Is all disobedience an act of will?

[LadyGunivere]

amen Axe

[antz]

We can certainly commit a sin without knowing that it is a sin--in ignorance.

then how can you say it is willfully done if you don't know it?

Doesn't mean we aren't guilty, as ignorance is no excuse before God.

is this applicable to Christians??? if yes, what verse???

As we grow in Christ, we learn that we need to ask the Holy Spirit to bring to mind our unknown or unremembered sins.

What verse???

He's good at that!

What verse???

[antz]

We can certainly commit a sin without knowing that it is a sin--in ignorance. Doesn't mean we aren't guilty, as ignorance is no excuse before God. As we grow in Christ, we learn that we need to ask the Holy Spirit to bring to mind our unknown or unremembered sins. He's good at that! We then repent obediently and move on in our walk with Jesus.

you did not answer my english lesson....

[Floatingaxe]

then how can you say it is willfully done if you don't know it?

Every act we consciously do is an act of the will. We say to ourselves, "I will do this and I will go there, and I will say this," all according to will. We are held accountable for those acts which are sinful before God, especially before we come to Christ. After salvation, of course, it behooves us to keep short accounts with God, and by the prompting of the Holy Spirit we know we have sinned and need to bring that sin before the Cross asap!

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

It is a good thing to try to remember individual sins before the Cross. (You should have seen MY list! LOL) It is for our benefit, as many past sins can and do have consequences that seem to influence our present, both emotionally, physically and relationally.

[Pax]

then how can you say it is willfully done if you don't know it?

Every act we consciously do is an act of the will. We say to ourselves, "I will do this and I will go there, and I will say this," all according to will. We are held accountable for those acts which are sinful before God, especially before we come to Christ. After salvation, of course, it behooves us to keep short accounts with God, and by the prompting of the Holy Spirit we know we have sinned and need to bring that sin before the Cross asap!

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

It is a good thing to try to remember individual sins before the Cross. (You should have seen MY list! LOL) It is for our benefit, as many past sins can and do have consequences that seem to influence our present, both emotionally, physically and relationally.

Three things must be in place for a person to commit a mortal sin. The sin must be of grave matter, the person must know what they are doing is a sin, and thirdly they have to freely act on this sin. If any of the three are missing, the person isn't culpable for the sin, however their are still consequences from this sin.

[billie]

What do you mean, the person isn't culpable for the sin? I don't understand that part. Can you go a little further in depth on that?

[cjrose]

Leviticus 26:14

[ Punishment for Disobedience ] " 'But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,

Deuteronomy 28:15

[ Curses for Disobedience ] However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Jeremiah 43:7

So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the LORD and went as far as Tahpanhes.

Hebrews 4:6

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in , because of their disobedience.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.

It is a direct implication that every act of disobedience is an act of the will.

Just to clarify so there is no room for confussion and because i am not that good in english...

Do you mean all sins that the people is commiting is willfully being done by the person committing the sin???

Thanks,

Just as we have free choice to choose Jesus, we also have free choice to be disobedient willfully as Christians know right from wrong and yet sin anyway.

[Pax]

What do you mean, the person isn't culpable for the sin? I don't understand that part. Can you go a little further in depth on that?

Culpable means meriting condemnation or blame. Basically this means, does the person actually know what they are doing is wrong. A good example of this would be abortion. Is abortion a serious sin? Absolutely it is. Are there some people who don't understand how big of a sin this is? We have a world full of them. Is a 16 year old girl who is pregnant and in a crisis situation totally culpable for having an abortion. Maybe, but often times not.

[cjrose]

then how can you say it is willfully done if you don't know it?

Every act we consciously do is an act of the will. We say to ourselves, "I will do this and I will go there, and I will say this," all according to will. We are held accountable for those acts which are sinful before God, especially before we come to Christ. After salvation, of course, it behooves us to keep short accounts with God, and by the prompting of the Holy Spirit we know we have sinned and need to bring that sin before the Cross asap!

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

It is a good thing to try to remember individual sins before the Cross. (You should have seen MY list! LOL) It is for our benefit, as many past sins can and do have consequences that seem to influence our present, both emotionally, physically and relationally.

Three things must be in place for a person to commit a mortal sin. The sin must be of grave matter, the person must know what they are doing is a sin, and thirdly they have to freely act on this sin. If any of the three are missing, the person isn't culpable for the sin, however their are still consequences from this sin.

I learned about Mortal sin as a Catholic but in Gods eyes sin is sin so what is mortal sin to you and is there another kind of sin?

[Floatingaxe]

then how can you say it is willfully done if you don't know it?

Every act we consciously do is an act of the will. We say to ourselves, "I will do this and I will go there, and I will say this," all according to will. We are held accountable for those acts which are sinful before God, especially before we come to Christ. After salvation, of course, it behooves us to keep short accounts with God, and by the prompting of the Holy Spirit we know we have sinned and need to bring that sin before the Cross asap!

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

It is a good thing to try to remember individual sins before the Cross. (You should have seen MY list! LOL) It is for our benefit, as many past sins can and do have consequences that seem to influence our present, both emotionally, physically and relationally.

Three things must be in place for a person to commit a mortal sin. The sin must be of grave matter, the person must know what they are doing is a sin, and thirdly they have to freely act on this sin. If any of the three are missing, the person isn't culpable for the sin, however their are still consequences from this sin.

What? All sin is mortal! All sin stands between me and God. There is no formula for culpability. We don't even have to commit it to be guilty--we just have to think it! Without Christ the consequences are dire: death.