Monthly Archives: March 2011

Sinning in the will of God

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Acts 1:20 [speaking of Judas and how he betrayed the Lord]
“For it is written in the book of Psalms,  ‘Let his homestead be made desolate, and let no one dwell in it’; and, ‘let another man take his office.’

QUESTION:
“If Adam’s sin was all part of God’s plan then his disobedience was actually fulfilling God’s will and therefore, not really sin.”  Can it be sinful to do the will of God?  In the same way here, it was prophesied that Judas would deny the Lord.  This was part of God’s plan of salvation for mankind and yet Judas is condemned for carrying out God’s plan.  Doesn’t that seem unjust?  The answer isn’t really that difficult to understand. Continue reading →

I didn’t do it!

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Romans 7:20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
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For the longest time I thought Paul was saying. “I am not responsible for my sin”.   I didn’t do it.  The old “Devil made me do it” excuse.  I’m not accountable for the bad things I do.  I am just a victim.  I am actually a good person but this old sin within me just won’t leave me alone.

This verse troubled me.  It just didn’t sound right, didn’t seem to align with other Scripture, but that seemed to be what the passage was saying. Continue reading →