heydave

If we fail to do good, when it is well within our power to do so, is it just as "bad" of a sin as a direct act ?

If we see some good thing that we can do to help another person, and we just decide to do nothing, and as a result that person suffers a great deal of harm, is it not a sin ?

Here is my "bad" example. You are fishing on a river bank and a huge waterfall is just down stream. A baby in a basket floats by crying. You can hear and see the baby crying. The water is only wading deep. You could easily wade out to rescue the baby but you ignore it and it floats over the waterfall and dies.

Since you could have saved the baby, but did not, are you not JUST AS GUILTY as if YOU threw the baby into the water yourself ?

How does this apply to your life ? Who could you have helped but did not ? Are we not all guilty of not doing good when it was within our power to do so ?

Sins of omission, sins of commission.

In some cases is there really THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE ?

JESUS bless you,

dave

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Thank you JESUS !

Boanerges

Say ouch or say amen!

God's_Child

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
(Jas.4:17)

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"For God ... giveth grace to the humble".
(1Pe.5:5)
"Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen".
(Eph.6:24)

Dusty

I say Amen.....

Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

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Trials prove a Christian

Love confirms a Christian

But death crowns a Christian

Paulo

You know the empty felling you get when you see something awful and do nothing, that should be a clue. Sometimes by doing nothing we do everything. So next time when you see a brother or a sister in a need of help remember this words. God bless

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7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.

smellycat

you have got to watch out ,and not be used as suckers,i watched a documentary on a country in africa ,people were starving and they needed help.up the road was a market full of food ,but they wouldn,t help there own neighbours.it,s a concern a emotional blackmail if you like.

Unconventional

It's not so much that you are as guilty as the person who threw the baby in the water. We tend to look at sin in terms of severity, and while that may be true in terms of the punishment, it isn't a standard God necessarily considers.

Stealing a candy bar from a store is a sin.

Shooting someone with no cause is a sin.

A = B = C.

God tell us that the wages of sin is death. He doesn't say, "For murder, theft, rape, and blasphemy, the wages of sin is death, but for lust, it's ten lashes and solitary confinement for a year." No. You sin, you are hell bound without the grace of God.

A sin of commission is equal to a sin of omission in terms of whether or not that sin is worthy of Hell. The punishment on this earth may be different, but the punishment in the afterlife is the same.

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The foundations that we used to uphold
Now regarded as the madness of old
Every alteration made to the standard of truth
Is a nail in the coffin we hold
We embody everything they despise
Because they see us through degenerate eyes
So when they cast you down as intolerant filth
Stand firm, never bow to the lies
Demon Hunter - "Relentless Intolerance"

heydave

Thanks for the specific Bible passage !!!

More >>> 2 Peter 2:21



21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

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Added translations >>>>
James 4:17 New International Version

17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

James 4:17 New American Standard Bible

17Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:17 New King James Version

17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.


dave

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Thank you JESUS !

smellycat

doesn,t evil know these verses,to exploit us.

Boanerges

Although the devil has had thousands of years to learn mans weakness and how to trip him up God is greater than all .If evil was as smart as it thinks it would not have rebelled against the Most High God