Looking at girls and having lustful thoughts, is really a sin?
Something to think about ...
‘Cause that’s what they taught us; it’s what’s in your mind that counts; your intentions, that’s how we’ll judge you. What you want to do. Mortal sin had to be a grievous offense, sufficient reflection and full consent of the will. Ya had’ta WANNA! In fact, WANNA was a sin all by itself. “Thou Shalt Not WANNA”. If you woke up in the morning and said, “I’m going down to 42nd street and commit a mortal sin!” Save your car fare; you did it, man! Absolutely!
It was a sin for you to wanna feel up Ellen. It was a sin for you to plan to feel up Ellen. It was a sin for you to figure out a place to feel up Ellen. It was a sin to take Ellen to the place to feel her up. It was a sin to try to feel her up and it was a sin to feel her up. There were six sins in one feel, man!
- George Carlin
“Looking at girls and having lustful thoughts, is really a sin?”
Anyone can have a physical and emotional reaction. The sin occurs when one entertains the thoughts, emotions, feelings and you keep looking and desiring the “view.”
You reaction reduces that young lady to a mere object instead of one of God’s creations.
Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 28: Jesus: "But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart."
It's a tough one, but He said it. It always seems to get me in trouble!
“Thou shalt not covet”
You’ve heard that, I’m sure.
A lustful thought passing through your mind is not an occassion of sin. DWELLING on that thought is sinful.