Mike
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A proposition in a Bible study group I'm in said that we sin, because we do not fully believe in our heart, the omnipresence of God. I'll explain.
The premise of this session was to talk about how most people have bought in to the lies of Satan. Through the new-age movement and post-modernism, we've been inundated by messages that God is not and there really is nothing besides the cosmos (as Karl Sagan said). Everyday, this is pounded into us, and as years go by, the message grafts itself into our psyche.
They proposed that even Christians don't harbor 100% belief in God's Omnipresence. They might say they do (I say I do), but a part of them, even subconsciously has some disbelief due to the influence of "the world".
An example given was a guy at his computer looking at things he aught not look at. If his mother stood behind him and could see everything he was clicking on, he wouldn't do it, because plain as day, she's standing right there. He doesn't have to believe it. He knows it! He says the greatest time he falls to this temptation is when his wife and kids leave him alone. But, in Truth, he's NOT alone. So if we would purposely do something like this (or a different sin) while we're all alone, shouldn't God's omnipresence be just as convicting in every sinful act as our mothers? The speaker suggested this is evidence that there's a disconnect between our head and our heart in having complete faith that he is there, and this has been brought on globally by philosophers and post-modernism chipping away at people, even biblical Christians. Our heads can say they believe it, but does the heart truly believe it.
I thought that was interesting, but then I thought, what about Paul who struggled with sin. He talked about doing the things he knows he shouldn't do, and not doing the things he should? The reason we sin, the speaker suggested, sounded viable, but people have sinned and lusted throughout time; before all the philosophy and post-mod Christianity emerged.
How does this resonate with you? Besides the easy answer like, "We're sinful by nature", what is the underlying reason we sin in the presence of the omnipresent Lord?
The premise of this session was to talk about how most people have bought in to the lies of Satan. Through the new-age movement and post-modernism, we've been inundated by messages that God is not and there really is nothing besides the cosmos (as Karl Sagan said). Everyday, this is pounded into us, and as years go by, the message grafts itself into our psyche.
They proposed that even Christians don't harbor 100% belief in God's Omnipresence. They might say they do (I say I do), but a part of them, even subconsciously has some disbelief due to the influence of "the world".
An example given was a guy at his computer looking at things he aught not look at. If his mother stood behind him and could see everything he was clicking on, he wouldn't do it, because plain as day, she's standing right there. He doesn't have to believe it. He knows it! He says the greatest time he falls to this temptation is when his wife and kids leave him alone. But, in Truth, he's NOT alone. So if we would purposely do something like this (or a different sin) while we're all alone, shouldn't God's omnipresence be just as convicting in every sinful act as our mothers? The speaker suggested this is evidence that there's a disconnect between our head and our heart in having complete faith that he is there, and this has been brought on globally by philosophers and post-modernism chipping away at people, even biblical Christians. Our heads can say they believe it, but does the heart truly believe it.
I thought that was interesting, but then I thought, what about Paul who struggled with sin. He talked about doing the things he knows he shouldn't do, and not doing the things he should? The reason we sin, the speaker suggested, sounded viable, but people have sinned and lusted throughout time; before all the philosophy and post-mod Christianity emerged.
How does this resonate with you? Besides the easy answer like, "We're sinful by nature", what is the underlying reason we sin in the presence of the omnipresent Lord?