[Faith Presses On]

But we still need God’s Word to know what love really is, and people have an amazing ability not to see harm done to others when they don’t want to, either, such as in abortion or sexual immorality causing all sorts of harm to people that those who reject Christ can’t or won’t see. God’s Word identifies for us what sin is, and we can be sure that it causes harm, such as when Jesus said that if a man looks on a woman to lust after her, he’s committed adultery with her in his heart. We can and should believe him that lust causes harm.

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I agree with the principle....when Jesus told us about lusting equaling doing the deed, He was telling us that if we contemplated any sin, we might as well have done it...helping to clarify that without His sacrifice for us, we were all doomed because we could never go through a day without committing some sin and to commit any sin was to commit them all. I totally agree there's much we should not do but also posit we cannot be 100% effective in being worthy - and any sin we commit is as bad as even the worst sinners (oxymoron since any sin is as bad as any other in God's eyes) so while we should do our best, we also have zero right to cast any stones...even Paul, who was hand-picked to be the major purveyor of the New Covenant, lamented that he kept finding himself doing what he shouldn't and not doing what he should...

Praise God/Jesus for the incredible gift He gave us!!!!