Is THIS a Sin?? ... Can it Ever Be? - Page 6

Truthseeker · #1 06-15-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DerrickS

I think it can be, but this is a broad generalization. Anxiety is not always the same as unbelief.

OK define anxiety?

OnTheFritz · #2 06-16-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Truthseeker

OK define anxiety?

Definition:

1. feeling of worry: nervousness or agitation, often about something that is going to happen

2. something that worries somebody: a subject or concern that causes worry

3. strong wish to do something: the strong wish to do something, especially if the wish is unnecessarily or unhealthily strong
his anxiety to please

4. psychiatry extreme apprehension: a medical condition marked by intense apprehension or fear of real or imagined danger

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And I will tell you this.... it is not necessarily a mental thing. I can completely rationalize something in the mind, and KNOW that there is nothing to worry about, yet still have feelings and symptoms of anxiety. I think unbelief is more of a conscious mental decision than an emotional response.

Michael The Disciple · #3 06-15-2008, 12:04 PM

If fear and anxiety are one and the same:

8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Rev. 21:8

One must overcome it if they wish to be saved.

MissBrattified · #4 06-15-2008, 05:32 PM

I have a hard time believing that any involuntary feeling or emotion could be called "sin."

I think the Bible encourages us to trust in God, but I don't believe worry is a sin. It could be a symptom of not relying on God enough, and points to a hole in the Relationship that needs to be worked on.

Joie · #5 06-15-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I have a hard time believing that any involuntary feeling or emotion could be called "sin."

I think the Bible encourages us to trust in God, but I don't believe worry is a sin. It could be a symptom of not relying on God enough, and points to a hole in the Relationship that needs to be worked on.

Would be great if my feelings and emotions were not voluntary.... I know I am allowing my feelings and emotions.

SDG · #6 06-15-2008, 07:27 PM

Was this sin?

mizpeh · #7 06-15-2008, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Was this sin?

Dan, by faith Jesus got over the anxiety He had exhibited in prayer in the garden. He didn't let the anxiety cripple His faith and cause Him to disobey the will of His Father through unbelief. He had the sentence of death in Himself and was resurrected just as He knew the OT scriptures said He would be.

SDG · #8 06-15-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mizpeh

Dan, by faith Jesus got over the anxiety He had exhibited in prayer in the garden. He didn't let the anxiety cripple His faith and cause Him to disobey the will of His Father through unbelief. He had the sentence of death in Himself and was resurrected just as the OT scriptures said He would be.

Agreed ... but some have said, even in this thread, that it is a sin... not just that it can be ...

If it is a sin then Jesus sinned.

RevDWW · #9 06-15-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Was this sin?

How could it be sin, if the Scripture says He knew no sin? IICor 5:21

Could it be that baseless fear or fear of the wrong thing is sin? Not all fear is evil nor is all faith righteous.

Truthseeker · #10 06-16-2008, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I have a hard time believing that any involuntary feeling or emotion could be called "sin."

I think the Bible encourages us to trust in God, but I don't believe worry is a sin. It could be a symptom of not relying on God enough, and points to a hole in the Relationship that needs to be worked on.

Isn't worry a form of unbelief?