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  • Donna Warren on Psalms 19 - 1 year ago
    My granddaughter asked me a question( & I couldn't just say go ask your mother):if you think about a sin but don't actually commit it , is this a sin also ? What about if you don't know that what was thought about is a sin,also if you don't follow through with the action of committing. I told her that if one doesn't know that thought or action was indeed a sin, one can pray & ask for forgiveness when one discovers it. If one knows that the action is a sin if committed ,pray for forgiveness for the thought .I think thoughts of committing is a sin as well as if the action results in committing a sin. One can ask in prayer for forgiveness for thought or action. Preferably, don't think or commit. We aren't perfect but should make every effort to avoid sin by thought or action.I also brought it to my daughter's ( her Mom) attention. My granddaughter is very intelligent child& is capable of understanding.
  • Adam - In Reply on Psalms 19 - 1 year ago
    Thoughts may enter into our head through a temptation, including an opportunity to sin that we didn't even expect or something we didn't plan for, but we still have a choice. It's a choice to dismiss those, to pray it away, to replace it with wholesome thoughts, and a choice to walk away from temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13

    I have wondered the same thing about dreams, for example, because they too are thoughts and we appear to have no choice or control of it. I don't believe we can sin in dreams, but can through thoughts while awake. I also believe someone taking drugs or alcohol and is in a weird state of consciousness is 100% responsible for their sin even if they don't remember it. That is one of the dangers of taking things that lower our inhibitions. The verse James 1:15 explains it well how a temptation in a sense develops into or gives birth to sin.
  • GiGi - In Reply on Psalms 19 - 1 year ago
    Hi Donna, I agree. We do sin in thought, word and deed, and in things we have failed to do. Jesus said about adultery, if one lusts in their hearts (thinks lustful thoughts) they have already committed adultery. So, He is saying that thoughts of sinful things are sinful for us and we are to confess and ask for God's help in cleansing our minds from such thoughts. These sins of thoughts just go to reveal our sinful nature in us. It brings forth sin even when we least expect it. This is what is called "moral depravity". Even when we are not actively sinning in thought word and deed, we are still sinful in each moment because of the depravity of our being from this sinful nature that is part of us. In heaven, we will be rid of this sinful nature, Thank the Lord!
  • Giannis - In Reply on Psalms 19 - 1 year ago
    Dear Donna. Thoughts are thoughts and you can't stop them coming into your mind. Some are ours, some are put there by satan and some by God. When you realize that a thought is sinful just throw it away. If you don't and keep it in your mind and start "working" on it, it will eventually go down into your heart and then possibly will lead you to commiting a sin. So once you start working on it (which means that you have accepted that idea), it becomes a sin. ( James 1:14-15)

    A friend once said that metaphor "You can't prevent birds sitting on the branches of your tree but you can send them away."

    GBU



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