Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
This is comimng from a person who has little or basically no knowledge of the bible and the principles of organised religious institutions ok, so bear with me.
I want to know why forgiveness is the last thing sometimes applied by those who claim to live their lives as 'Christians'.
Case:
Joanne is a 19 year old raised by strict born again Christian parents. She has a boyfriend whom they don't approve of. Joanne falls pregnant. Joanne out of fear gets an abortion. She is very confused and very scared. This is common as we know. But she cannot tell her parents as they will kick her out of home. They have said this before to her, so she knows there is no other alternative for her, ot at least this is what she feels.
So if forgiveness is a tenet of the faith, why will her parents disown their own flesh and blood for being human and making a mistake?
Has she sinned in the eyes of God?
Is God the only one able to forgive? Does she need to ask Him for forgiveness not her parents or herself? If this is the case, why will she be judged by her parents so harshly when it isn't their place to do the judgement? I was under the impression that happened when you met the Maker.
Here is another hypocrisy I don't understand. Sex before marriage isn't allowed. But God made humans with full knowledge that they are prone to moments of weakness. So mistakes occur. It doesnt mean you are suddenly a bad Christian. Or a bad person.
Then the church frowns upon abortion and birth control. Sex before marriage is giving in to a human weakness that God created in us. As a test maybe of strength and faith, but we fail because He allows us failures. He made it that way, and offers redemption and forgiveness to those that ask.
I am at a loss to understand why the people who claim to be Christian, live so blatantly against the ideals they so devoutly tout. And the forgiveness bit. God made us all equal. 'He who casts the first stone' etc. (I think thats how it goes! or something like that ayway!)
Why the arrogance to be judging when you yourself aren't free from sin?
And another, I thought pride was a sin too? Why the pridfe that comes from this arrogance of judging? Who are we to judge others when they err in the eyes of God? Isn't it between ourselves and the Lord to make ammends?
Melon, if you reply, which I'm hoping you do, please use plain and simple language!
I want to know why forgiveness is the last thing sometimes applied by those who claim to live their lives as 'Christians'.
Case:
Joanne is a 19 year old raised by strict born again Christian parents. She has a boyfriend whom they don't approve of. Joanne falls pregnant. Joanne out of fear gets an abortion. She is very confused and very scared. This is common as we know. But she cannot tell her parents as they will kick her out of home. They have said this before to her, so she knows there is no other alternative for her, ot at least this is what she feels.
So if forgiveness is a tenet of the faith, why will her parents disown their own flesh and blood for being human and making a mistake?
Has she sinned in the eyes of God?
Is God the only one able to forgive? Does she need to ask Him for forgiveness not her parents or herself? If this is the case, why will she be judged by her parents so harshly when it isn't their place to do the judgement? I was under the impression that happened when you met the Maker.
Here is another hypocrisy I don't understand. Sex before marriage isn't allowed. But God made humans with full knowledge that they are prone to moments of weakness. So mistakes occur. It doesnt mean you are suddenly a bad Christian. Or a bad person.
Then the church frowns upon abortion and birth control. Sex before marriage is giving in to a human weakness that God created in us. As a test maybe of strength and faith, but we fail because He allows us failures. He made it that way, and offers redemption and forgiveness to those that ask.
I am at a loss to understand why the people who claim to be Christian, live so blatantly against the ideals they so devoutly tout. And the forgiveness bit. God made us all equal. 'He who casts the first stone' etc. (I think thats how it goes! or something like that ayway!)
Why the arrogance to be judging when you yourself aren't free from sin?
And another, I thought pride was a sin too? Why the pridfe that comes from this arrogance of judging? Who are we to judge others when they err in the eyes of God? Isn't it between ourselves and the Lord to make ammends?
Melon, if you reply, which I'm hoping you do, please use plain and simple language!