tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296199860707757019.post7224975088090289642..comments2023-06-27T15:55:02.162-04:00Comments on Zoarean's Purse: Are Sinful Thoughts Sinful?Zoareanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168939985782643012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296199860707757019.post-22069049697691731632010-12-21T02:20:39.797-05:002010-12-21T02:20:39.797-05:00I know there are a range of opinions on this issue...I know there are a range of opinions on this issue. Some say that it's not sin until we make the choice to allow the thought to fester & grow & give it a place within our mind. Others say no, it's not sin until we act upon it. I rather believe that both of these are greater sins that simply multiply the measure of the original seed of sin that is common to all. <br /><br />Some may also consider this a hard line to take, but I simply cannot imagine, in my purely Biblical image of the Person of Christ, Him wrestling with inner sin. And His is the standard we would have to meet in order to have justification apart from His blood. There is no Biblical data (& this is the only true data source we have) to support the notion of Jesus fighting <i>this</i> kind of inner turmoil. Yes, there was clearly an anthropomorphic type of strife going on within Him in the desert, at Gethsemane, & on the cross; but I think this was purely the result of the intense physical & emotional distresses that He had to endure to utterly fill up the cup of a completely substitutionary atonement, for all mankind, of all ages. <br /><br />I would defer to a prior piece (of June 2010) that explores in depth the nature of Christ’s anthropomorphism.Zoareanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168939985782643012noreply@blogger.com