David gets caught in sexual sin, and this was really humbling and humiliating. Mr. Scott said in class that if a student is struggling with sexual sin, it is so important to let a parent (and/or trusted Christian adult) know. Why is this? Do you agree? Disagree? Are there any sins we can handle by ourselves? Are there any sins that are easy to confess? Explain.
8 - CONFESSION
A. What sins harm our WCA community? How does sin destroy and bring harm?
B. What sins do you think we’re most unwilling to admit or even unable to recognize? What would true confession of these sins look like, and what would be the result of genuine confession/repentance in these areas?
C. God used Nathan the prophet to expose David's sin. Do we need to love our neighbors by exposing their sin. Why? Why not? When? When not? For example, if you see the sin of disrespect or gossip or hate or deceit or anger or stealing - do we have a need/obligation/right to talk with our brothers and sisters (or to a different authority) about their sin? If so, how should we actually go about it? Feel free to use other examples - and really, it'd be GREAT to use actual Scripture to back up your ideas.
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ReplyDeleteI think that if you are struggling with sexual sin you should tell and confess to your parent or someone you know you can trust and help you. I do think that some sin you can handle on your own but in this case I think that there should be someone to help you. It is important to have someone help you through it so they make sure you don't go back, or be tempted to do it. Sexual sin will probably really hard to confess because you might feel like it’s embarrassing but its also something that needs to be taken seriously.
You should tell an adult if you are having problems with sexual sin because they have most likely already experienced what you are going through and can give good advice. God put adults on the earth so that they can guide children away from danger. It would be like if you walked across the street with a blindfold over your eyes you wouldn't know what was coming but your parent is there to make sure you get across safely.
ReplyDeleteI think that there are sins that you can handle by yourself. For example smoking is a sin because you are damaging God's creation and you can handle that by yourself by quitting. But with most other sins you need help.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there are any sins that are easy to confess because we want others to have this image of us that we are so great and perfect and we feel if we admit we have done something wrong that shows we aren't as good as we want others to think.
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a)I think sins that harm our wca community is gossip. I feel like that is a big one. Everyday there is probably tons of lies and gossip being spread. Everybody does it even if they don’t mean too. The sad thing is even if we get caught we still do it over and over again.
b) The sin that in my opinion that would be the hardest to admit would be sexual sin because it can be embarrassing. To be helped you need to go to your parents, tell them. ask for forgiveness, pray, and try not to do it again.
c) to expose others sin might not be a good idea. It depends if you caught them and they don't know it then you can go up to them and expose it to them because you love them. Your also doing it for them so that they don’t do it again. Not to make them embarrassed. I don't think they should expose sin to other people besides the one who sinned.
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ReplyDeleteI think that God is a great source in this case, but it would also be good to talk to someone else. I think you should talk to someone who knows the mistake they made and see if they can give you advice. For example lets say I started dating. I could ask God to help me in my relationship and I could ask someone who has dated or is dating some things that made their relationship end. So I think that it’s good to have God and others, but God has the answers that will help us in the long run. So when we sin we can go to others, but God has the ultimate say so.
don’t then you may do it again just to feel better and that isn’t good to do. But if you tell someone then they may punish you and once you get punished you will probably never want to do that sin again. Also those people can help you through this tough time.
ReplyDeleteI think that is you get caught in sexual sin you should definitely tell someone, because if you don’t then you may do it again just to feel better and that isn’t good to do. But if you tell someone then they may punish you and once you get punished you will probably never want to do that sin again. Also those people can help you through this tough time.
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DeleteA big sin I've noticed in Westminster is trend-following. It's not a sin in itself, but it can easily become one. There are 2 main ways it can turn into sin. The first way is if you do follow it. You could end up thinking that you have to be a certain way or wear a certain brand of shoes or headbands or have to have at least one thing monogrammed. When you think this, you're putting "fitting in" before God. The second thing is how you may think if you don't follow certain trends. You may not have Sperris or Uggs or things from Lulu Lemon. If you don't, you may either wish you had these and obsess over it. Or, you may look at everyone who does have these things, and make your self-esteem lower by thinking you're different. Bu what is different, anyway? I mean, come on. Everyone is different in their own way, so why not be yourself? Everyone is focused on being a copy of a celebrity, or the most popular person, or even their best friend. I know I do, a lot. I'll finish this later because class is over.
ReplyDeleteLike I said before, what is different? You may look at someone, and the only word you can think of to describe them is 'different'. Different from what? When people classify someone else as 'different', they're usually thinking one of 2 things: 1- that person is different than themself, or 2- that person is different than what society has sculpted in our minds to be what the perfect teenager is supposed to be. The thing is, neither you, nor the image that society claims to be perfect, sins any less than the person you think is different in the first place. Everyone is a sinner, so saying someone is 'different' for not being like you or anyone else, is pointless. It makes no sense. Truthfully, the only one you should be comparing people to is Jesus. Although, only God has the right to judge, so the only person you should be comparing to Jesus is, well, you.
DeleteEverybody needs to realize this. To turn away from this, maybe you stop trying to fit in with society, or maybe you stop judging others so much. Maybe, you even go and be friends with someone who doesn't have friends, because to everyone else, they're 'different'. All of these would be signs that you truly repent and want to stop your sin of judging.
Telling people to stop judging other can be hard, because they'll most likely deny it. Either they're embarrassed that you noticed and don't want to admit what they did, or they are too stubborn to believe that what they did was judgmental. Either way, if you're going to help people overcome their sin, you need to do it kindly. Nobody likes someone who throws Scripture in your face. Also, no one likes to hear "How would you feel if they said that about you?" Although the golden rule is very important, you probably shouldn't start off by stating it. Helping people overcome their sin is very important, though. Nathan showed David his sin by telling him a story. Then, without realizing it, he practically said that he himself deserved to die. Because of this, I think that the best way to expose someone's sin to them is to help them realize what they did without telling them directly, such as telling them a story, such as somebody else doing the same sin as the other person, and seeing what the other person has to say about it. The most important thing to remember, though, is that God will help you to follow his will.
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ReplyDeleteI honestly think that if you are struggling with a sin you need to tell someone. Sin come in many different forms. Many sins can cause addiction. Once you commit a sin you may feel guilty and confess to God, but other times you just blow it off because you get that little voice in your head that says “its ok its just a little bad, it won’t harm anyone.” Once you have that little voice you start to do that sin again and again and each time you do it the voice gets louder and that sin starts to become natural. That can lead to an addiction. When you have an addiction its really hard to quit whatever you're doing because you don't want to, it's an addiction. Thats when you need to tell someone. They can be a life saver if you do. Lets say one of your really good friends is addicted to smoking, But you don't know this. They end up dying of many different things because of them not being willing to get help with their addiction. If no one know about this they can't get help. These things are not funny and they happen all of the time. If they had told someone they could have possibly not died. Not all sins are not as big as this but they can be so I think that you should get help with all of your sins. It can save your life. I think david should have confessed right away instead of trying to hide his sin because one or maybe even 2 lives could have been saved. I also think that some sins are easier to confess because they are not as “big” like its easier to confess that you stole one little candy bar than to confess to a sin like david had committed. But it is never easy to confess about any sin because sometimes its really embarrassing.
7.) I agree 100% that if a student at Westminster is struggling with sexual sin that they should confess it to a parent and/or a trusted Christian adult. Sometimes the only thing you need is someone to talk to/confess your sin to. If you just keep you sin to yourself, you’ll eventually lose your conscious about it and not feel any guilt, which is one of the worst things that can happen. I don’t think that there are any sins that we can handle by ourselves, because we need Jesus to save us from any sin, big or small, but I do think there are some sins that are easy to confess. Little sins like stealing a candy bar would be one example of a sin that’s relatively easy to confess.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone is caught up in sexual sin, no matter what the case, they should tell a trusted someone immediately. This can lead to abuse of their body, lust, or worse. The sins that can happen later on will be devastating to their relationships, their wallet, or their reputation. These sins can affect anything. Sin and problems that we have shouldn’t be fought alone. People need support and motivation to confess, and I don’t think we get those motives by ourself. No sin can easily be confessed anyway. It’s human nature to hide what we’ve done wrong, look at what Adam and Eve did when they first sinned. In Genesis 8, it says, “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” Right after the first sin, the sinners tried to cover it up, and so do we. People don’t like to admit they’ve done wrong, so we hide and never confess, sometimes we even sin more covering it up too.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that if a student struggles with sexual sin, they should let a parent or Christian adult know because it will help restore their relationship with Christ and save them problems in their marriage. Whether someone may or may not believe this statement, but if we are obsessed with sexual activities at a very young age, our marriage is proned to be ruined. If we are constantly looking at sexual images, we tend to idolize our spouse as our satisfaction partner, which can lead to us losing interest in them if we don’t get what we want. That situation can ruin marriages and it is good to avoid sexual images now so that we automatically avoid them when we are older. I believe that there are some sins that we can handle ourselves, but it’s always a good idea to ask for adult help because they have experienced the same process as us and can see a farther distance than we can see at such a young age. There are some sins that may be easy for us to confess, but not all of them are easy because we may be uneasy about how someone’s response to them may be. They also may not be easy for us to confess because we may be disheartened about them whenever referring to the subject. There are many reasons why confessing a sin may not be easy, but those two reasons relate to me the most.
8) A) I think that there are a few sins that affect kids at Westminster right now. However, I think that gossip and taming the tongue is the largest. Everyone in the school, including myself a whole lot, talk about other people behind there backs. I am not really sure how this is enjoyable or pleasing but sometimes we just don’t really realize we do it. It is just a bad habit. This can seriously hurt others because negative comments can really impact you and make you feel insecure.
ReplyDeleteB) One of the sins that we just won’t admit to is lying. When you are simply not telling someone that you are secretly sinning I believe that it is lying. You are covering it up. Then there are lies that you flat-out make up an answer so that you don’t get in trouble. These are hard to admit to because we think it would be easy to just lie again to cover it up. Genuinely confessing these sins would look like telling the appropriate people that you lied to them and not trying to cover it up anymore.
C) I believe that it would be the right thing to do to tell our friends that what they are doing is not correct. They need to know that they are hurting others and that they would not want others to do the same to them if they were being made fun of or something else. I think that the best way to do this would be to tell them kindly but bluntly. Just address them normally but make them realize that this is important.
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ReplyDeleteA. Gossip. Gossip affects everyone in our community. Rumors can break people down faster than you can say “bully.” And when the rumor reaches the victim, they start their own rumors. And they can spread like wildfire.
B. For me, it’s lying. When you’re admitting that you’ve lied to someone, their trust and potentially their friendship with you can just completely leave you. So I lie to cover up my lies, and it just gets worse and worse.
C. I think that it is very good to expose people’s sin. Cheating in school just gets something done. People plagiarize and don’t learn anything whatsoever. Stealing and lying can go far in life if they don’t get caught.
There once was a boy and his mother who lived on a farm. They were poor, and their crops didn’t do well. One day, he stole a yam from another farm. Instead of rebuking his son, the mother said “Good job!” and cooked the yam. This went on for another 15 years, going from a chicken to a car to jewelry. When he was a grown man, he robbed a bank and was caught. He was sentenced to death, and the young man’s mother came to him in prison. And the young man only said one sentence before he shoved his mother out of the cell. He said, “Why didn’t you teach me what was right?”
Question #7
ReplyDeleteIt is important to let a parent know because, they can help prevent you from doing it. If you were the only one who knew you could do it, repent, then do it again and repent. Saying that since you repented it was okay. When really repenting is also about a change of heart, where you realize what you did was wrong, and think differently about it. We should let a fellow christian know because they share the same beliefs as us. They know the process of repentance and will be able to tell if there has been a change of heart. I do agree because by yourself you're weak, and can fall into temptation. With others you are stronger and can fight Satan. I think that for all sins it is great to have help, but with lying it is harder to get help. If you lie it could be hard for someone to know if you were. So, in a sense, you do have to do deal with that one by yourself. I don’t believe that there is any easy sins to confess. They all involve confessing to the person who you sinned against. This can be very embarrassing, and will hurt the trust they had for you.
Question #8
ReplyDeleteA) There are many different sins in our community here at WCA. I think there is a little bit of everything. Some people lie and cheat, looking up bad images on the internet, being jealous of someone or something they have. It could be as simple as not having respect for your teacher. Sin destroys our relationships with each other. When you lie to a friend and they find out you were lieing, it hurts their trust for you. Even if you were just joking. Also when you cheat on a test or a homework assignment, your teacher doesn’t know if she/he can trust you anymore. Which can have an effect on what you do in class and as a class.
B) There are two that I thought could be really hard to confess. Lieing and sexual sin. Sexual sin can be really embarrassing and people might not want to be friends with you. Lying is another one. When you lie and lie over and over again to cover up other lies, it is hard to stop. You are worried that you will get in trouble for whatever it is that you did. When, really, you’ll get in even more trouble when someone finds out you’ve been lieing on top of it.
C) I think that we do need to love our neighbors by exposing their sin. If we help them by overcoming their sin then they will become better person. You could be looking out for them before it gets really bad. So yes we do have a right to talk to another person, in the long run it will help them. However, you do not want to do it in a “tattle tale” way. Don’t rub it in their face that they sinned, try to help them them confess.
Question #8
ReplyDeleteA) The main sins that we probably demonstrate in our WCA community are gossiping or judging. This brings harm by ruining the self-esteem of whoever you may be gossiping about. They could possibly find out through someone else what you were saying and it makes it all the more painful.
B) The hardest sins to confess are the ones we knew were the wrong thing to do before we even did them. Knowing your wrong, you would tell everyone that that sin could have possibly affected and praying to God and confessing to him also is probably the best way to confess. True repentance would most likely be totally stopping that sin that was obviously wrong from the start, never doing it again, and completely turning to God in those situations.
C) I think we should love our neighbors by being upfront on their sins. If they are clearly there with not being hidden to the point where you can notice, I think that you should at the very least mention it to them. Another thing, you could actually think up something to say to them that was thought out that would help them realize how they have sinned better. I'm not quite sure we should just go behind their back telling the authorities about their sins, but when it starts to mess with the law, that's when the line is drawn. The thing is, when you do, you have to be truthful and tell them that they truly had done something wrong and are going to have the consequences for their actions.
Question 8
ReplyDeleteA) There is a lot of gossiping in our class like every class, but sometimes our class can take it another level. A lot of the problem at our school is when people make fun of people. I know my friend is being made fun of because of who she is and that is not something she likes. Sometimes she comes to me and says that some people made fun of her that day and she didn't know what to do about it. I felt bad because I was too afraid to talk to the person who was making fun of her. That is another problem, popularity. Not that being popular is a bad thing it's just when it gets to point when you take it for granted. I think that is why people who are popula might come off as mean because they abuse their "power" in a since. B) I think that I gossip and give into peer pressure way too much. I think that when all my friends do something I always have to do something with them. Something that bothers me is that I think they know that I will do what they ask me to do and they just do just to have someone do something for them. I just think that I need to stand my ground a little more. C) We definitely need someone to keep us calm and centered because we all sin. We need someone who will keep us from not doing so much harmful things. One of my friends are like that and I have stayed out of a lot of trouble because of my friend. To some of my friends who are a lot more crazy than me, I have to calm them down because I'm afraid they will get in some serious trouble.
I think if someone is struggling with sexual sin they should tell a parent so that they can help them through it. It will be very hard and embarrassing but it would be the right thing to do. I do not think that there are sins that we can handle ourselves, we may not need our parents help but we will always need the Lords help. I also don't think that there are sins that are easy to confess because all sins you are doing something you are not suppose to, but there are sins that are easier to confess then others.
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ReplyDeleteAnyone who's struggling with sexual sin should definitely let an adult know because that is a sin that can be seriously damaging to people. This particular type of sin is very tempting and no one can handle it on their own. Some sin is sometimes harder to confess than others because sexual sin may seem embarrassing or personal. Sins that are less embarrassing like gossip or stealing can also be hard to confess, especially if the damage caused was great.