The Bible says God is «grieved»
by sin and evil.
He was abandoned, bereft, without hope, shattered
by sin and evil.
Not exact matches
6They are the kind who worm their way into homes
and gain control over weak - willed women, who are loaded down with
sins and are swayed
by all kinds of
evil desires, 7always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone
and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW),
and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism
by performing all that is ordained
by Allâh (good deeds),
and by abstaining from all that is forbidden
by Allâh (
sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded,
and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân
and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB-
and I am commanded to do justice among you.
In this post, I consider a question sent in to me
by a reader about whether or not God can look upon
sin and evil.
Homosexual behaviors,
and same - sex marriage may be a «
sin», it may be «
evil», it may be «unjust» [
by man's definition or even
by God's definition]... but, without tangible victims beyond any reasonable doubt, I must therefore default to the teachings of Jesus,
and ensure that their marriage receives all the Federal, State,
and local «blessings» that every marriage receives.
But I think there is some risk that it might be misconstrued so as to obscure certain truths which I believe to be fundamental: that the Passion is the moment at which that complete oneness with the Father which is the unique
and all - pervading characteristic of the life of Jesus is paradoxically manifested; that it is at that moment, above all, that Jesus discloses to us God himself in action; that the judgement passed on Jesus
and the testing brought to bear upon him are a judgement
and a testing exercised (of course, within the permissive will of God)
by evil men, or, to use mythological language,
by the devil;
and that the judgement of God pronounced at Calvary is that which Christ's accepting love passes upon those men,
and upon ourselves as sharers in their sinfulness,
by showing up their
sin in all its hatefulness.
The sacrifices were confided in
by good men as the outward symbols of forgiven
sin and reestablished fellowship with God, but they were also confided in
by evil men as an efficacious technique for placating God regardless of one's ethical life.
But it is chiefly concerned to tell men what they may become in Christ, what indeed they already are in the divine intention: sons of God, made in his image, fallen into
sin by their willfulness,
and now
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ able to be conformed to his likeness, the
evil and the
sin which they know so well being done away through God's forgiving love shed abroad through him.
Of course, there is still
evil in the world, but we ought not to concentrate on
sin or be obsessed
by it, for
sin is totally within the system of grace,
and grace is stronger than
sin and all - encompassing.
What is more, God calls humanity to be co-workers with God in overcoming
evil, wrong,
and sin by our devotion, vigorous effort,
and willing response to what we know of God's love
and God's purpose for us.
When Adam
and Eve misused their wills in the Garden of Eden
by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil,
sin entered into the world,
and with it came death, decay,
and destruction.
Second, God deals with the
evil, wrong,
and sin by the suffering love that can mysteriously transmute it into good.
While Scripture does at times include descriptions of unique
sins that can not be committed
by future generations — such as God's instruction to Adam to not eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good
and Evil — it does not seem that this particular
sin falls into that category.
Adnama Satan uses external circumstances to direct our steps he knows that if we walk according to the flesh we come under his authority for the flesh is weak
and he manipulates
by keeping christians in bondage to
sin through lust or whatever
sin the christian is weak in.He can also fire into our minds
evil thoughts to make us feel condemned or guilty these are fiery darts they are not ours
and we need to stand on the word to rebuke them
by faith.If we have given our lives to Christ then we belong to Christ so if we walk in accordance to the spirit the enemy has not power to effect us either internally or externally that is not to say that he can not manipulate situations
and circumstances to his advantage that is why we need to be alert
and pray against the work that he does we are in a spiritual battle but we have overcome in Christ so fear not brentnz
The new man is a Christian born again -LCB- indwelt
by the Holy Spirit (after believing in Christ as his savior)
and should be walking in / after the Spirit -RCB-; that is, the new man has a good nature,
evil /
sin nature
and the indwelling Holy Spirit
and should be willingly walking in / after the Spirit (Eph.
Some argue that humanity did have a free will before Adam
and Eve rebelled against God
and fell into
sin by eating fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good
and Evil.
Life is about learning, not about categorizing every thing into «right»
and «wrong» let alone «good
and evil» or worse yet, «
sin» as defined
by most Christians.
Maybe it's the result of some or all «
sins», but
evil is completely derived
and carried out
by humanity.
A good example is Habakkuk's presentation of a dialogue between the prophet
and God — the prophet's first complaint is against the
sins of Judean society
and God explains that he will be using the
evils of the invading Chaldeans to punish Judea; the prophet responds
by complaining about the
evils of the Chaldeans which God then assures will not go unpunished — that they tyranny itself will lead to it's own punishments
and that the punishment for Judea's
sins is itself redemptive
and God assures that he will be able to provide salvation.
On the whole, the Latin races have leaned more towards the former way of looking upon
evil, as made up of ills
and sins in the plural, removable in detail; while the Germanic races have tended rather to think of
Sin in the singular,
and with a capital S, as of something ineradicably ingrained in our natural subjectivity,
and never to be removed
by any superficial piecemeal operations.
Yet God is the One who values
and uses, because God incorporates into the divine life which is everlasting the good that takes place in the historical sequence;
and God overrules or uses for good that which comes from the «vain imagination of foolish men» in their
sin and defection —
and, we may add, from anything else that is
evil or wrong thanks to the free decisions made
by the creatures in their divinely granted capacity to choose among relevant possibilities.
The penitent Christian confesses one's
sins to a priest or in community, regrets the
evil, promises to
sin no more, to avoid occasions of
sin and make amends for the harm inflicted on others
by the
sins committed.
He called upon the Church to «repent of the
sins of existing society, cast off the spell of lies protecting our social wrongs, have faith in a higher social order,
and realize in ourselves a new type of Christian manhood which seems to overcome the
evil in the present world, not
by withdrawing from the world, but
by revolutionizing it.»
No longer enslaved
by sin and death, the disciple is equipped to challenge
evil,
sin and death through this initiation into the death
and resurrection of Jesus Christ
and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
It shows us a radically transformed human nature, no longer defined
by the twin
evils of
sin and death.
but the moment we
sinned, Earth (which was given to man) was then handed over to Satan,
and the generations that followed were tainted
by evil.
Why I says to myself love is good,
and mercy
and kindness
and etc how could they call that
evil,
and just
by reasoning about what they said, I felt that I had committed that
sin....
The basic problem to which Paul addresses himself in this passage is the prevalence of
sin and evil in the world created good
by God.
The alleged subordination of the gospel to Karl Marx is illustrated, for example,
by charging that «false» liberation theology concentrates too much on a few selected biblical texts that are always given a political meaning, leading to an overemphasis on «material» poverty
and neglecting other kinds of poverty; that this leads to a «temporal messianism» that confuses the Kingdom of God with a purely «earthly» new society, so that the gospel is collapsed into nothing but political endeavor; that the emphasis on social
sin and structural
evil leads to an ignoring or forgetting of the reality of personal
sin; that everything is reduced to praxis (the interplay of action
and reflection) as the only criterion of faith, so that the notion of truth is compromised;
and that the emphasis on communidades de base sets a so - called «people's church» against the hierarchy.
Is it possible
and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me
and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help
and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know
and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the
sins in life
and i am feeling put on the
sin of those who committed the unforgiviable
sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this
sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you
and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting
and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day
and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists
and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross
and also not for eternal life
and i still
sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced
and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly
sin a lot
and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is
evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus
and god only have freedom because they can
sin only with in a limit
and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell
and be ruled
by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before
and i think it was also Adam
and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan
and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't
and today we are seeing the result
Many who believe that Jesus washed away our
sins will not be troubled
by the fact that
sin is quietly being ushered out the same back door through which judgment
and the
Evil One departed.
The CENTURY addressed other personal
sins and moral failings, regularly speaking to the problems caused
by lax divorce laws,
and occasionally writing about the
evils of gambling, tobacco,
and the «sex consciousness» that would accompany the «vociferous demand for the teaching of sex hygiene» in public schools.
Hickson documented his assertion with specific cases: Complete cures were claimed as to pain, rheumatism, ear discharge, goiter, severe headaches,
and blood poisoning (p. 118); blindness, paralysis, deafness, possession
by evil spirits, asthma, stammering,
and curvature of the spine (p. 128); palsy, dumbness,
and mental deficiency (p. 151); deformed feet
and legs made almost entirely normal (p. 152); «the healing of
sin - sick souls»
and «the healing of the body» (p. 168); partial paralysis, paralysis, infantile paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuritis, St. Vitus's dance, epilepsy,
and mental disorders (pp. 182 - 183).»
(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1997); E. W. Kenyon, In His Presence: The Secret of Prayer (Kenyon Publishing Society, 1999); E. W. Kenyon, Jesus the Healer (Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 2000); E. W. Kenyon, The Hidden Man (WA: Kenyon Publishing Society, 1998); E. W. Kenyon, The Wonderful Name of Jesus (Kenyon's Gospel Publishing Society, 1998); John Baker, Celebrate Recovery (CA: Celebrate Recovery Books, 1994); Bob
and Pauline Bartosch, Overcomers Outreach: A Bridge to Recovery (La Habra, CA: Overcomers Outreach, 1994); Cathy Burns, Alcoholics Anonymous Unmasked (PA: Sharing, 1991); Cal Chambers, Two Tracks - One Goal (British Columbia: Credo Publishing Corporation, 1992); Martin M. Davis, The Gospel
and the Twelve Steps (San Diego, CA: RPI Publishing Inc., 1993); Len C. Freeland, author of Chapter 28, «The Salvation Army» in (Alcoholism: The Total Treatment Approach, edited
by Ronald J. Catanzaro IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1968); Mark H. Graeser, John A. Lynn, John W. Schoenheit, Don't Blame God: A Biblical Answer to the Problem of
Evil,
Sin and Suffering.
When God converts a sinner,
and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under
sin,
and by his grace alone enables him freely to will
and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so, as that
by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly nor only will that which is good, but doth also will that which is
evil.
It is unhelpful to their case to try to imagine how Jesus in his passion can redeem the
evil that befell them merely
by redeeming the
sin that they,
and Sam in particular, had committed.
Whatever through the pressure of
sin,
evil communion from others, pain
and ignorance can not be repaired or even healed a little in this time, is still covered
by that living, personal, continuing redemption which consummates beyond the grave what could not be operated here.
Original
Sin then - that overlooked but vital doctrine of the reality of our state,
and the introduction into the material universe for the first time of «the problem of
evil» - teaches the rupturing of that living, holy communion of good
by which, from the first pair, men were to minister life
and fulfilment to one another through Christ.
«1 Paul, an apostle — sent not from men nor
by a man, but
by Jesus Christ
and God the Father, who raised him from the dead — 2
and all the brothers
and sisters1 with me, To the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace
and peace to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our
sins to rescue us from the present
evil age, according to the will of our God
and Father, 5 to whom be glory for ever
and ever.
If God hates pride...
and pride is a
sin...
and therefore
by definition
evil... then it was there before the fall.
First, as we said under «original
sin», we are no more inhabited
and owned
by evil that we are
by righteousness.
The world
and man are creations of God,
and hence not
evil by nature; they have been corrupted
by sin,
and sin is not a condition of nature but the
evil will of man.
He is told at the end
by Elihu that the righteous suffer to strengthen them to resist
sin and evil.
King again, because victor, as becomes a King in battle hard won over the power of
evil and loss placed in the nature of Man
by Original
Sin, and the long catalogue of personal s
Sin,
and the long catalogue of personal
sinsin.
It is corporate social
sin,
by great groups of persons against great groups of persons, that causes the most serious
evil consequences
and is hardest to reckon with.
Yet this flies in the face of everything we should sensibly know at the end of our horrifying century about the nature of man - that he is capable of good
and evil, that his nature is divided, that he is marked
by original
sin.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated
by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from
sinning»; — He heals many others
and says «go
and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»...
and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness
and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «
evil» or «good».
At the beginning, Yahweh is pictured, not only as indignant at man's eating of the «tree of the knowledge of good
and evil» (Genesis 2:9)
and so becoming conscious of
sin, but as being anxious lest man should «take also of the tree of life,
and eat,
and live for ever,»
and, in order to guard against this event, man is driven from Eden
and its gates are guarded
by «the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.»
Obviously, then as now, the only way in which one could find virtue
and prosperity,
sin and adversity, so exactly conjoined would be
by looking at the facts through the foregone conviction that the sufferer must have been
evil and the successful man virtuous, no matter what appearances might indicate.