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Originally Posted by StMark
BUT!!!! God ONLY looks at the heart ask Oneness Man!!!!!!!
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I think OnenessMan is right....God does look at the heart. What we see in some of the examples given (pictures) are the results of what sin and rebellion against God does to a person. What causes a man to want to look like a woman? What is it in the heart of a person to steal? The act of stealing is the results of a sin deep in a persons heart. Thats what God sees. We see the affects of sin and call that sin. And, to a certain extent it is... but the sin that needs to be addressed isn't cross dressing and stealing. It goes deeper- what causes a a person to want to do wrong? Anniaas (spe) and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back part of the money. Their lie was the affect of the sin of greed that was buried deep within their hearts. Peter discerned their lie (the affect of sin) and dealt with it.... but their actual sin was greed. I can look at a persons actions and see their sinful ways, but only God can see deep within the heart to know the real reason a person does the thing he or she does.
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