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NASB | Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
Subject: Are all sins equal and delt with the sam |
Bible Note: In the study of the doctrine of sin, it is believed that sin is sin, no matter who commits it; it is both an offense to and violation of God's holiness Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Without Christ in our lives, we stand in a state of guilt before God. We received at birth a sinful nature and so we are polluted by sin as well--hence our willful and personal rebellion. It isn't some parts of us that are fallen, but our whole person. We prove that fact every day that we have a sinful nature. By our human nature, we are the children of wrath. Ephesians 2 tells us that we were made alive in Christ: As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. I believe that the important thing to focus on as a Christian, is that we stand in a posture of being justified once and for all according to Romans 5:1. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Our position before the Lord is immutable but our personal fellowship with the Lord and the body of Christ (the church) will be disrupted by sin, sometimes severely. Hebrews 12:5-7 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?" So I believe that the point I'm making is that we can spend all day and night arguing about what sin is or is not greater than the other. No matter what the sin is, it is offensive to God and separates us from him. Our responsibility is to immediately, confess our sins according to 1 John 1:9 and repent of it. This is the message we must promote and not get caught us in legal mumbo jumbo about varying degrees of sin. Sin is sin. God bless! |