Comments on: The Problem with Sin … http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/ Worship Leader, Pianist, Producer, Blogger Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Forbis http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52344 Harold Forbis Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:58 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52344 Fred, this is good, and amen to the previous comments. This is something every Christian struggles with. Condemnation is the killer for me, in all the ways you mention. I appreciate what Paul says in Rom. 8:1, that there no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, but with the condition that we follow after the Spirit and not after the flesh. There is therefore condemnation (although the guilt's forgiven) when we follow after the flesh. It's great to know that our sins are forgiven, but it also helps me to remember that following after the flesh can still produce death in a number of ways, even if not eternally. Following after the Spirit really does produce life, and life free from the condemnation that robs us in so many ways. God is good. Fred, this is good, and amen to the previous comments. This is something every Christian struggles with. Condemnation is the killer for me, in all the ways you mention.

I appreciate what Paul says in Rom. 8:1, that there no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, but with the condition that we follow after the Spirit and not after the flesh. There is therefore condemnation (although the guilt’s forgiven) when we follow after the flesh.

It’s great to know that our sins are forgiven, but it also helps me to remember that following after the flesh can still produce death in a number of ways, even if not eternally. Following after the Spirit really does produce life, and life free from the condemnation that robs us in so many ways. God is good.

]]> By: Gerald Johnson http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-53922 Gerald Johnson Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:39:40 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-53922 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Problem with Sin … | FredMcKinnon.Com: I shared this last night while leading worship and ministering at SS.. http://bit.ly/Xu2r4</span></span> The Problem with Sin … | FredMcKinnon.Com: I shared this last night while leading worship and ministering at SS.. http://bit.ly/Xu2r4

]]> By: fmckinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-53923 fmckinnon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:26:12 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-53923 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Problem with Sin? Would love your thoughts and comments at http://bit.ly/4bDSuC</span></span> The Problem with Sin? Would love your thoughts and comments at http://bit.ly/4bDSuC

]]> By: Fred McKinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52340 Fred McKinnon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:23:57 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52340 I hear ya bro ... I feel like I have that revelation; yet ... when I'm in that place, where my confidence is gone ... it's so true that it's hard to ask or believe for anything! I hear ya bro … I feel like I have that revelation; yet … when I’m in that place, where my confidence is gone … it’s so true that it’s hard to ask or believe for anything!

]]> By: Fred McKinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52339 Fred McKinnon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52339 Tracie, I'm guilty on all those counts ... and you're so right ... how we handle it afterwards is huge. That's where all that guilt and condemnation lie. Tracie, I’m guilty on all those counts … and you’re so right … how we handle it afterwards is huge. That’s where all that guilt and condemnation lie.

]]> By: Fred McKinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52338 Fred McKinnon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:21:51 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52338 My Pleasure HL! My Pleasure HL!

]]> By: fmckinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-53924 fmckinnon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:09:49 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-53924 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New blog post: The Problem with Sin ... http://bit.ly/4bDSuC</span></span> New blog post: The Problem with Sin … http://bit.ly/4bDSuC

]]> By: Robert McKinnon http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52336 Robert McKinnon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52336 Man are you right! Until we understand why we are righteous and how that righteousness was achieved (and I'm not talking about just memorizing scripture here, but a real understanding) and the grace and mercies of a loving, patient and forgiving God, we will never be able to walk free from our own condemnation. Man are you right! Until we understand why we are righteous and how that righteousness was achieved (and I’m not talking about just memorizing scripture here, but a real understanding) and the grace and mercies of a loving, patient and forgiving God, we will never be able to walk free from our own condemnation.

]]> By: Tracie http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52335 Tracie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:10 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52335 I agree with you in the problem of the sin. But I also know in my own heart I struggle in how I deal with sin. We know we all sin, but how many of us really like to admit it. I feel the more huge problem is Silent Sin. How it's easier to hide it. Or not even that, maybe we sin and we rationalize or justify it, compare it with someone else's sin. I was thinking that jealousy or envy is a sin, and the times I have confessed that honestly people look at me like I am crazy for saying it. But it messes up my heart daily too. Not to devalue the importance of not sinning, but feel like more of the problem is in how we approach our sin afterwards. Hide it or confess? James 5:16- Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. I agree with you in the problem of the sin. But I also know in my own heart I struggle in how I deal with sin. We know we all sin, but how many of us really like to admit it. I feel the more huge problem is Silent Sin. How it’s easier to hide it. Or not even that, maybe we sin and we rationalize or justify it, compare it with someone else’s sin. I was thinking that jealousy or envy is a sin, and the times I have confessed that honestly people look at me like I am crazy for saying it. But it messes up my heart daily too. Not to devalue the importance of not sinning, but feel like more of the problem is in how we approach our sin afterwards. Hide it or confess?
James 5:16-
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

]]> By: HL McConnell http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/11/12/the-problem-with-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-52334 HL McConnell Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:58 +0000 http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/?p=2932#comment-52334 Fred, thanks for sharing. I love this lesson. One I need to hear often as most of us do. Thanks brother...HL Fred, thanks for sharing. I love this lesson. One I need to hear often as most of us do. Thanks brother…HL

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