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To: WVKayaker
"Sin is properly defined as "missing the mark". theist analogy is that of a bullseye target., with the center bullseye representing the perfect Will of God. Anything outside that bullseye is sin, "missing the mark". It's not about "right" or "wrong", and certainly doesn't come in degrees or categories. "

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If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal.    There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that.    All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal.

1 John 5:16- 17

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1,230 posted on 09/30/2014 2:04:20 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: Heart-Rest

Keep it simple....

there is no sin that is so sinful Jesus’s forgiveness is not avaiable.

Ephesians 1:7.......In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with ‘the riches of God’s grace’.

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.

However the ‘consequences’ of sin can vary......which God in His love for us may let our sin play out for a time so that we won’t return to it......Of course the ultimate sin is rejecting Jesus Christ,.and we know what those consequences will mean.


1,234 posted on 09/30/2014 2:33:36 PM PDT by caww
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To: Heart-Rest
If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal. 1 John 5:16- 17

We've all read it, many times...You tagged it so show us with scripture what the mortal sins and non mortal sins are...

1,267 posted on 09/30/2014 5:18:47 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Heart-Rest
There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that.

WHAT?


1,280 posted on 09/30/2014 6:19:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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