Sin

1. What is sin?
I'll only answer this in terms of what sin is to me.  I've heard a range of definitions, and I'll simply say what I go by when this concept comes up.  If I am not focused on God's presence within me, at any moment in time, or trying to be focused, I consider that a state of sin.  Or putting it another way, if I am thinking from my human mind and not offering myself to God to let His will be done in me, I am in a state of sin.  I simply am not fulfilling God's purpose at those times by the giving my self over to Him.  Or I'm not living from the very core of my being, desiring relationship with my Creator.  Frankly, by that definition, I don't have a tenancy to utilize the word, because I consider the underlying dynamic to "sin" to be "lostness" caused by my human mind, in turn caused by fear of returning to God from my fantasy world as beyond my conscious control or ability, so that I don't consider it to be a state I am in as a willful purposeful act.

2. Does sin exist?
From my definition of it above, it exists in me much of the time, because my human mind sure knows how to distract me from remembering being able to focus on God until the Holy Spirit brings me out of the moment of "sin".

3. How did sin start?
Knowing how my human mind carries on, and believing it is a representation of what and how it always was, - it started when I waned to be a big shot original creator.  It wasn't enough at that point to be everything else of God, I wanted the whole thing, reached for it and stepped outside of my relationship with God to be something different than what I truly was with Him.

4. Why do I always feel like I can never get ahead when it comes to Sin?  It seems as if we are always sinning.  Explain.
You're right if you're saying that you can't by yourself stop your being distracted away from God by your human mind.  neither can I.  but we're not always sinning in that we suddenly can realize that we're distracted, and offer to God our wish to return to focusing on Him.  Thus in those moments we are not in the state of sin.  But that is because the Holy Spirit has reminded us to choose between our human mind thoughts, and awaiting God's presence revealed to us while focused on Him (P.S. - He'll use as many repeated reminders as we need to get us to move).

5. How can my person become more aware of what is sinful and what is not sinful?  Right and wrong?
Your human person can not become more aware of what is and what is not sinful.  It is the mind of sin.  Such awareness is delivered to you by the Holy Spirit based on His timing and incremental amounts He delivers.  You've done your job by initiating the whole process by recognition of the need to reach for healing guided by a Source greater than yourself.

6. What is God's perspective on sin?
I am as "sinful" (lost) as anybody else, yet I never have experienced God putting the knock on me, or looking upon me as deliberately sinning.  God addresses these aspects in me through "The Footladder of Notes Divine" and sometimes it is very blunt language, but I don't get the feeling of being criticized.  It is simply a confrontation that I need which he uses to overcome my being drawn to my human mind, which He knows will occur over and over again, despite my best intentions.

7. Must we always ask for forgiveness after sinning?  What if we forget?
Nothing wring with saying that you're sorry and seek forgiveness.  We are sorry that we are so lost and living lost moments without any redeeming value, once we become aware of it.  But after that feeling of regret, it's also very valid to thank god that He has enabled you to see what is going on, be joyful of the potential for further healing by His drawing attention to it, and recognizing that one more aspect of lostness is being addressed.  Remember, it is not purposeful.  Don't worry about forgetting.  It's all about lostness, and if it is helpful for God to remind you not to forget about asking for forgiveness, than you will be reminded.  Not that God needs to forgive you.  But it is helpful for you to recognize the values and attitudes of the lost state, its despair, its pomposity, to motivate continued participation with the Holy Spirit.

8. I want so very much to please God.  How can I when I'm a sinner?
If you look upon yourself as a deliberate sinner you'll worry about displeasing God.  If you know how to stop sinning, you'd be able to do it!  if you can't stop, it's because you don't know how yet, and you're awaiting more healing and knowledge from the Holy Spirit.  Under such circumstances how can God be displeased with you when He is in charge of the process of dealing with sinning?

9. Why does the Bible talk so much about how much we sin?  It makes me feel as if I'm a low life and why would God waste His time with me?
The Bible was written by people having the same difficulties as ourselves in sorting out their divine minds from their human minds.  They had human hang-ups that weren't healed as well, and when they come from that they inadvertently err.  If you can look at the Bible as teaching divine knowledge and examples of erring that required future healing, the Bible is a good source for looking at the needs for healing.

10. How can I know God's truth once and for all?  Can it happen that quickly for me or is it a lifetime of learning and why?
We all will know god's truth once and for all, but we have no awareness of the speed of the process, its content nor its sequence. If God delivered the truth to you faster than you can integrate it, you would be destabilized.  he can not remove impediments to the delivery of the truth faster than you are able to abandon your beliefs about your identity.  If something is taken away from you before its divine replacement can be substituted, you would feel an onslaught, that beyond your control something is being taken away from you that you still believe about yourself, and that is terrifying.

You would frantically feel being attacked, overwhelmed and worst of all, annihilated.  that must be avoided by the Holy Spirit in the healing process, and dictates how long it takes to complete your healing.  No matter how long it takes to complete, in a lifetime, or a dozen, that is what was needed to get you to the kingdom without needlessly delaying you by premature advances that would terrify you and disable your receptivity at such a time.