THERE ARE MANY PROBABLE VARIATIONS IN THE below MENTIONED PROCESS OF SIN ESPECIALLY IN HOW AND WHEN WE AS HUMANS RESPOND TO IT. This excerpt is taken from my own experience and may or may not have bearing on Your personal life’s experience. May God Forgive me if this misleads anyone.
Q. Can God Forgive a “sin”???
A. NO HE Does NOT … He Does NOT Forgive a Sin.
As follows:
1). A sin (as a noun) is nothing other than a concept … it is NOTHING … It is a thoughtless, mindless, heartless, bodiless, no spirited-NOTHING. Without a Human to imagine it in their mind’s eye …
A sin by itself is nothing to be forgiven.
2). If sin (or more so the concept) stays in that realm (as a temptation) and is yet viewed as something hideous / despicable / undesirable / and a threat to ones peaceful existence / it remains, to the Human, indifferent . and remains a NOTHING. (bearing in mind that the opposite of Love is not Hate it is Indifference)
3). If allowed to remain in the realm of thought as something possibly desirable / harmless / pretty / or considered as a means to gaining value and the likes, it is now a viable lively part of the life of the Human. and the Human has breached the conditions of the New Covenant. Becoming a Sinner.
4). Some sins (by their design) are at their full potential while in thought.
4a). Most others at this stage, are but seeds which like any seed, are small compared to the fruit or tree they will produce and turn into something completely different, after roots and sprouts. (please allow our mind’s eye to see “acorn” – oak tree)
5). For their next step in sin evolution, they need the Mouth or communication through body language, (or fingers in typing or the likes). By verbalizing they gain strength and seeming credibility. (and again for some sins this is their greatest potential)
6). Once the Mouth has spoken. The doors of the Heart open to, receive or reject, that which we have chosen to entertain as a part of our lives.
a). The heart will make the decision as to either tell the mind to instruct the body to “close the doors” or decide to which room the guest (sin) should be assigned and how much effort the mind and body should put into preparing accommodations for that which has been taken in.
7). By now God (The Holy Spirit) has already attempted at least 7 actual times to warn Mind, Mouth, and Heart of impending doom.
9). If the Body overrides the decision of the Heart (to close its doors) and listens to the lying mouth and confused mind, the Heart will gradually harden to the point that, pumping the life giving blood of good reasoning is too much strain., spiritual death is its fate…
10). If the heart accepted the sin because of the disguises – sweet smells – and makeup it has been packaged in, to give it the appearance of something good, sins unkempt lifestyle and the foul odor of its true nature will soon permeate from that dying heart. For sin is now coming closer to its full potential and has the body as a puppet. At this point sin will put away its disguises, as its prideful nature wants to be seen / acccepted / and worshiped in its fullness.
11). By now God (generally via The Holy Spirit but possibly via All Three Persons and All the Saints and Angels They could Send) has already attempted at least 7X7 times to warn Mind, Mouth, and Heart and Body of impending doom.
12). For the sin GOD cares not about ….It is Nothing ..He is NOT THREATENED by it. ..He did NOT create it … BUT he did create the Heart, Mind, Mouth, Body, and Individualized Spirit that inhabits the Now Sinner, that has now chosen to turn away from Him and give Life to a nothing, that should have none.. and for that Sinner He has Love beyond measure, for every first and last molecule.
It is the Sinner that God Forgives and longs to Forgive not the sin.