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i know that eventually i will use artificial birth control and have sex with my wife. i know this is a sin, and i will do it willfully. one day after i have children i probably will stop having sex altogether. would after that time be my repentance and all will be forgiven?
 
In a very real sense, repentance requires regret. If, once you stop having sex, you actually regret using contraception, then of course all will be forgiven. If not, then (in a real sense) you aren’t repenting at all. What’s more, committing a sin with the intention of confessing it later adds another sin: the sin of presuming on God’s mercy. Saying “I’ll insult God and then just confess it later” is itself a gravely evil act that requires Sacramental confession. And you must sincerely regret this second sin, too, for your repentance to be genuine.

That said, I don’t think you realize your position here. You say that you know using contraception is a sin. Am I correct in concluding that you know the Church teaches that using contraception is always grave matter, and you agree with that position? You aren’t dissenting from the Church’s position, you are saying that you will knowingly and intentionally commit a gravely evil act?

The entire Christian life cries out against that position. You’re knowingly and intentionally consigning your immortal soul to hell if you should happen to die in the next 40 years. You’re knowingly and intentionally committing an act so contrary to the nature of the all-loving God that his sanctifying grace will be unable to reach you at all. You’re knowingly and intentionally saying to the God who created you, was tortured for you, and died for you, “I don’t give a damn about the moral law that exists for my greater happiness and sanctity. I don’t give a damn about being with you for all eternity. I don’t give a damn about your design of human sexuality to image your own life-giving love. I care about my sexual freedom more.”

Do you see how utterly contrary to everything Christian the position you’ve staked out is? You say that you know and believe that contraception is immoral. Don’t do this, my brother in Christ, I beg you.
 
ugh
i will try

if knowing does this to me

ignorance is bliss

i know how wrong this is
 
i know that eventually i will use artificial birth control and have sex with my wife. i know this is a sin, and i will do it willfully. one day after i have children i probably will stop having sex altogether. would after that time be my repentance and all will be forgiven?
Would you bring Jesus into a boxing ring and beat on Him for a few years with the anticipation of saying your sorry later on? Think about what you are saying. Look up and read Luke 12:48. You know that this is a grave offense. Seek natural family planning and enjoy living in the life if Christ now and not some unforseen, unguaranteed time in the future. You need not have to stop having sex after you have children. Just use the gift of your sexuality in light of God’s will and enjoy it for a lifetime. We all do some crazy things in our lives myself included. But that’s because I was not in the right place with God. I was ignorant of how grave some of the offenses were to an all loving God. Ignorance may seem bliss but knowing God to the fullest is the ultimate bliss. Don’t try to fool God. He already knows you from all eternity. Show Him that you want to put Him first and you cannot imagine the blessings that you will receive.

Put down the boxing gloves and hold the hand of Christ. You and your wife will have a much more enjoyable journey…God Bless…you are in my prayers…teachccd 🙂
 
Maybe you won’t. Maybe you are in the beginning stages of changing your mind.
 
i know that eventually i will use artificial birth control and have sex with my wife. i know this is a sin, and i will do it willfully. one day after i have children i probably will stop having sex altogether. would after that time be my repentance and all will be forgiven?
Do you also know that you will be alive to make it to confession at that appointed time of your choice to finally confess? 😃
 
How about you skip sinning altogether and take NFP instructions. There is a moral way to avoid pregnancy.
 
i know that eventually i will use artificial birth control and have sex with my wife. i know this is a sin, and i will do it willfully. one day after i have children i probably will stop having sex altogether. would after that time be my repentance and all will be forgiven?
Be careful that you do not commit the sin of presumption.

CCC 2092 There are two kinds of presumption. Either man presumes upon his own capacities, (hoping to be able to save himself without help from on high), or he presumes upon God’s almighty power or his mercy (hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit).
 
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