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Per the request regarding opinions on the commission of sin by believers.

I believe that true Christians have the power available to them to ultimately be victorious over any particular temptation to sin.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
The question at hand is ... how faithful are we in availing ourselves of that power (i.e. finding God's way out and taking it) ?

Also, depending upon the compulsion to any particular sin ... I believe deliverance from such sin may come sooner or later. Pragmatically, I believe that the christian who is successfully dealing with their sin (through repentence and looking to the Lord for His way out) will experience a diminishing of said sin until said sin is expunged from his/her life.

That being said, I believe that a christian can, for a time, decide to leave their sin unattended to ... and so, commit such sin for an indefinite period. I also believe that God chastens His children in regard to their sin, in an effort to bring them to a point where they will deal with it.

That being said ... I wish to throw out another question. It's one that has been haunting me for a while now. I ask that those who will render an opinion.

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ?

Are there some paths that are simply too dark for a Christian to set foot upon ?

I ask this as I contemplate the various child killings ... as I view yet another dramatization of a past serial killer.

Are there some sins that a Christian (being who they are) simply cannot commit ?

What do you think ?

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ?

I would definately say yes, because God would never put His Spirit in a man He saw would, or had potential to do certain henious crimes.

Repentance is to turn your life around and go a different direction then you were going.

If God doesn't see you've turned, but are still looking back, He will not consider it as repentance, and you'll not be considered a Christian.

JH :-)

I don't know. I've wondered about this too. How could a Christian do something like this and if they did were they ever actually saved to begin with? I think about the mother that murdered her 5 children in Texas. Everyone around her had said she had been a good Christian and that mental illness related to pregnancy and the medication she was on caused her to go crazy. Rationalizing, maybe? Or another example. Someone is a born again christian when they are young but for whatever reason turns away and gets into drugs and ends up killing someone in college while stoned. I hear lots of stories where people were saved after they committed crimes but I can't remember any professing they were a chrisian when they did so. Have you?

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ? What do you think ?

A true Christian is free NOT to follow the Holy Spirit. I think that if a Christian actually gets to the point where they commit a heinous crime then they long ago rejected and that spirit and let it die, or slip away.

The worst sins start off as the smallest sins. To get to the point of murder it seems like one would have to commit sin upon sin upon sin, rejection upon rejection upon rejection before finally doing the actual physical crime.

Also, depending upon the compulsion to any particular sin ... I believe deliverance from such sin may come sooner or later. Pragmatically, I believe that the christian who is successfully dealing with their sin (through repentence and looking to the Lord for His way out) will experience a diminishing of said sin until said sin is expunged from his/her life.

That being said, I believe that a christian can, for a time, decide to leave their sin unattended to ... and so, commit such sin for an indefinite period. I also believe that God chastens His children in regard to their sin, in an effort to bring them to a point where they will deal with it.

Thank you for your thoughts. I find them quite reasonable.

The question at hand is ... how faithful are we in availing ourselves of that power (i.e. finding God's way out and taking it) ?

Good point. Some seem to view faith as something one either has or does not have. You recognize that it can be of varying strengths.

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ?

Are there limitations to the Blood of Christ? Forgiveness is guaranteed for anything we may do, as long as we turn back toward God.