Question

y did god say ''all sins r treated equal'' but lying n murdering someone are takin as 2 totally different sins?

Answer 1

also if earth is just a temparary home y does every1 try to live as long as possible?

Answer 2

@micahm @paki

Answer 3

@kittycat123 not all sins are equal....

Answer 4

It is written that if you should break one aspect of the law, you should break the whole law in its entirety (All 300+ rules). Safe to say that we needed Jesus to come to the world to die for us, because we'd be boned without him.

Answer 5

In reference to your second question, not everyone wants to live as long as they can. I for one cannot wait to go home. Some people enjoy the things of this world and get caught up with the stuff (that's all it is, stuff). The things of this world will pass, so I don't see why everyone's so interested in all the earthly things. True Christians wanna get home as soon as possible to see our savior and give 'em a big hug.

Answer 6

It says that the people that tend to "love" earth are not true Christians.

Answer 7

Yeah, all sins are equal in eyes of Jesus.
So *FOR EXAMPLE*
If I kill someone right now, it's equal to lying to my mom about stealing a cookie from the cookie jar.
But like someone said earlier that it's a commandment to obey God and do not do such things. There is always forgiveness but just stay clean.
Forgiveness is the best. He forgives and forgets :)

Answer 8

It's hard to forget something when someone continues to do it, even in a slightly different way. I believe some use this to forget their own pervious nefarious lifestyle, but my experience is things come home to roast and you repeat things over and over. Actual Christ said in Mark take up your cross and follow me, which can be interpreted as knowing you previous errors and doing some good with it by helping others in similar situations. When you truly come to understand how and why things happened to you, you'll know what's meant by the truth will set you free. Read Genesis chapter 4 verse 6 and 7 and you'll see how man is given free will and that there's traps he may fall into. It's those who fall into the traps that need salvation.

Answer 9

first question doesnt make sense to me ,i'd like to answer this one
also if earth is just a temporary home y does every1 try to live as long as possible?

in nature each piece tries to keep its kind , its an survival instinct lives with us , no one wanna or feel wanna die its the life we have !

Answer 10

Yes man has a survial instinct but when that take precidence over all others then there's a problem. Same with the sexual instinct, which is intended for procreation of the species, when it becomes perverted in such a way that only sexual gratifcation is wanted regardless how. Many of man natures are good but have become perverted in our world, and some natures were never any good at all.

Answer 11

i agree ken :)

Answer 12

Little bit late but: God views all sins the same, that's correct. If you had a white tablecloth and I spilled cranberry sauce on it and stained it, but someone else spilled juice on it and also stained it. Both those are different objects, but they still stained your tablecloth. However, all sins have difference consequences. A murderer could get a death sentence, but someone who just lied to their mom about taking a piece of candy, will not. Roman 3:23 (NIV) says: "... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..." therefore, whether you just murdered someone, or I lied to a friend, or someone bullied someone else, we're all guilty of a sin.

We enjoy companionship, love, laughing, and we want to experience it as much as possible. There's nothing wrong with wanting to live a long life, the problem that can arise is that we forget life is temporary and squander the time God gives to each person. Candy is temporary, yet we still enjoy it. Is that wrong or crazy? Not in the least. When it comes down to it, everyone probably has a different reason as to why they want to live a long life.

Answer 13

@paki I disagree completely. @kittycat123 As we are human we put standards on things. In our eyes because we are sinners we don't see lying, or maybe cheating on a game a big deal because it wont hurt anyone. If someone were to murder someone we would be aghast and say that they deserve to die. However no matter the sin, in GOD'S eyes he sees all sin as rebellion against him. It hurts him just as equally for you to kill someone as it does to say a small white lie to your mother, or father even friends and strangers. Sin is Sin, there is no way around it. Say you were to live your life completely according to the bible but you lied constantly and didn't repent because you thought it wasn't equal to other things people do. You die and get to judgement and He says to you "child why have you disobeyed my laws" and you say well I thought sin wasn't equal. you will surely not enter heaven because sin is sin and there is no way around it. @LifeIsADangerousGame Just how they said about the table cloth there is still a stain and you cant get rid of it, but only by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Going along to your second question. Basically reiterating what other people said. We are human and we have instincts. We all need love, companionship, attention etc. Of course we want to live, but as Christians we must live in this world but not of it. It is okay to like worldly things but you must not be consumed by it and worship it. It's okay to like food, chocolate etc. lol But yes as a Christian i cannot wait to get to heaven. I hope this helped :)

Answer 14

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Answer 15

The statemaent we are in this world but not of it is in error. Theirs is not one moral value that is not obtained from the world, hence we are all in one sence of the world. Each one of us have their independant experience and education in supposed secular or religious schools of thought. So we are all of the world. The question of being in the world is problematic, is there a saparate existence somewhere that only some discover or do they choose only to live among themselves. As a Christian one is to take up their cross and follow the Lords, which means remember your past and use it to benifit others that may be in one of your past situations. Therefore as a Christian one is to be of and in the world because otherwise your experience and teaching form it is fruitless.

Answer 16

I'm sorry @KenLJW, but that's incorrect. We are in this world, but not of it. Meaning that though we live on earth and can see the sin in the world (sin defined as such things like fornication, adultery, murder, lying, etc), we do not partake in such things. I know of secular things, but that does not mean I am of the world. As a Christian, one is supposed to take up their cross and follow Jesus. This does NOT mean to remember your past and use it to benefit others, but rather to die to your sinful nature every day and strive to be like Jesus. When you are a Christian, you can remember your past and use it to tell others how Jesus saved you from your sinful past, but it is supposed to only be told in order to bring praise and people to Jesus. Nothing more and nothing less.

Answer 17

Either on is saved or not, striving is not being saved but a path some choose because their not saved yet. In this world there is salvation because those saved know their path to salvation and help those who were on their previous path. This is what I mean by take up your cross, Christ said some have no need for salvation, they are truely blessed. Its hard for someone whose never been ensnared by sin to know what true salvation is, and yes scripture points to man beicoming more than biological, animal, but when and how individuals beocme such is up to the Lords and not man.

Answer 18

Please cite where Christ said that some have no need for salvation because that is entirely incorrect and you are misleading people. Only Jesus has never been ensnared by sin. What scripture points to man becoming more than "biological, animal?" You are saying these things without any Biblical facts.

Answer 19

Man is meant to be more than biologgical is definitely scriptural. If on reads the Torah you'll find all the biological frailities of man, nocternal emmisions and sexual relations are even considered to make one unclean, if only for a short period of time. Modern man consider this just natual but miss the point man is to be more than natural. Today were taught to follow the ten commadments, actually fourteen in Exodus twenty, denying the truth in the rest of the Torah. As for me telliing you where something is in the Bible really does no good, if you don't read it from cover to cover and then do research its like me tell you the speed of light is constant and asking you to develope the special and general theory of relativity. This would be impossible without a strong mathematical and scientifiic background. Truth is sometime complicated but actually simple once one comprhends it.

Answer 20

You really cannot have all of these claims and not have any scripture to back it up. I am 190% sure that you are completely misinterpreting the Torah. I also do not believe that you have read the Bible from cover to cover and understood it completely because no man is capable of that. Just send me the scripture that you are referring to and I will read it for myself. It is when people just accept "facts" that you are providing that many are led astray.

Answer 21

My intention is to let students know there's more then one why to understand scriptures not just the way you've been taught. I disagreee with a lot of Paul's teaching but one thing I agree with "I give you milk", which impies food for children. Yes I've read the Bible from cover to cover, and everytime I read it again I find something new, possible missed the first time but some I know are different. How can a reading of a verse, form the exact same KJB, change or placed in another location defies my understanding. I follow the rule of not writing on the body and scripture is definitely part of my body, I do not underline or write in the the margin. If one does they create tow's and I do not wish to be a strong man thhat way, read Isaiah chapter one. Believe me or not things I read fourty years ago are no longer there and a verse at the end of relvelations, which I quoted to others a number of times, changed. Your right no one can truely comprehend scriptures, especially when one believes its a communication from God, which is not stagnate because God is always communicating. What's reallly amazing even though it changes for me the new version others go by as though never noticing it actually changed. You might say this is impoosible, but remember that Chriist said With God All Is Possible ann don't ask me to site the verse.

Answer 22

I'm sorry, but I literally didn't understand any of that.

Answer 23

The question is as you grow does the world grow, as you read scriptures does it change over time? My experience is yes, you may need a certain communiction at one time and another at another time. I've never had any schooling in scriptures so I don't have others veiws on readings or their readings at all. I do not belong to any denomination or sect, if you want to see of my previous interpretation look at closed questions. In my last reading of Numbers I notices that Mariam and Arron were partly biased against Moses because he had a an Ethopian, African, wife. I never realized that his father-in-law was a African preist. It also say's in the Prophets that all men are Ethiopian, African, when I read that I wondered where did racism begin, it was just another thing that I found that supposed Christian don'f follow in scriptures. Try reading on your own and see what you find, it may surprise you.

Answer 24

All sin leads to death, according the Biblical understanding. All sin has the same weight of evil within. There different types of sins, like murder, lying, adultery, and so on. The point is being made that breaking one law is like breaking all of it. If you truly believe and love God, you will obey His commands. If you fail to obey one for some selfish reason, you break the oath you made with God to follow all of His commands. Now before people attack me on this, I will quickly add a few things.

No we cannot do sacrifices, we are not in the land of Israel.
Yes, I do believe that wearing only one type of fabric applies, but in the current day, it is almost impossible to do so. God gives us grace for things that are out of our control. Also, this would be considered unintentional sin. The point is not to follow God's commands perfectly, but to show that you are trying because you love Him.

Now, to address the temporary earth question. Yes this is a temporary home, but most people look for some way to live longer by not following God. It's selfishness. The antithesis of love is selfishness. Love is done unto others, while selfishness is done unto oneself. So, if people are wanting to live longer, but they do not want to follow God, or believe in His Son, they will be searching in vain. We're too scared to die. We all want to see heaven, but we don't want to die. We all want to know God, but we want to live like He doesn't exist. Sin leads to death. If you really don't want to die, then follow God. But, God can destroy both body and soul. That is the scarier part of all of this.

Answer 25

I was once threaten by someone in my apartment, he put his thumb and index finger together and said God can crush you like that. I responded with why would He I honor God, and if I'm not correctable I wish he would. The world has done things to me and I've done somethings wrong but hopefully like me people will look at their life and see how they have been affected both internally and externally and sometimes not very nice. One thing I've learned is a Christian is about salvation and not enforcement, those who insist on theatening and oppessing others are not Christian, whether their doing God's will or anothers ultimately God the Father will decide.