Dear Victorious,
What does is mean for someone to be "faithful to God?"
Dee Ann L. - Kissimmee, FL
Dear Dee Ann,
Faithfulness to God is really an acute sensitivity to ... and sorrow over sin. Any sin. It could be my sin, it could be your sin, it could be our sin, or it could even be the sins of other people. All sin should grieve those who are truly faithful to God. It's really an alignment with God's will and then sin and sorry for any departure from His will.
The Bible puts it this way in Ezekiel 9:4-5. If you go to http://www.biblegateway.com/ you can look it up in various translations. I specifically like the Amplified Bible and The Message translations.
Recognize that any attempt to broaden the definition of faithfulness is pretty futile --- as sin is already a pretty broad definition. It includes anything that is not God's will, including not doing His will when it is known, not following Him, etc. Truly faithful people are just as grieved by and sorry for that as they are for the more blatant sins mankind commits.
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