Most people say they believe in Jesus, but many have created a non-biblical Jesus in the vanity of their minds that is far from the Jesus of the Bible.
To Jung Lee - you say "Sin is simply separation from God" - but that is not correct.
On the contrary, the Bible says this:
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." (1 John 3:4)
'The Law' relating to sin and the penalties it prescribes MUST remain satisfied at all times, otherwise it is no longer a law, but a guide.
God's Grace allows 'The Law' to remain satisfied because His grace allows for every Christian to learn about our transgressions (i.e. sins) and HOW to overcome the repeating of them. This is the first process of becoming "Holy as God is Holy" (1 Peter 1:16). Christians cannot become "holy" if they remain "dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1).
If Christians prefer to "...hate to be with God rather we enjoy our worldly passion" - which in your term means "separation from God", this will mean that if they die with unrepented sin on their soul, such Christians will experience the Wrath of God instead of the Mercy of God.
"For THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF [Christian] MEN, who HOLD THE TRUTH [of what the Bible says] IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; FOR GOD HATH SHEWED IT UNTO THEM." (Romans 1:18-19)
Every Christian needs to be very careful in regards to retaining unconfessed and unrepented sin - as none of us know the day we will die and therefore squander the opportunities God has given us to repent:
"And he [Jesus] spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, THOU FOOL, this night thy soul shall be required of thee [i.e. he died]: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he [the Christian] that layeth up treasure for himself, and is NOT RICH TOWARD GOD." (Luke 12:16-21)
Our confession of sin...we think repenting our wrong doing sins we commit or we not following the God's orders. But I think above all we should have remained in God in the first place.
but we are separated because of our sinful nature
We love the world more than God.
Repentance of our sin is to going back to where we were.. rejoining God the father and live in him.
as you said law has to do with sin with the law we know what sin is ..law is to guide us to Christ to become perfect being. Only if we grafted to him we surely be like him by the grace of God.
For this very reason christ was sent .
God ask repentance not to become better person but become the second fruit as Jesus is first.
As he is an example how our faith and love and submission be .
If we are in him we are in God he in God. If we are in God ask whatever. Will be Done
This we all lack.
Most of us are nearer to eternal damnation than salvation.
Not necessarily evil thought and actions if we are in God it is impossible to sin .
Most Christians these days belong to separated from God category.
Because we all hate to be with God rather we enjoy our worldly passion.
Jesus told us was to find and seek the kingdom of God find ourselves in Christ in God which most of us hate to be in.
Unless we correct this situation we are doomed.
Salvation is far from being done.
We don't walk nor we being in God because we hate God which make us the enemy of God instead be friends of God.
Our God today's Christians is what we created only speak what we like to hear we don't have to worry about doing will of God or any of that simply keep saying sorry for our actions aND being.
To Jung Lee - you say "Sin is simply separation from God" - but that is not correct.
On the contrary, the Bible says this:
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." (1 John 3:4)
'The Law' relating to sin and the penalties it prescribes MUST remain satisfied at all times, otherwise it is no longer a law, but a guide.
God's Grace allows 'The Law' to remain satisfied because His grace allows for every Christian to learn about our transgressions (i.e. sins) and HOW to overcome the repeating of them. This is the first process of becoming "Holy as God is Holy" (1 Peter 1:16). Christians cannot become "holy" if they remain "dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1).
If Christians prefer to "...hate to be with God rather we enjoy our worldly passion" - which in your term means "separation from God", this will mean that if they die with unrepented sin on their soul, such Christians will experience the Wrath of God instead of the Mercy of God.
"For THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF [Christian] MEN, who HOLD THE TRUTH [of what the Bible says] IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; FOR GOD HATH SHEWED IT UNTO THEM." (Romans 1:18-19)
Every Christian needs to be very careful in regards to retaining unconfessed and unrepented sin - as none of us know the day we will die and therefore squander the opportunities God has given us to repent:
"And he [Jesus] spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, THOU FOOL, this night thy soul shall be required of thee [i.e. he died]: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he [the Christian] that layeth up treasure for himself, and is NOT RICH TOWARD GOD." (Luke 12:16-21)
Our confession of sin...we think repenting our wrong doing sins we commit or we not following the God's orders. But I think above all we should have remained in God in the first place.
but we are separated because of our sinful nature
We love the world more than God.
Repentance of our sin is to going back to where we were.. rejoining God the father and live in him.
as you said law has to do with sin with the law we know what sin is ..law is to guide us to Christ to become perfect being. Only if we grafted to him we surely be like him by the grace of God.
For this very reason christ was sent .
God ask repentance not to become better person but become the second fruit as Jesus is first.
As he is an example how our faith and love and submission be .
If we are in him we are in God he in God. If we are in God ask whatever. Will be Done
This we all lack.
Most of us are nearer to eternal damnation than salvation.
Sin is simply separation from God
Not necessarily evil thought and actions if we are in God it is impossible to sin .
Most Christians these days belong to separated from God category.
Because we all hate to be with God rather we enjoy our worldly passion.
Jesus told us was to find and seek the kingdom of God find ourselves in Christ in God which most of us hate to be in.
Unless we correct this situation we are doomed.
Salvation is far from being done.
We don't walk nor we being in God because we hate God which make us the enemy of God instead be friends of God.
Our God today's Christians is what we created only speak what we like to hear we don't have to worry about doing will of God or any of that simply keep saying sorry for our actions aND being.
God says I'm sorry too.