Comments on: 35 Reasons Not to Sin

By: Britt

Britt — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:46:42 +0000

Wow. Thanks for posting this. God Bless
-Brittany

By: will

will — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:24:06 +0000

when i read this i wuz stunned. I had somuch sin it was not funny. But ive been readin the book of James and i have now learned that i have the ability to do better i just had not been using it. Now i hope that i am on the wide an narrow path. Thank you guys for everything you do. May god bless you and your work forever

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:24:41 +0000

I was very saddened when I saw this list.Though some are true,the list as a whole attacks and forgets our position in Christ.Miles J. Stanford writes,”In his classic, ROMANS, VERSE BY VERSE, Wm. R. Newell presents some penetrating thoughts regarding this grace:

“There being no cause in the creature why grace should be shown, the creature must be brought off from trying to give cause to God for His care.” “He has been accepted in Christ, who is his standing!” “He is not on probation.” “As to his life past, it does not exist before God: he died at the cross, and Christ is his Life” “Grace, once bestowed, is not withdraws: for God knew all the human exigencies beforehand: His action was independent of them, not dependent upon them.”

“To believe, and to consent to be loved while unworthy, is the great secret.”

“To refuse to make ‘resolutions’ and ‘vows’; for that is to trust in the flesh.”

“To expect to be blessed, though realizing more and more lack of worth.”

“To rely on God’s chastening (child training) hand as a mark of His kindness.”

“To ‘hope to be better’ (hence acceptable) is to fail to see yourself in Christ only.”

“To be disappointed with yourself is to have believed in yourself.”

“To be discouraged is unbelief — as to God’s purpose and plan of blessing for you.”

To be proud, is to be blind! For we have no standing before God, in ourselves.”

“The lack of Divine blessing, therefore, comes from unbelief, and not from failure of devotion.”

“To preach devotion first, and blessing second, is to reverse God’s order, and preach law, not grace. The Law made man’s blessing depend on devotion; Grace confers undeserved, unconditional blessing: our devotion may follow, but does not always do so — in proper measure.” We must come to a point when we realize our position in Christ and the work He did for us on the cross.He elevated our status from sinner to saint,and from slave to son.When we sin and feel as if we have failed toward God,our position in Him is the same.We are still His son because since we identify ourselves in Christ,Christ is our new identity and the sinner is our old one.Yes we still and will sin while we are here on earth,but instead of focusing sin itself feel sorry for what we did,we must focus on the grace God has given us and then obedience will follow suit.

By: Bob Prince

Bob Prince — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:06:21 +0000

I came across this list of “35 reasons not to sin” (attributed to Steve’s Blog) while searching the achives for references regarding the necessity of being obedient to Christ. To me the most sobering item on the list was near the bottom, “because my sin may be an indication of a lost condition.”
I wholeheartedly support Alex & Brett’s statement on page 229 of their book that, “The mark of genuine transformation is to trust God enough to actually obey Him, to do what you know pleases Him, even when you know it won’t please other people, to do hard things.”
Personally I have a strong conviction that one of the Devil’s strongest weapons against true repentance and true belief in Jesus Christ as being the Son of God is Satan’s encouraging the person who wants to avoid going to hell to settle for a superficial belief in Christ. He then encourages the superficial believer that he has now come under the protection of God and that there is nothing that he can do that will separate him from being in Christ’s kingdom. The vast majority of such “converts” are then lulled into this false sense of eternal security when they have never truly repented of their past sins and never tasted the beautiful fruits of the Holy Spirit.
St. Peter told the high priest in Acts 5:32 that, “We are witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them THAT OBEY HIM.” Our Saviour Himself gave us the high expectation that, “Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother” (Mark 3:35.) So if we are to be recognized as true members of His family we must be committed to doing the will of our Father in Heaven.
In His Omnipotence and Omnisience, I believe that our Heavenly Father is able to answer the prayers of anyone on the face of the earth who hungers and thirsts after righteousness, “for they shall be filled,” as our Saviour promised in Matt. 5:6. If we truly hunger and thirst after righteousness, our merciful Father in Heaven has promised that he will surely give the Holy Spirit which then makes it possible for us to obey Him. Since it is His Spirit working in us to accomplish this work, we have nothing of which we can boast. See: “By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: nof of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordeained that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2: 8-10.) But always remember Paul’s warning in Rom. 8:9, “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ He is none of his.”

By: He Leadeth Me

He Leadeth Me — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:55:03 +0000

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By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:34 +0000

Dan, Your are absolutely right.
Also this list is incredible I’m going to put it in my email signature so that EVERYONE i talk to can see it.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:44 +0000

I really Loved your book Do Hard Things. When I read the section about stepping out of your comfort zone the next sunday I asked my youth group pastor if I could join in the events, (which is unusual for me because I’m not a people person). He was happy that I asked and I’m going to one of the events on friday November thirteenth.

By: Tiffany Allen

Tiffany Allen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:40 +0000

Thats Cool! I know i am not a teen but, i love this webpage and agree with all of what it has to say

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:19:04 +0000

I’ve been stuck in sin much of my life, but this might just be the turning point. It’s hard to repent, but you must as Steve said. Shame, disgrace, public discrimination, i mean, with all there is to repent, i might not have done it if it weren’t for this “35 reasons no to sin”… I really agree with 1, 6, 15,16. But i mean, it’s much more harsher then i ever imagined it could be, i new about the hell part, but that seemed so long off. Satan is really powerful, but with Gods help, (which I learned he won’t just give, but we have to accept) we can live through the hard-ships of avoiding sin and without the heavy burdens (of sin) pulling us down. And for Heather: i mean, if your thinking about sin and you see this that’s true but for those way down who can’t stop it would take the help of god to stop their sin and repent. Take me for example, i read this, and it helps, but if i don’t accept God’s help, (which is kinda difficult because of how much i blindly “want” to sin) i’ll never get anywhere. this gives me hope for the future, just like sinning weighs me down. All this sin to make me happy is only giving me more and more burdens and hard-ships in between. One of the main reasons for my sin is I have little discipline, though i can’t blame everything on my parents, i feel they’re not helping me back to the state where I could be accepted in heaven. If i end up in heaven i thank you Alex and Brett. and by the way, i found this website by my mom borrowing the book from a friend of hers.

By: kayleigh denny

kayleigh denny — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:56:13 +0000

God told us not to sin