Sentences with phrase «sexual sin worse»

Is sexual sin worse than coveting?

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The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

Yes, I think the only thing that allows ND to not be the Exodus - style ex-gay ministry is that instead of thinking that sexual sin is the worst of all sins, and that homosexuality is the worst of all sexual sins, and it is therefore of primary, urgent, and soul - saving importance to prevent Christians from having gay sex, ND sees sexual sin, all sexual sins, as «secondary matters».

Popularized versions of Freudian theory sometimes lead to a reversal of Victorian dualisms; when the values are reversed, the «worst» sin becomes denial of sexual desire!

Our lord on Homosexuality In response to an item last month about the very bad argument that homosexuality must be OK because Jesus didn't say anything about it, our friend Gerry McDermott notes that Jesus did give his teaching on the matter, «albeit implicitly, when he condemned porneia (sexual sin) in Mark 7 as evil.

Or worse still, the suggestion that I must have some huge sexual sin in my life because I have a pelvic pain disorder.

So how is Esther's alleged sexual sin so bad when he seems mute on these men?