NSFW Anon Archived Unless You Stop Loving Sin: Repentance is a change of perception and direction (QRV)
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NSFW Anon Archived Unless You Stop Loving Sin: Repentance is a change of perception and direction (QRV)
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[–] 16983730? 0 points 2 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?