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To: Jorge

sin - we are all sinners - no such thing as severity of sin with God - sin is sin. BUT Christians do not choose a sinful lifestyle, and then, DEFEND IT!

She can do whatever she wants - and I DID NOT condemn her - she is condemning herself.

However, God tells us "you will know them by their fruits." And I stand on that. I never said anything about ultimate salvation - what she does in the future is up to her - another choice of her's.

When Christians (those that follow the Lord and does HIS WILL and not what we choose) - sin, they know it, the HOLY SPIRIT convicts them and they repent. She enjoys her sinful lifestyle. Big difference. She is not living a Christian lifestyle.

If you don't get that, you don't get it. That's all.
But I will point out in case there are non-Christians reading and think that her lifestyle is acceptable to God. It is not. She can pray and read the bible all she wants, that does not make a person a Christian.


311 posted on 06/09/2005 6:45:18 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name
- no such thing as severity of sin with God - sin is sin.

Sure, sin is sin but there IS "such thing as severity of sin with God".

We know this because God pronounces more severe penalties for more severe sins in the Bible.

BUT Christians do not choose a sinful lifestyle, and then, DEFEND IT!

Christians are quite capable of choosing to sin and then defending it.

Look at some of the sins committed by men of God in the Bible, and how they tried to defend themselves before repenting.

The New Testament is full of warnings to Christians about sin, precisely because they are capable of such things.

314 posted on 06/09/2005 6:57:33 PM PDT by Jorge
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When Christians (those that follow the Lord and does HIS WILL and not what we choose) - sin, they know it, the HOLY SPIRIT convicts them and they repent.

So if I see you do something habitually that is sin (gossip, pride, boasting, gluttony etc) I can safely make the judgment that you are unrepentant and therefore not a Christian.

She enjoys her sinful lifestyle. Big difference.

What person, Christian or non-Christian doesn't enjoy a particular vice they are involved with?

She is not living a Christian lifestyle.

I said the same thing in my post. We can judge what fits a Christian lifestyle. But we cannot with all certainty judge the person as non-Christian in their heart.

317 posted on 06/09/2005 7:10:59 PM PDT by Jorge
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