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I have been receiving mail from people upset by the mention of sin,
sin nature, and the devil.
People, please understand my position on sin: Sin does not send a
person to hell. People send themselves to hell when they reject Christ. A
born again woman can starve herself to death or keel over dead while
purging into a toilet and she will still go to heaven.
I am not out name-calling by addressing the issue of sin. People have all
kinds of other names for sin, but we're talking about the same thing: i.e.
bad habit, disorder, disease (though not all disease is sin), problem,
behavior, etc. A sinner is NOT one who sins, because we ALL sin, yet not
all of us are "sinners." A sinner is simply one who is currently
staying in their sins because they have not received the Savior.
A Christian is not one who no longer sins, but is one who is forgiven
and who no longer has to be subject to sin. In the lives of
Christians, though we are no longer "sinners" (and God is the
one who gets to define that term, mind you) nevertheless, sin is a fact to
be dealt with. Anyone who says they never sin is lying. So we're
all in the same boat, folks. It is not appropriate to be pointing fingers,
as if ones of us are better than others.
I have engaged in no discussion about hell, so please don't read that
into my articles because you have previously had unpleasant experiences
with other Christians who use hell as a scare tactic.
Just wanted to make myself clear....
Gretchen
Back to the Beginning
Natural Christian
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