If he does not act on his inclinations, then he has not sinned.
That’s not true according to Scripture. Didn’t Christ say that lusting in one’s heart is a sin? So action isn’t necessary for sin to take place. Lustful thoughts would still need to be repented of.
“If he does not act on his inclinations, then he has not sinned.”
Nobody asked me, but . . . I was taught that being tempted in and of itself is not a sin.
However, if a person “commits” a wrongful act in their heart, that is sin.
At 1 John 3:15 it is explained: “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
You don’t actually have to pull the trigger to sin.
>> If he does not act on his inclinations, then he has not sinned.<<
Without looking it up, isn’t there a biblical verse to the effect that if a man looks at a woman with impure thoughts he is already guilty of the sin he contemplates?