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To: cloudmountain

You realize “Repent” means to change one’s mind in the original text and to “sin no more” is foolishly impossible, strive as we may.

Why did Jesus tell people to “go and sin no more” if sinlessness is impossible?

https://www.gotquestions.org/go-and-sin-no-more.html


63 posted on 01/30/2017 4:27:26 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
You realize “Repent” means to change one’s mind in the original text and to “sin no more” is foolishly impossible, strive as we may.
Why did Jesus tell people to “go and sin no more” if sinlessness is impossible?

Ya got me there.
He also said to love our enemies. That would mean that the plethora of Muslim haters would have to LOVE those same Muslims. I THINK that would be an impossibility for them.

Jesus DID speak in hyperbole. But, that was the style.

I am Catholic and I do go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It is MOST moving to confess one's sins to another person...not just the non-Catholic way of saying "Sorry, Lord" and know that one is forgiven, even if one commits the same sin 50 times a day.
Also there is no Penance for non-Catholics. Catholics have to say penances...prayers, commensurate to the sins. Telling one's sins and saying penance prayers IS quite different that just the "Sorry Lord" ten times a day. There are NO penance prayers for those sins. It's a WHOLE lot easier to be a non-Catholic.

No fasting, no abstinence, no required twice/year Confession or Holy Communion, no mandatory Sunday/holy day Masses...nothing. Any sin? Just say "Sorry" and it's done and done. EASY PEASY.

69 posted on 01/30/2017 4:42:24 PM PST by cloudmountain
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