin what you are doing, but that doesn't stop God from loving you, or prevent you from getting into heaven.  As you grow in other ways, God will deal with your 'self love' too.\n\nIMHO
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I just wish somebody would define "sin".  The Bible does advise us against drinking too much - but is it a sin or just a really bad idea?  Of course, anything you do to hurt somebody else while intoxicated is wrong.  We do tend to hurt others when we drink too much, so I think that drinking too much leads to "sinning".  Perhaps drinking isn't wrong in itself, but drinking when you know that it has lead you to hurt others in the past is wrong.
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First of all, let me tell you this....A sincere, faithful Christian who practices what God/Jesus really teaches in the Bible, would not belittle you or judge you.  The Bible tells us to first remove the "sin" from ourselves before we go pointing fingers and judging others.  ALL of us are sinners, NONE of us have the right to belittle, humiliate, harrass or put down anyone else.  The way to spread God's love and word is not through hard pressure but, rather, gentle discussion, an offering of sharing and prayer.  Although I don't feel it would be right to report them, I would nicely ask them to stop and to go back and read their Bibles about how it tells us to be Christ's disciples.  God bless you and I pray you will find your faith in your own journey in your time and in your way!  And, by the way, even Jesus has a sense of humor...he has to!  Just because we are Christians doesn't mean we have to be prudes or "serious" all the time.  I can laugh it up with the best of them and Jesus is #1 in my life!
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First, it can certainly be argued that not all sin carries the same weight even though all sin is damaging.  Participating in the Holocaust and stealing a pencil are clearly not the same weight.\n\nIt is wrong to hate anyone.  I do not understand the evangelicals who do hate homosexuals.  If you are going to do that, then you also need to hate gluttons, adulterers, liars, vain people, greedy people, and so forth at least to be consistant.\n\nWhat you are seeing when you see hate is their own brokeness coming through and their own attachment to their own sins.  Unfortunately in the US, Christians tend to misread an important passage because of how it is translated into American English.  People see Jesus as "saving" them.  Unfortunately that has a specific theological meaning and so that translation is favored.  However, it is a slightly better translation to use the word liberated.  God liberates us from our sins is a closer idea.  You are saved if you actually permit God to liberate you.  As an early Christian writer said once, "most people carry their sins around with them like chains.   The chains are broken and they have been set free, but they won't totally let them go.  They drag them around on the ground and they get snared to their old sins."  Christians who feel a need to hate, have really surrendered their salvation in favor of their own sins.  But God does and will let them go again, if they permit God.  Submission to the will of the Father, kenosis, or disolving of self in favor of God, is the key.\n\nNow, there is a question of whether it is wrong to lie to children about Santa.  I have thought about it, but it is a lie like a parable.  Parables are not true, yet they are.  Santa is a similar type of thing, it isn't true, but it is.  You are teaching gift giving and the importance of goodness.  It has become distorted in American culture, but if you read the original story of Nicholas, really we are continuing his ministry 1700 years later.  It really is because of Nicholas this is occuring.\n\nIt is true that all the world sins and it is broken.  It is the experience of the writers of the OT, that the destruction was due to their sin and they recorded that.  It could be listed as a mystery.  It could also be thought of as even though we are imperfect, we have minimum standards of conduct we must not fall below.  For example, no slaughtering of innocents would rank up there no matter who you are.
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+    :)\nA Christian in Rebellion!\n\nChristians are forgiven sinners.\nNo better and sometimes worse than others..\nI am or have been attracted to other sins just as strongly as you are now attracted to the man you say you love.\nLove (AGAPE) by the way is not sexual, lust (EROS) is.\nIf your love for this man does not lead you into fornication (in thought or deed) then It's not sin.\nIf you mean you feel lust for this person you should resist it.\nBeing a Christian means Making Jesus the Christ, the Lord of your life. \nJesus loves you and all homosexuals as much as he loves anyone else.  He died for all of us.\nIf you love him you will keep his commandments.\n\nNo amount of approval from others on this site can change what you must do to please him.
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I'm sorry to hear that you stumble in this area, but I assure you that all of us fall short.  And remember that there is no condemantation for those who are in christ.  The bible says that we should confess our sins to one another and then we may be delivered.  Short answer...yes, it's a sin.  And not only that those impure thoughts are the breeding ground for all those things that you mentioned you haven't done yet.  But there is hope.  I suggest that you pray for God to reveal to you who to confess this sinto...could be your pastor or even an elder who loves you but will hold you accountable.  Have them to pray with you.  Stay away from all media that wll entice your weakness.  Stay away from the people that ignite any impure desires.  Pray without ceasing and God will deliver you.
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I believe God will definitely correct you... will you see it as a correction? Thats different. In my spiritual life, I took dozens of different paths but it wasnt until I stopped and asked God to show me, and admitted I didnt know what He wanted and alllowed Him to show me that He did. Now, I study the Bible a lot and I of course have my own interpretation of it as we all do, but there have been many times that I was stopped and God said "now wait, you missinterpreted this" and showed me otherwise and I humbly changed my views. Im sure this will continue to happen also. Most people though, arent willing to accept correction, because they will need to change their mind. That's pride and what did God say about pride? He opposes the proud, and pride comes before the fall. So, always remain humble and He'll be directing and correcting as needed :)
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Ways Through which Pride could be Defeated:\n•Believe in God.\n•Remember this Life will end one day and door to another world will open.\n•Remember God oposes the Proud and Favours the humble.\n•Pride was the sin of Satan.\n•If you can feel love than you won’t be proud, Jesus’s life shows us the true humility, he was God but he made him lower than everything. This was because he loved us that is how we can defeat the pride which is in us.\n\nSatan Was Proud and Wanted to be The Most High(God):\n12 How you have fallen from heaven, \n       O morning star, son of the dawn! \n       You have been cast down to the earth, \n       you who once laid low the nations! \n    13 You said in your heart, \n       "I will ascend to heaven; \n       I will raise my throne \n       above the stars of God; \n       I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, \n       on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [c] \n    14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; \n       I will make myself like the Most High." \nIsaiah 14:12-14\n\nGod Opposes the Proud:\n1 Peter 5:5 \nYoung men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." [ Prov. 3:34]\n\nLuke 1:51 \nHe has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.\n\nLuke 18:9-14 \nThe Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector \n    9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' \n    13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' \n    14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." \n\n\nLuke 18:14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\nSee the example of Jesus:\n. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.\nPhilipians ch: 2
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It's not a sin.  Enjoy yourself.  Just don't get too obsessed with it.  All things in balance.
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WE are taught in scripture that we are to love the sinner and hate the sin.  So you are not wrong to feel the way you do.  And I agree it is destroying the foundations of civilization, as it always has every great civilization in history before they came crumbling down as it became more acceptable.
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some people say that christianity is against homosexuality but honestly i dont know.im a true believer(in God) and i hope im not contradicting the bible. this is my opinion: i dont think people should be made to feel bad because of their sexuality.its up to u to decide if u are strong enough to stand up for yo gay self.if not then do go for counselling and maybe u can find the cause of your problem(thats if uve decided its a problem).who are we to judge people, as far as im concerned if the bible says its wrong then seek treatment, if not and if ur religion allows it then accept yourself bcoz people usually only accept someone who is able to accept himself.
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Is homosexuality a sin?\n\nby Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays\n\n------------------------------------------------------------\nQuestion 1 - In your opinion, does God regard homosexuality as a sin?\n\nQuestion 2 - In your opinion, do the Scriptures object to homosexuality?\n\nRev Dr William R Stayton (Baptist -- minister, certified sexologist,\nassociate professor of psychiatric and human behaviour, servant\non faculty of LaSalle University's graduate department of\nreligious studies, holder of master of divinity from Andover\nNewtown Theological School and a Th.D. in psychology from Bostonuniversity):\nQ1:        \n        Absolutely not!  There is nothing in the Bible or in\n        my own theology that would lead me to believe that\n        God regards homosexuality as sin.  God is interested\n        in our relationships with ourselves, others, the \n        things\n        in our lives, and with God (MAT 23:36-40).  There is\n        nothing in the mind of God that could be against a\n        loving, sexual relationship, freely entered into,\n        without coercion, among sincere adults whether gay,\n        bisexual or straight.\n\n   Q2:        There is _nothing_ in the Bible regarding homosexual\n        orientation.  In fact, the Bible does not concern\n        itself with sexual orientation.  It does speak out\n        probably against gang rape, male prostitution for\n        religious purposes, and pederasty (sex between an\n        adult and youth).  I lead bible study programs on this\n        subject and am convinced that the Bible does not\n        address the issue of a person's sexual orientation.\n\n\nBishop John S Spong (Episcopal -- bishop, most published\nmember of the Episcopal house of bishops, author to 11 books and 50\npublished articles, phi beta kappa graduate of UNC Chapel Hill,\nholds masters in divinity and an honorary doctorate in divinity\nfrom Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, received honorary\ndoctorate in divinity from St Paul's College):\n\n   Q1:        Some argue that since homosexual behaviour is "unnatural"\n        it is contrary to the order of creation.  Behind this\n        pronouncement are stereotypical definitions of\n        masculinity and femininity that reflect rigid gender\n        categories of patriarchal society.  There is nothing\n        unnatural about any shared love, even between two of the\n        same gender, if that experience calls both partners to a\n        fuller state of being.  Contemporary research is\n        uncovering new facts that are producing a rising\n        conviction that homosexuality, far from being a sickness,\n        sin, perversion or unnatural act, is a healthy, natural\n        and affirming form of human sexuality for some people.\n        Findings indicate that homosexuality is a given fact in\n        the nature of a significant portion of people, and that\n        it is unchangeable.\n        Our prejudice rejects people or things outside our\n        understanding.  But the God of creation speaks and\n        declares, "I have looked out on _everything_ I have made\n        and `behold it (is) very good'." (GEN 1:31).  The word of\n        God in Christ says that we are loved, valued, redeemed,\n        and counted as precious no matter how we might be valued\n        by a prejudiced world.\n\n   Q2:        There are few biblical references to homosexuality.  The\n        first, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, is often quoted\n        to prove that the Bible condemns homosexuality.  But the\n        real sin of Sodom was the unwillingness of the city's men\n        to observe the laws of hospitality.  The intention was\n        to insult the stranger by forcing him to take the female\n        role in the sex act.  The biblical narrative approves\n        Lot's offer of his virgin daughters to satisfy the sexual\n        demands of the mob.  How many would say, "_Th
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Exactly what is says.  Having and wanting stuff leads humans to commit all kinds of dumb things.  Pride is the absolute beginning of sin and evil.  Money is the best nutrition for pride
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Don't change who you are. Your not committing sin for  being Gay so don't worry about it okay.