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1 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Gal 5:8 | FytRobert | 243125 | ||
PLEASE DEFINE SICKNESS OF SIN AND DO WE SUFFER FROM IT, TTHANKS | ||||||
2 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Gal 5:8 | DocTrinsograce | 243128 | ||
Dear Robert, You asked for a definition: Sin is described as a sickness, a brokenness, a blemish, a wandering from the path, crookedness, rebellion, a trespass, a transgression, a debt, a desolation, a drunken swerving, a oppressive toil, an oppressive task master, an oppressive husband, the flesh, etc. Search the scripture and see if you can find others. One must clearly understand that a metaphor is a figure of speech. Sin is not actually each of these things, but each characterizes sin. To me, I often think of sin as the elephant in the room or the visitor that will not leave or as an infection, etc. But even these things are only metaphors. They help us understand sin, but they are not sin in themselves. The field of theology that treats of sin is called hamartiology -- a phrase you might not hear in your particular type of congregation. This is from the Apostle Paul who uses the word hamartano in Romans 3:23. R. C. Sproul speaks of sin thus, "In the least transgression I set myself above the authority of God, doing insult to His majesty, His holiness,and His sovereign right to govern me. Sin is a revolutionary act in which the sinner seeks to depose God from His throne. Sin is a presumption of supreme arrogance in that the creature vaunts his own wisdom above that of the Creator, challenges divine omnipotence with human impotence, and seeks to usurp the rightful authority of the cosmic Lord." The best biblically orthodox definition of sin I have found is from the theologian Millard Erickson who said, "Sin is any lack of conformity, active or passive, to the moral law of God. This may be a matter of act, of thought, or of inner disposition or state." Sin is not just something you commit, nor is it just some righteousness you fail to perform, nor is it (as Arminians teach) a just a violation of the moral law of God, nor is it just a failure to conform to God's righteousness, nor is it just a failure to love God and His word and His people. It is all of these things together and some. You asked do we suffer from it? We suffer directly from it when we are its victims. We suffer indirectly from it as it pervades the world. We suffer from its consequence when we fail to receive the propitiation of sin through Christ. We suffer from it as a privation or lack. We suffer from it as believers through the discipline of our Lord. We suffer from it in eternal death from God's wrath. If you take these examples, I can well imagine that you will find further examples in Scripture. I rather hoped that I didn't need to give you the Scriptural basis of each. In Him, Doc |
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3 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Gal 5:8 | FytRobert | 243135 | ||
PLEASE DIFERENTIATE SUFFERINGBETWEEN SICKNESS OF SIN AND OTHER SICKNESSES THANKS. | ||||||
4 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | Gal 5:8 | DocTrinsograce | 243136 | ||
Hi, FytRobert... I think that all sickness and suffering has at its root the Fall and the sinful human heart. What is more, we know that it isn't just man who suffers: "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." (Romans 8:20-22) We know that some affliction was used for God's glory (John 9:3); some affliction is for instruction (Deuteronomy 29:2; Psalm 109:22); some affliction is used to draw men to dependence on God (Psalm 72:4); some affliction is used to discipline those who belong to Him (Hebrews 12:7; 1 Peter 5:10); etc. etc. However, lest we think that the suffering of people is due to their greater sin... And Jesus said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." (Luke 13:2-5) Nonetheless we live in the hope (confident expectation) of a new universe: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.'" (Revelation 21:1-4) In Him, Doc |
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