Author	Thread: What is sin and how should we treat it?
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 6 Oct, 2010 01:43 PM So I've been a bit curious about this lately, with all the stuff in the news and everything. Why do a lot of Christians tend to tolerate and show compassion/forgiveness for atheists, adulterers, murderers, thieves, substance abusers(drunkenness/drugs/gluttony), etc...but when it comes to people of different beliefs/religions there seems to be a lot less tolerance? Isn't it all "sin", and shouldn't we be treating everyone with the same love? I mean...if we treated everyone that sinned like some people treat Muslims(for instance)...we'd never convert anyone. We'd become a religion of intolerance just like their religion, right? They are part of the "world" and we're supposed to treat them just like everyone else, aren't we? :peace::peace: P.S. (to preempt any "pacifist" comments. I'm not saying that we should let anybody(Muslim terrorists) go around killing people, they need to be stopped...and killed if we have to. Anyone that doesn't respect such a basic right as "life" and that goes around killing other people with no regard at all should be stopped.) Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 7 Oct, 2010 11:51 AM Well...I'm not saying we should "accept them" though. Just saying we should treat them like any other non-christian, and realize that our actions/motives witness to them. A good example would be how we accept people into the church. We shouldn't let unconverted people become "members/Christians", right? There are boundaries, and there should be boundaries. I guess I'm talking more about attitudes and motives. God is perfect. God loves everyone, He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. If a sinner repents, all heaven rejoices, but He does/will punish/destroy sinners. Why? Because sin is a selfish disease that brings pain and suffering to everything. But does God have a "loving" attitude about it all? I think He does, and I think that's the attitude we should have. I think that attitude is "tolerance/passiveness even unto my own death...UNLESS I can save someone by my actions. Then make the victory complete/final". That seems to be the attitude Jesus has about stuff. :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 7 Oct, 2010 07:37 PM well said Post Reply
View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 7 Oct, 2010 07:44 PM @ Mark: Mark,by my actions and your actions NO ONE shall be saved. Yeshua Saves,End of story.. Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 8 Oct, 2010 08:21 AM :rolleyes: Wasn't talking about us giving eternal salvation to someone...was talking about putting your life on the line to save someone else. It's possible for us to save someone's "mortal life", or to spare them from pain by our actions. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." But yes, you're right. Jesus is the only one that can save us from sin. :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 8 Oct, 2010 09:49 AM :applause:...Amen ! Amen !!!...Well said...:bouncy:...xo Post Reply
View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 8 Oct, 2010 11:41 AM @ Mark: UNLESS I can save someone by my actions. Then make the victory complete/final" Mark,when you posted this,you could have been more specific.. Agape: St.George Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 8 Oct, 2010 11:46 AM Ah, sorry 'bout that. :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 9 Oct, 2010 01:11 AM @ Mark: That's OK:t That is why we need Yeshua,perfection this side of Glory is not attainable,as long as we have the old nature around.. George Post Reply
rainbowian View Profile History	What is sin and how should we treat it? Posted : 9 Oct, 2010 02:14 PM Sin is people making themselves the ultimate authority on the world instead of God. Everything that we all consider to be sin is just a symptom of the actual problem. Post Reply

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