Question for anyone willing to answer

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings Darkest Red,

Whatever 'state' im in, you have absolutely NO right to judge me or what i believe. That is for God, and God alone, to do.

I think you are confused! I haven't seen a judgmental attitude in this thread, only one of brotherly love and attempting to help out a brother who has expressed a need for understanding.

HOWEVER, you DO err. Please consider:

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

1 Corinthians 6:1-4 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

Perhaps you are thinking of:

Matthew 7:1-2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Does this conflict with the above verses? Of course not. For IF we "judge righteously", then our judgment stands. For with that SAME RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT, SO SHALL WE BE JUDGED. Please do not judge me according to the world's view of "righteousness", but judge me instead with the "righteousness of Christ" of whose servant I am.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[Russell]

Greetings Darkest Red,

Whatever 'state' im in, you have absolutely NO right to judge me or what i believe. That is for God, and God alone, to do.

I think you are confused! I haven't seen a judgmental attitude in this thread, only one of brotherly love and attempting to help out a brother who has expressed a need for understanding.

HOWEVER, you DO err. Please consider:

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

1 Corinthians 6:1-4 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

Perhaps you are thinking of:

Matthew 7:1-2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Does this conflict with the above verses? Of course not. For IF we "judge righteously", then our judgment stands. For with that SAME RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT, SO SHALL WE BE JUDGED. Please do not judge me according to the world's view of "righteousness", but judge me instead with the "righteousness of Christ" of whose servant I am.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

Well said dad...I too believe we as Christians need to be able to judge and discern the motives and actions of those around us...using righteous judgement.

Blessings

PS I too am a little confused about the question.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings Russell,

PS I too am a little confused about the question.

Let's take a look at this verse:

Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do...

ALSO:

Matthew 6:14-15 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

The point of "forgiveness" comes when it is done from the "heart", that is from within the mind/soul/spirit of the individual. To obtain salvation, one must TRULY repent with the WHOLE heart, of their own sins. It cannot just be a silent mouthed repeat of what the Pastor says, when he asks the sinner: "Repeat after me."

The problem the Jews had is that they sought righteousness (right standing with God) as though by the works of the law, and NOT by "faith". (Romans 9:31-32) They figured they could sin and then just pay the price (if caught) and get away with it. But God saw their heart. True repentance comes when a person does an about shift in his/her thinking. As one member pointed out, God confronted them with their sin, and they thus sought forgiveness, but these were just "motions" UNTIL some time later WHEN they had done a complete turn about in their thinking, THEN they were truly repentant and rued the sin they had done.

Does that help?

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[angels4u]

Hi Darkest Red,

I can see your confusion ....why not PM Wisdom--(and believe me he has wisdom, I respect him very much) and ask him to help you ?

Everybody here is willing to help you and they do love you in the Lord, but its sometimes difficult to talk to so many people at the same time...

Why not give Wisdom a try ,I promise he will not dissapoint you!

Love in Christ,Angels4u

[mobile21]

mobile,

Jesus died for our sins thus paying our sin debt in full. We have no need for "absolution" through any man!!!!!! If you agree with what you just said, then there was no need for Jesus to die on the cross. All we needed was an ordained Catholic priest. Please!!!!!

The Priest (minister of the apostolic succession) can give you the absolution because Christ died in the Cross and so His sacrifice is enough to give redemption to every sinner in history.

Without this imesurable ocean of grace, no Priest (no matter how properly ordained) in the world could possibly give you any absolution for your sins.

[Guest A Stone]

Whatever 'state' im in, you have absolutely NO right to judge me or what i believe.  That is for God, and God alone, to do.

Wrong. 1 Corinthians 2:15-16, "But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For "who has know the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we (the church) have the mind of Christ."

John 5:22, "For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, - - - ".

[seekandyouwillfind]

repentence and confession are two different things..................

its not enough to confess your sins ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Repentence is turning from them and not doing them again in a repeated fashion.........only God knows your heart if you are truly repentent and God is the one you should be worried about no one else.................................

yes the bible says confess your faults one to another ........but Jesus said go and sin NO MORE.........

[darkest_red]

Okay... general consensus is that i wont be forgiven, so what do i do?

I cant feel sorry for something i dont feel sorry for and obviosuly theres no point in pretending because that would be pointless.

[seekandyouwillfind]

repent ..................we are in the end times .................

dont mess with sin ,..................

Jesus said, "Go and sin no more."

[slimshadyJB]

I have been wondering the same thing lately, sort of. I swear constantly and think sinful thoughts every day. So I am not sure if I have repented..but I have prayed the prayer to become a Christian and I believe everything that Jesus did, but I still have the urge to sin sometimes and I haven't lost the desire to sin. This isn't right and I don't know how to correct it. I read my Bible and spend time in prayer every night now. My Christian walk is a little messed up, I'll admit. I know we will always sin..but sometimes I feel that I'm sinning way too much to call myself a Christian. I don't know what to do about it.