sridatta
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Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
The sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works. You will have the separate results for the good and bad deeds. Pandavas did lot of good works but did very few bad works. The lot of good did not cancel their little bad sin. The Pandavas went to hell for a short time to suffer for the little sins and then went to heaven to enjoy the good results for a long time. This means that the good works, which will have separate good results, cannot cancel the sin. Hanuman advises Ravana not to do injustice and says that good deeds like penance cannot cancel the sins, since both have to be enjoyed separately (Praptam Dharma Phalam…Adharmasyapiha Phalam….Ramayana). But the devotion to God can cancel the sin because God will suffer for the sins of His devotees (Ahamtva ...Gita). Gita says “Apchet….Bhajatemam”, which means that even the greatest sinner is protected if he serves the God.
Some preachers take this verse and apply to the case of a theoretical devotee who sings songs etc. The verb Bhaja means service and not songs (Bhaja Sevayam…). This verb has also another meaning of attainment (Bhaja Prapane). You cannot say that the devotee will be saved if he attains God. Ravana reached Kailasa and stood near God and this is attainment of God, which could not save him.
At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami
Anil Antony
www.universal-spirituality.org
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6/10/2007, 6:55 am
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AndyS333
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Re: Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
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Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
Amen Datta.
But I didn't get the rest of the stuff you wrote. Could you explain it another way? I'm a little dense sometimes.
The bottom line is this: Our sins are ONLY cancelled by the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross (about 2000 years ago in time). Because of His Eternal Love for us we are offered His Divine Mercy.
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6/30/2007, 1:19 pm
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cajunrick
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Re: Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
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sridatta wrote:
Sins are not cancelled by doing mere good social works
Absolutely! Our sins are never canceled. They are forgiven through the grace of our Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ. Our good works are the result of our salvation, and not the cause.
In Matthew 25:31-46, our Savior instructs us that our salvation will be judged by how we care for the least of God's people. In other words, if the freely given gift of salvation has taken root in us, we will care for the poor, the sick, the underprivileged. If we don't, then we have not taken our salvation seriously and we will be judged accordingly. So salvation is truly a freely given gift, but our judgment will be based on our response.
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