Post by alan4jc on Jul 20, 2007 0:18:11 GMT -5
We have made little difference between crime and
> sin. Certainly, they overlap and sometimes they are
> identical, i.e. murder is sin; it is also a crime.
> Lying is sin; sometimes it is a crime. Crime is a
> violation of the law. Sin is a violation of God’s
> moral law, God’s holiness. The criminal is to be
> punished on earth according to the crime. The sinner
> is to be forgiven or the sinner is to be punished
> everlastingly.
>
> It is possible to be executed for murder (crime) and
> to be forgiven for murder (sin). I know of several
> such people.
>
> There are people who do not commit crimes but they
> do lie. They are not in danger of jail. They are in
> serious danger (unless they are forgiven) of
> hellfire.
>
> “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual
> immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and
> witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
> selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy;
> drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I
> did before, that those who live like this will not
> inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
>
> These are sins, not crimes.
>
> “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit
> the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
> sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
> male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor
> thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers
> nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And
> that is what some of you were. But you were washed,
> you were sanctified, you were justified in the name
> of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our
> God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
>
> Thieving, swindling, and slandering are crimes as
> well as sins.
>
> “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
> murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
> magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place
> will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is
> the second death.” Revelation 21:8
>
> Notice murder is the only crime.
>
> It is normal for people to think that if they are
> not criminals they are safe from the judgment of
> God. Please search this out and change your thinking
> for yourself, your friends and relatives.
>
>
> In the Lord Jesus Christ,
>
> Jim Wilson
>
>
> sin. Certainly, they overlap and sometimes they are
> identical, i.e. murder is sin; it is also a crime.
> Lying is sin; sometimes it is a crime. Crime is a
> violation of the law. Sin is a violation of God’s
> moral law, God’s holiness. The criminal is to be
> punished on earth according to the crime. The sinner
> is to be forgiven or the sinner is to be punished
> everlastingly.
>
> It is possible to be executed for murder (crime) and
> to be forgiven for murder (sin). I know of several
> such people.
>
> There are people who do not commit crimes but they
> do lie. They are not in danger of jail. They are in
> serious danger (unless they are forgiven) of
> hellfire.
>
> “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual
> immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and
> witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
> selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy;
> drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I
> did before, that those who live like this will not
> inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21
>
> These are sins, not crimes.
>
> “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit
> the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
> sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
> male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor
> thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers
> nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And
> that is what some of you were. But you were washed,
> you were sanctified, you were justified in the name
> of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our
> God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
>
> Thieving, swindling, and slandering are crimes as
> well as sins.
>
> “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
> murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
> magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place
> will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is
> the second death.” Revelation 21:8
>
> Notice murder is the only crime.
>
> It is normal for people to think that if they are
> not criminals they are safe from the judgment of
> God. Please search this out and change your thinking
> for yourself, your friends and relatives.
>
>
> In the Lord Jesus Christ,
>
> Jim Wilson
>
>