Proof that God doesn't exist

[Reasonable_Jeff]

So is Jeff saying that if you put your faith in Jesus you can do whatever you like no matter how immoral?

GREAT question!!!!

Yes and no.

Paul actually addresses the exact question in his letter to the church in Rome.

Romans 6:1–2 (NLT) — 1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?


Romans 6:6–14 (NLT) — 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. 9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. 10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. 11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. 12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

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Well if you sin can that be forgiven or not? And are there unforgivable sins?

Jesus paid, completely, for the sins of those that would come to place their faith in him. As a believer in Jesus I know that my past, present, and future sins have been paid for.

If I sin tomorrow....that's okay, it's been paid for.

Being a Christian means that you've stopped trying to earn your way into heaven. It means you realize your need for a Savior because you can't do it on your own! It means that you've placed your eternal destination in the hands of Jesus and rely on Him and His atoning death on the cross to take care of it all.

This frees you up to be nice to people! The gospel is that in Jesus, you have everything that you would ever need.....right now! In/through Christ you've been reconciled to God, and the worst thing that could ever happen to you (death) has been redeemed by Jesus so that all death would mean for you is that you get to see Jesus sooner!

When you have everything you need already, you're free to love people who don't deserve it. You're free to forgive people who hate you, you're free to show kindness to people who only show you disgust. You're free from trying to be enough, from trying to impress others, from trying to be accepted.

In Jesus you are accepted, in Jesus you are loved. Jesus is enough to satisfy your desires, Jesus has forgiven you when you were his enemy, Jesus has shown kindness to you when you were ill-deserving of it.....dwell in what Jesus has done for you and you'll find that these qualities will start showing up in your own life without you even trying.

1 John 4:9–10 (NLT) — 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.