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1 | What is sin? | Bible general Archive 2 | baptist | 138482 | ||
What is sin? | ||||||
2 | What is sin? | Bible general Archive 2 | Lionstrong | 138487 | ||
1 John 3:4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. What sin is is defined by God's law. Sin is not just some spiritual sounding generalities. What sin is is very specific as well. We owe obedience to whatever God commands us to do. God's commands are our law. So sin is any lack of conformity to or transgression of the law of God. Sin is lawlessness. It is by our violation of God's law that we come to realise that we are sinners. (Rom 7:7 ...I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET.") Christ came to save sinners, not the rigtheous (1 Tim 1:15) Unless we come to believe that we are sinner (and therefore under the wrath of a holy God) we cannot believe in Christ for salvation. The law of God by exposing our sin leads us to Christ (Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.) After we become Christians, sin is still sin. That is, the law of God, although it no longer condemns us who are in Christ, still tells us what sin is, and still shows us how much we need our Savior, and what the standard of good works and holiness is. It still exposes our sins which we must continually confess to him who is faithful and just and who will forgive us sins for Christ's sake (1 John 1:9). Therefore, to repeat, sin is lawlessness. |
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