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Question for the Christians
I have a question:
You know how if you are living in sin you need to go before God and ask for forgiveness? What if you do something wrong, for example, I kick friend's dog. If no one witnesses or knows and I go before God and repent, say I am truly sorry and receive forgiveness. What if a year later my sister asks me, "have you ever kicked your friend's dog?" Am I obligated to tell the world my truths? I know this is a silly example but what about sins that are more serious... you know? Say I was married and I had an affair? Or if someone had an abortion. I know those are more extremes but are we obligated to be honest about sins of the past? If we are no longer in sin what is are obligation? Shouldn't it be between God and each of us? OR are we obligated to be open with the world of our sins.
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i dont no if this is what you are asking,
but just because god frogave you does not mean you dont have to live through to consiquenses.
if everyone lived how they wanted to, and then later asked for frogiveness.. what kind of world would this be!? consiqenses make us stronger... because we should learn from our mistakes
but if you are wondering wether or not to tell someone, just remember to only say things that are going to be helpful. sometimes people perfer not to no the bad. but if you did something behind someones back, you cant have a relationship built on lies. i guess it kind of depends on the situation... so since i dont no yours... then i hope i answered your question.
oh yeah... god likes us to be an open book.
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in my belief, i would say that yes, if someone straight-up asks you if you have done a certain sin in the past, whether or not you are saved by forgivness, then yes, if you are truly saved, you should be able to admitt it, and account for it, by simply saying, "yes, that was a part of my life, but i admitted and asked for forgivness, i am forgiven, have learned from it, and no not plan on reliving that sinful part of me again."
simple as that! however, if you DO feel extremely uncomfortable, depending on who may ask you, then sure, God will understand if you do not want to re-open that wound with another human being, and prefere to do it only, if ever, with God himself.
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I'll throw out a few things and hopefully they will help.
Wisdom and discernment needs to be the leader when sharing. We as Christians are not obligated to be open with the world in the sense of giving them something to gossip about, but the Lord does want us to testify to the things He has done for us. So in the example of the sister asking, I would want to know why she wants to know and proceed from there.
Yes, there are situations when we need not go any further than repenting to God, but more often than not, there is another person involved and the Lord will require us to make things right.
My husband just "happen" to read this story to me while I was typing this to you. To coincidental not to be lesson.
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you don't have an obligation to tell the world your sin but you have an obligation to God not to lie. if you are living a Christian life then you must know that everyone is a sinner. all Christians understand this, but we also know Jesus has freed us and we are given righteousness. if you cannot avoid the questions simply tell them something along the lines of (make sure its the truth) it is a complicated matter which even you do not understand and God knows all about it, and you're not ready to talk about it.
i have a lot of stuff from my past that i'm ashamed of and it took months before i would admit it openly to God, more months before i felt forgiven and longer until i forgave myself. it was before i felt forgiven that i told a few people but to this day only my closest friends know, and i think if others knew that aren't christians they would judge me and brand me a hypocrite because they do not understand what being a disciple of Jesus means. i think though, that one day there may be people who you want to tell these things to, whatever they may be.
so no, there is no obligation to the world but think through all your promises to God, spoken and unspoken, and pray about it, our answers come from him, and he's never failed me yet, or anyone else i know of.
hope this helps,
laura xxx
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if its something minor like kicking a friends dog and youve asked forgiveness then its fine to tell. now, if its something more extreme and you dont want to share just tell them youve asked for forgiveness and its between you and God and no one else. you dont have to do or say anything you dont want to.
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