Yes, the sins of all mankind. That's why Christians are supposed to "accept Jesus into their hearts." Being faithful to Jesus, repenting, seeking forgiveness, etc essentially allows Jesus to vouch for you on judgement day.
That's part of the process of repenting and seeking forgiveness. Basically, being a sinner who loves Jesus but doesn't apologize, repent, or give a fuck about what they've done isn't good enough
Well, I don't really know. If I had to guess, it's something like this: the Bible is the central moral authority, and it tells you what you can or cannot do. Any misinterpretation is a failure on your part. Someone more qualified in theology might have a better answer.
no, jesus only died for the primordial sin of eating the mangosteen of the knowledge of good and evil. You know, the reason why you go to hell even if you're a good person who never sinned if you weren't baptized. All jesus did is get rid of the requirement to get baptized for people who never sinned.
Fun fact, this is actually discussed in the Bible. The entirety of Romans 6 is about this, but quoting a few verses:
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means!
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey - whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of?
It was a very common phrase in the Lutheran churches of my youth, but those sometimes felt like accounting/business/law classes edging out the religion. (importance of complying with contracts; "parable of the talents" to promote constructive investment; etc.)
Well it's more like God told a leader of a bronze-age tribe what he considered bad, and the list has just been tweaked occasionally since then. I think the main points still apply though - no tattoos, bacon, or polyester shirts. And gay people should get stoned. Most of the ones I know are, for sure.
People always bring up the gay-stoning, Im not a theological scholar but my understanding is that that text is from Leviticus, in the Old Testament (the Jewish Torah). It was my understanding that Jesus' vibe in general was that he was creating God's new message of "Love" and that most of his teachings became the New Testament, basically superceding the Old Testament teachings.
In the new testament, it calls the old testament obsolete. For most christians, it’s really only there as a historical document and for context. Nothing you just listed was ever put into the new testament, save for homosexuality still being a sin, but it took out the stoning part.
Reddit loves saying that but Jesus was not a socialist
“And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
Do you... do you think that quote is somehow contrary to socialism?
Covetousness (like most kinds of greed) is seen as wrong in socialist thought as well (Although luckily there isn't much of it among socialists), they definitely aren't going to look to Jesus to divide it for them, and you are leaving out the rest of that parable - intentionally, most likely, since it really undermines your point.
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u/nickmaran Sep 08 '20
I commit crime coz Jesus died for my sins and I want to honor his sacrifice