Stope
Puritan Board Sophomore
For a person who is already in Christ, what are the key touch points of a sinful act? That is, when I, as a Christian, sin, what is happening behind the scenes? A bullet point response would be awesome. For example, the sin of being rude to my wife, Below I give some concepts that I think are there, but not sure:
Touch-points of sin:
I ask this because I really want to be aware of the damage I do when sinning as well as further gratitude to Christ for His forgiveness
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Touch-points of sin:
-I have offended/angered God (what other emotions does God have when I sin? Is he sad?)
-I have offended/hurt others
-I have stifled fellowship with the Spirit in my life (when does it resume?)
-I have stored up some form of "punishment" (or lessened a degree of "rewards" I will get in the afterlife?)
-Christ tells the Father to forgive me and the father does (does he Joyously do so? Or perhaps does my sin ever "make it" to Gods ear since all sins past and future will be removed far from east as west...)?
-I have offended/hurt others
-I have stifled fellowship with the Spirit in my life (when does it resume?)
-I have stored up some form of "punishment" (or lessened a degree of "rewards" I will get in the afterlife?)
-Christ tells the Father to forgive me and the father does (does he Joyously do so? Or perhaps does my sin ever "make it" to Gods ear since all sins past and future will be removed far from east as west...)?
I ask this because I really want to be aware of the damage I do when sinning as well as further gratitude to Christ for His forgiveness
Any thoughts would be appreciated