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Originally Posted by CAD/JPY
This is turning into a great discussion. Aquila, I can see your points on the 10 commandments, and as intriguing as it would be to reference only that as sin... I don't know how I can get my head around Sis. Jones.
Sis. Jones truly believes she will commit a sin if she wears pants. Now, lets assume that for God, a woman wearing pants is not a sin. However, Sis. Jones truly believes it is a sin... yet she proceeds to wear pants! Thus in her heart, she has made a decision to commit what she believes is a sin before God.
Even if God says "A woman wearing pants is not sin and Mrs. Jones you did not sin by simply wearing a pair of pants". How can it not be sin for Mrs. Jones to decide in her heart to transgress what she believes is a Law of God??? Would not this bring us back to the first commandment of Love the Lord your God, with all your soul, mind, strength, AND HEART?
This is the scenario that I am having difficulty with....
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Good stuff CAD.
I’d have to ask, why Sis. Jones believes she’s sinning before God by wearing pants? Did someone along the way “add” to the Word of God? What about Sis. Smith? She was raised in an Apostolic church where wearing pants isn’t considered a sin. Dose God judge sisters Jones and Smith by different standards? Will he refuse to judge them impartially and equally or will God hold Sister Jones to an unbiblical standard based on her own heart’s personal feelings? Does sin shift from being sin from one church or person to another? If so, can your children say, “Well dad, that’s a sin for you… but not for me.”? When it comes to sin sisters Smith and Jones have no say… sin is sin. One may BELIEVE that something is a sin and discover upon thorough study of the Bible or perhaps even in Heaven that it wasn’t. David once indicated that if our hearts condemn us there is one greater than our hearts. One’s own heart can condemn them over something done that is now under the blood… and it can also condemn them over something that isn’t against God. What if a Trinitarian sincerely believes that Oneness is a heresy, does their faith make believing in Oneness a sin for them? If they go against what they believe to be the revealed will of God and be baptized in Jesus name, will they have sinned? I’m a little shocked at how relative and arbitrary we’ve become when defining sin. Sin is a sin for one person but not another? God has different rules for everyone based on the individual? It’s all shifting sands of uncertainty. If your son says, “Dad, is wearing shorts a sin?” Do you say, “Maybe. What do you think?” Or do you say, “No son, I don’t believe it’s a sin. However, shorts can be immodest so as a Christian discipline we don’t wear them.”? Or one could say, “No, shorts aren’t a sin son – just keep them modest.” I find it interesting that we’ve diluted the definition of sin to fit the individual. Why? I suspect that it’s to appease the legalists among us. Bro. Jones believes not wearing a head covering is sin. Bro. Smith doesn’t. So, instead of confronting false teaching Bro. Smith says, “Well, that’s a sin for Bro. Jones and his church but not us.” In doing this we take the shift from the Word of God and the revealed Law of God to what individuals think. We descend into writing our own rules based on personal feelings.
If one loves the Lord their God with all their heart, will they not seek out his Word? If they choose not to wear pants because they believe it’s more modest to wear long skirts they are following Christian principles and discipline… but they go beyond the Word of God to label women wearing pants a sin.
Remember “sin” is a Heaven or Hell issue. When we stand before God he’s not going to say, “Hmmm. Geeeee, what do you think? How do you feel about this?” No. God will judge according to His Holiness. And His Holiness is revealed in the Law of the LORD.
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