# How many sins do we commit in a day on purpose?
# 1. The Bible doesn’t count sins by number
# → There’s no verse that says “5 sins per day” or sets a limit.
# → Sin is both an action and a nature inside us (Romans 7:17–20).
# 2. Sins can be unintentional OR deliberate
# Leviticus 4:2 → speaks of unintentional sins.
# Hebrews 10:26 → speaks of deliberately rejecting Christ.
# 3. Even our best days fall short
# James 3:2 → “We all stumble in many ways.”
# Romans 3:23 → “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
# 4. The focus is not the number of sins, but Christ’s sacrifice
# Hebrews 10:14 → “By one sacrifice he has made perfect forever…”
# 2 Corinthians 5:19 → “God was reconciling the world… not counting sins against them.”
# ✅ Answer:
# We cannot count how many deliberate sins a person commits daily—
# each heart is different, and even unnoticed thoughts can be sin.
# But the gospel is clear: Jesus paid once for all.
# Disciples’ flaws — yet God still used them powerfully
disciples = {
“Peter”: [
“Vowed loyalty but denied Jesus 3 times (Luke 22:33-34)”,
“Was afraid of people (Galatians 2:11-12)”,
“Yet preached at Pentecost and healed the sick (Acts 2-3)”
],
“Thomas”: [
“Doubted Jesus’ resurrection (John 20:25)”,
“Needed to see and touch before believing”,
“Yet later confessed, ‘My Lord and my God!’ and spread the gospel”
],
“James & John”: [
“Wanted to call fire on a Samaritan village (Luke 9:54)”,
“Sought the highest positions in the kingdom (Mark 10:37)”,
“Yet John became the apostle of love, James a martyr for Christ”
],
“Matthew”: [
“Former tax collector — seen as a fraud & traitor (Matthew 9:9)”,
“Yet wrote the Gospel of Matthew and followed Jesus faithfully”
],
“Judas Iscariot”: [
“Loved money, betrayed Jesus (John 12:6; Matthew 26:14-16)”,
“Returned the silver, condemned himself, and died in despair”,
“Tragedy: he walked away instead of turning back to mercy”
],
# Peter – his flaws and how God still used him
peter = {
“Flaws”: [
“Vowed loyalty but denied Jesus 3 times (Luke 22:33-34)”,
“Acted in fear of people, even after the resurrection (Galatians 2:11-12)”,
“Spoke rashly and sometimes misunderstood Jesus (Matthew 16:22-23)”
],
“Restoration”: [
“Jesus prayed for him that his faith would not fail (Luke 22:32)”,
“After denying Jesus, he wept bitterly but did not give up (Luke 22:62)”,
“Jesus personally restored him: ‘Feed my sheep’ (John 21:15-17)”
],
“Used by God”: [
“Preached boldly at Pentecost — 3,000 people saved (Acts 2:41)”,
“Healed a lame man at the temple (Acts 3:6-7)”,
“Raised Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead (Acts 9:40)”,
“Became a leader of the early church despite his past failures”
],
“Lesson”: “Even with fear and failure, Peter was not condemned. ”
“He stayed with Jesus, received forgiveness, and was used mightily.”
}
corinthian_church = {
“Flaws”: [
“Fighting and division – ‘I follow Paul… I follow Apollos’ (1 Cor 1:12)”,
“Pride and arrogance (1 Cor 4:18)”,
“Sexual sin – a man with his father’s wife (1 Cor 5:1)”,
“Taking each other to court (1 Cor 6:1-6)”,
“Drunkenness and disorder at the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:20-22)”,
“Abuse of spiritual gifts and lack of love (1 Cor 12–14)”
],
“Still Used by God”: [
“Paul called them ‘sanctified in Christ Jesus’ (1 Cor 1:2)”,
“They received spiritual gifts – prophecy, tongues, knowledge (1 Cor 1:7)”,
“Paul reminded them: ‘You are the temple of God’ (1 Cor 3:16)”,
“Despite failures, the Spirit still worked among them”
],
“Lesson”: “God’s grace was greater than their failures. ”
“Correction came, but they were never abandoned.”
}
