29 January 2010

Is it a sin to think bad things?

Full Question:

Sometimes I think bad stuff that is sins. I don’t even know why I’m thinking stuff like that. Is it a sin? Like I think of killing people but I’d never do it. Is it a sin and I don’t even know why those thoughts come to my head I’m not that kind of person. Will I go to hell?

Answer:

This question has two answers according to two different ways of thinking. But is a good question and is good to be aware of its answer, so that we can sanctify ourselves more from holiness to holiness.

First I would like to say that more than sin it is not so good to have such thoughts in our mind. Usually thoughts came by imagining things. Human beings usually imagine many things and much kind of things. As focusing on our topic, there is an imagination like a dream and it are also of different types. The main thing about thoughts in dreaming is people usually dream their impossible things due to the lack of finance, courage, abilities and so on.

In the case of thoughts or dreaming about killing people, it is due to the lack or courage, opportunities etc. Why I am telling this is each and everyone have to understand a fact that if we lack nothing to fulfill our dream and thoughts, we will fulfill it. That can be to kill, to stole, to buy, to sell and so on.

We know it is not good to kill or harm a person. It is also not good to think of being satisfied by killing a person. So we should try to get out of such thoughts.
In a second way of thinking Bible says clearly that God is evaluating our hearts than our acts. Heart means the thoughts, dreams and will which we have. If we think bad thoughts with our heart, God is aware of it. Then in certain cases related with adultery and all, thinking or committing adultery with our thoughts is also considered as a serious thing as real adultery.

It is not possible for a human to leave his thoughts completely. The only way to get out of such bad thoughts for an extent is by keeping a good relation with God. Reading good books like Bible, seeing good films, peaceful music and so on will help us to get out of such thoughts for a great extent. It is also better to stay away from bad books, bad movies, violent and bad music and so on.

May God help us to keep yourself holy even in your thoughts and to be grow more up to the head of Jesus with this answer. God bless you.

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