16 years ago
Granny Annie
Nope. Being baptised a Christian merely removes the stain of Original Sin and grants forgiveness of all sins committed by you up to the baptism.
BUT, as a Christian, whenever you sin and are repentant, forgiveness is yours for the asking. It's up to you to confess, to repent, to make restitution insofar as is possible. But that done, you're once again in a state of grace, ie, able to be close to God, to feel His love and to do His will with His help.
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16 years ago
Anonymous
I wished I didn't So do all real Christians even the Apostle Paul:
Jim
Romans 7: 19-21
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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16 years ago
padwinlearner
Nope. Christians are not perfect, just forgiven. I make mistakes all the time. Does it give me joy? No! I should live a life that is pleasing to Jesus, but I don't. The Apostle Paul said:
Galatians 2:17-21
17"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker. 19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
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16 years ago
Anonymous
The KKK are christians.
Dennis Rader (the BTK serial killer) is a christian.
Ted Haggard is a christian.
George Bush is a christian.
Pedophile catholic priests are christians.
The Nazis and Adolf Hitler were christians.
By your definition, they're moral people. Don't lie and claim that they're not christians.
The reality is, religion has nothing to do with morality. Religions and the religious perpetuate the lie to claim superiority and to claim it repeatedly in that hope that, as Hermann Goerhing said, "If you tell a lie often enough, people will begin to believe it."
Faith is how you treat your "god". Morality is how you treat people. The two have nothing to do with each other.
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16 years ago
ARTmom
Obviously someone forgot to mention that to the televangelists....You TRY to stop sinning- or stop doing things that inhibit or hurt others and your spiritual growth. My Mom used to say" if you put a bump in the wheel (of life) it will hit you in the head later on"-so so true!
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16 years ago
teeney1116
No. Christians aren't sinless, only Christ was. We are supposed to sin less, it's all part of having the Holy Spirit to guide you.
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16 years ago
Anonymous
They are supposed to strive to remove sin from their lives, not always successful and it's a life long process.
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16 years ago
Anonymous
Christians sin just as much as non. We strive to sin less but its human nature to do so.
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16 years ago
Breann
Unfortunately No, we are not completely washed away from sinning, although we can try not to give in to temptations and etc
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