Im not sinning as bad as everyone else...Is that the way God sees it??

Sinning

Ok so this one is easy right? We would think so but let’s refer to scripture.  To start out with I want to make it perfectly clear that no one sin is greater than another sin, other than where it states the unforgivable sin is blaspheming the Holy Spirit.  Mark 3:28-29 Authorized KJV "Verily I say unto all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,and blasphemies against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation." It says again in Matthew 12:31-32 recalls where Jesus spoke and said "Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men" 32 "and whosoever speaketh a word, against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:but showsoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost , it shall not be forgiven him, ,neither in this world, neither in the world to come".  This again although misconstrued is simply saying that it is not a punishment from God...it is a choice of YOURS ;) If you dont believe... how could you follow?

We have all been brought up with a countries legal code. We don’t necessarily go to jail for simply lying in this world but will go to jail for murder. Is that the way God sees it however? According to the bible, lying is not a more forgivable sin than murder as we would like to think. You are probably now saying ok this is ridiculous, killing is not worse than lying? I didn’t say I didn’t think that killing was worse than lying I’m saying that God says that killing is not worse than lying according to his standards.  Opinions hold NO relevance in biblical scripture so I guess it doesnt matter what we THINK ;)  The idea is not the sin itself we are committing but it’s the blatant disrespect to God of doing something he asked us not to do. 

'HIS requests of us are not unachievable' as we have been led to believe . Take a look at the 10 commandments as our starting point. The 10 commandments were written on two separate tablets intentionally and given to Moses. Nothing God does is by accident. The first 4 commandments are our responsibilities to God directly and the other 6 commandments are our commitments to one another as humans.

Let’s take a look at them in order as listed in the Bible.

The 1^st commandment  Thou Shalt have no other gods before me.

2^nd commandment  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above. 

The 3rd commandment Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

The 4^th commandment  Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.

5th commandment is Honor your father and your mother

The 6^th commandment is  Thou shalt not kill 

7^th Thou shalt not commit Adultery

 The 8^th Thou shalt not steal

The 9^th commandment is Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour and

The 10^th Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

They were created to be followed in order to be decent human beings to God, our families, and the rest of the world.  When discussing the bible I often hear that it is impossible to live by the 10 commandments today? How is it difficult in “todays day in age” to not steal, not lie, not envy others, to not commit adultery, to keep the Sabbath day for the Lord, Honour your parents, Not take the Lords name in vain. Which one is really too difficult to keep?? NOt easy I get...TOO difficult nah! It isn’t meant to be easy as we are obviously tempted all the time to disobey God and to commit these sins but that is the struggle you will endure.  HE has promised a wonderful reward in exchange for your loyalty and obedience to his word if you trust HIM. That being said, you cannot actively continue to sin and expect to have salvation.  The true meaning behind asking for forgiveness in exchange for salvation and eternal life does not allow us to continue in our sin.  The Lord is looking for people who believe that HE can change you. Jesus said "Sin no more" John 8:10. Don’t beat yourself up over falling in sin but don’t be complacent in it either. Keep trying and have faith that the Lord can change everyone including you.  There is a process to learning a new way of living it’s not going to be automatic but its very very possible!!!