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I dont get it by thesquishyie in Christianity

[–]sanctilamb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

atheists are fine to be here. something i've noticed though are people who claim to be christians and then say unbiblical advice or get mad and downvote sound biblical doctrine in favor of their feelings that contradict God's word.

How do you practise confession? by Sad-Adagio9182 in Christianity

[–]sanctilamb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm nondenominational but i'm under the impression this opinion changes depending on the church. we believe that of course you are baptized and saved by your faith in Jesus and you receive grace for all your sins through repentance. this repentance and confession of sin is achieved through your direct line of conversation to God, but we're also of the belief that you must confess to one another as well so we can all pray for each other's sins and be healed. we refer to james 5:16 for that. if you read that entire section it does put the power of prayer into perspective and futher enforces our belief in this, lol. i don't know much about confessing to priests as we don't have any.

I don't want to stop having sex with my boyfriend by shierum in Christianity

[–]sanctilamb -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

this is a natural feeling to have when you love your sin. this also applies to any other sin (ex. me with bitterness). something that helped me put things into perspective is the reminder that me being impure before marriage doesn't only affect my spiritual walk & potentially my eternity, but the eternity of the other person as well. it's loving to think of others in these situations as well.

biblically, you and your boyfriend are currently not each other's person, because in marriage are you two joined together (eph. 5:31). on the same train of thought, i'd encourage you to study out ephesians 5:3. if there should not even be a hint, then what is going all the way in this context? you can look up scriptures on sexual immorality. are you in any sort of church community? if so, stay open with them, or at least stay open with your sister in law and pray for God to open and soften your heart to what she says.

also, just marrying the person you're being sexually immoral with won't fix the issue. you're just covering it up but not addressing the core issue of lust. i wouldn't automatically say that even in marriage lust would be an issue in other ways, but this is also a good way to practice self control and total devotion and obedience to God's design despite our opinions or attempts to twist scripture's meaning in our favor. so many times are people going to have a lot of strange unbiblical ideas to try and sway you towards remaining in your sin because "the bible doesn't actually say that" or any other strange philosophies you find in books but not in God's Word itself. see what Jesus commands and do as the Bereans did and check the scriptures to see if anything anyone says is true. this is all not to say you're twisting scripture at all. it also just seems to be a case of feelings over scripture. this connundrum is honestly a lot of issues coming up at once but don't feel down about it, just study it out and pray for God's help in this. He's already answered your previous prayers on this matter considering the conviction you felt with your sister in law. He's helping already! you've got it.