It shows we are all capable of great sin, even the best among us, the most helpful among us to God’s work.
Satan will find your weakness and use it to completely reverse everything you have spent your life doing for Christ. Be on guard always.
Can you hate the sin and not all of the good that the sinner din?
Should your whole life’s work be for naught because you did an evil thing?
Are you a Christian, or a hypocrite that loves Christ?
Is there really forgiveness? Would Judas have been forgiven had he not taken his own life (plyed God) earlier?
Kind words. Nice.
If a man in a weakened state holds up a bank and wounds a teller - he can be 'forgiven' - but he still faces charges right here on this earth. It doesn't mean he doesn't go to court and to jail. We render unto Caesar...
Forgiveness is a spiritual choice - it's a gift God gives us to give to others. It has NOTHING whatsoever to do with a country's system of laws.
Believing in Jesus does NOT allow a person to have a 'pass' to be a criminal.
Some people have 'forgiven' Charles Manson. That doesn't mean he should be released from prison. I see I'm saying the same think in different ways ... is this making sense to you?