(Admittedly, I’ve not read the entire thread so please forgive me if you’ve answered this question already, Phil.)
I would like to know what God does to you and/or what happens when you sin.
TIA.
Placemarker if your question is answered it should be an interesting readprobably filled with scriopture passages taken out of context and actually not ansdwering the question.
I would like to know what God does to you and/or what happens when you sin.
I would say that my relationship with God suffers at that moment. I committed a sin and I feel guilt (I transgressed His law). So, as a REPENTANT Christian, I confess my sin and ask God for forgiveness and the power to resist evil (sin) and live a sinless life in harmony with God’s plan. That sin, and every other throughout my life, is recorded. But, I have asked forgiveness and am REPENTANT. At the JUDGMENT, I have an advocate/intercessor/mediator in Jesus Christ. And, it is my prayer that I will be counted worthy to enter heaven and that my sins will be covered by Christ’s blood.
1 John 2:
1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
I like this:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Advocate.html
But Jesus stands as the Advocate between our repentant hearts and the law. If His blood has been applied to our lives through faith and confession of Him as Lord (Romans 10:9–10; 2 Corinthians 5:21), He pleads our case with the Righteous Judge. We may imagine the conversation going something like this: “Father, I know this one has sinned and violated our commands. He is guilty as charged. However, you have said that my sacrifice is sufficient payment for the debt he owes. My righteousness was applied to his account when he trusted in me for salvation and forgiveness. I have paid the price, so he can be pronounced ‘Not guilty.’ There is no debt left for him to pay” (Romans 8:1; Colossians 2:14).
Jesus is our Advocate when God first accepts us into His family as His children (John 1:12). And He remains our Advocate forever. First John 1:9 says that, when we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive our sin and to cleanse us from it. As His followers, we will still sin. But, when we do, we are commanded to confess that sin to God. Confession is an agreement with God about how bad sin is. We stand guilty before Him with no argument and no justification of our own. Our Advocate steps before the Judge, and together they agree that, because we are “in Christ,” no further punishment is necessary. Jesus has already made sufficient payment to redeem us.