IWantAnguish wrote:
Can dreams be classified as sin?
No.
For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin...
One is able to choose to have faith, one is not able to choose their dreams.
I'm personally not sure on this issue, but upon waking I felt horrible to know that the desire to commit such a sin still resides within myself.
Do you REALLY want to commit sin?
If so, you would be able to admit it if it were true (at least, admit to your self).
However, if your heart is true and you can surely say that you do not want to commit sin, then it is not in your heart, which is what really matters to God.
Your flesh, however, will take pleasure in anything because of the senses. The flesh is amoral; it takes pleasure in what ever & however, good or bad, morally or immorally for it has no mind to discern.
The flesh was created week from the beginning, in the Garden. It was never meant to be used as strength for resisting sin. It is one of the very reasons that Adam fell, lust of the flesh (1John 2:16)...
This is unchangeable, it will remain the same even after we are saved; the flesh needs to be done away with. That will happen in the resurrection
I asked for forgiveness and pray that the dream would not come to pass in reality.
Dreams are nothing to be forgiven of.
My wife dreamed that I cheated on her. I did not need to be forgiven by her.
I dreamed that I cheated on my wife, I did not need to be forgiven by her.
I never want to and never will.
I'm also curious as to whether the dream could be an answer to a prayer I had prayed prior to going to sleep... in regards to marriage and if I ought to be praying over a certain woman I feel like He has placed in my life.I think that prayer went something like this...
"Lord, let me know if this is what you want... God, if it is your will, I will lay my life down for this daughter of yours in marriage, empowered by your grace and mercy.
If this is not your will, then I ask that you would take this desire away."
Well, for starters, if you both want to get married, go ahead (only if she is also a Christian).
Some people actually guess on Gods will. They will say, maybe God wants this or that, and they go on and do what God maybe had said.
Or, they look for things and say, “Maybe it's a sign from God.”
Some People also use the thing which they read in the Bible and use that to guide them, as in: Judges 6:37-40.
Don't rely on "fleeces", unless they are miraculous fleeces as the one in Judges 6:37-40.
So, if there is any doubt at all, it is best to keep doing what you are already doing and trust that God will direct your paths without your guesses. It is like you steering a parked car, it can't be done, for it must be moving.
You might think that what you choose to do is not His "perfect will" or that you are presuming on God and doing your own thing. Remember that when we were not Christian, our desires were our own and were selfish. However, when we become saved, our desires turned from our own desires to God's and are now unselfish. Before we were saved we never desired to do anything with God but now our desires are only with Him and for His glory.
There might be times that you just don't know what to do. It is when God seems to be silent for some reason. You don't think you can keep doing what you are already doing for any reason and trust that God will direct your paths. You might be at a cross road, a dead end, or you are afraid to move forward in any decision. In these times, give yourself to the lord in submission and full Faith. You must trust God that He is good and He will guide you through this time of indecision. Always remember that what ever the outcome is, even if it is unfavorable, it is His perfect will, ONLY if you do everything in righteousness, which you are able to do.
Furthermore, when these times come, remember the cross. The cross is where we find the difference between His will and ours. Some people have asked, “What does the cross actually mean?”
A good way to think about what the cross means is that no one can stay alive being crucified on the cross; you will die if you stay hanging on the cross. Just like in real life, we must die daily carrying our cross. The cross is actually were GOD wants us anyway. It means not your own will or your own life but God's life in you.