Bible Question:
I'm going through alot right now, I'm 15, and I'm basically trying to figure out what's right and wrong..And I guess honestly what I can get away with feeling morally ok. Temptation is getting the best of me and I've done alot of research, and I've come to the conclusion that cussing like saying oh sh.. or saying a cuss word for a joke is ok, bc I found in my research that it just says you shouldn't use words that diminish others and only use words to bring others up basically.. So wouldn't saying "bad words" be ok if you weren't bringing some one down or just doing bad with the words? Another thing is premarital sex. I've read some where it's right and some where it's wrong and it's complicated to me. Can some one please explain it to me how it's wrong or right. Thank you so much for your time and helping me become closer to God |
Bible Answer: corbinator01 hi and welcome to the forum. May I suggest you sit down and discuss these very real concerns with your pastor. Too many want to treat Christianity as a set of laws of things you can and can not do and truthfully that makes Christianity just another religion. Jesus gave us a model a pattern by which to live and as Paul says imitate me as I imitate Jesus. We are called to holiness and the desire to live righteous before the Lord is part of the salvation process. It is more than adhering to a set of rules it must be a life style. We are to avoid things that weaken our spiritual walk and we are to dwell on things that encourage and lift us up. We are to treat others as we want to be treated. Please sit down with your pastor ( and if you don't have one find one). I don't want to give you a list of do's and don'ts. The easiest way to answer your question is to say you can do this and you can't do that. I'm sure you can find people that will give you that list. But sin is more than just breaking the rule it is rebellion against God. We know what is right but we still want to do what is wrong and many people justify themselves or find someone that agrees with them that is okay. I think this is where you are at. You have questions and are seeking answers from people that will say yeah that is okay. Or build a complex legal justification, you can do this because you are not doing that and you aren't hurting this so it must be okay. Sit down talk to your pastor and let him teach you to seek your answers from God Himself. Read the Bible, don't read it to see what you can and can not do but read it to understand that God gave us the Bible to make our lives so much better when we live His way. |