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[–] 16982385? [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think there are temptations always around us, it's not up to man to decide the 5 W's of sin...we're born into it. The laws of man aren't always, rarely are ever, aligned with Gods. That's my perspective. I like how the Author of the Article says: We’re tempted every day in a thousand different directions. Therefore, we must constantly reorient ourselves back toward God, seeing him anew and pursuing him afresh. As Martin Luther noted, “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ‘Repent,’ he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.”

I know I am one person, but I do not think you smoking weed or whatever is wrong, unhealthy in my eyes, but not wrong.

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[–] 16983730? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Plus one for bringing in Luther, he had a lot of wisdom on sin and temptation for the Christian.

I still marvel at the paradox that the world and, to be honest, most of the church, mainly if not exclusively focus on sins as outward behaviors, because they're cut and dry, black and white, and easily identifiable in others (downstream legalisms, judgmentalisms). Meanwhile the teachings of the New Testament are clearly focused on sin as a matter of the heart, of overall attitude, and the more complex dynamics of how we relate to one another. When one digs into Jesus' teachings and sees what he's really getting at, the heart is exposed in all its falsehoods and hidden idolatries and hypocrisies... in that condition how could we even have time or energy to wring hands over the sinful behavior of everyone else in this hyper tabloid culture?