What Is Sin?
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What
is sin?
Sin is the breaking of God's law. If God says Do not lie and you lie,
then you have broken His law and sinned. When you sin, you offend God
because it is His law that you have broken. Also, the reason God says to
not lie, not cheat, etc, is because these laws reflect the moral purity of His
nature. Therefore, the Law is a reflection of the character of God.
It is wrong to lie because God cannot lie. It is wrong to steal because
God cannot steal, etc. The moral law is not arbitrary. It is based
on God's holiness.The law, then, is a standard of moral purity. The Old
Testament contains the Law of God. It is a perfect standard in that it is
God's standard. When we fail to keep the law, we sin. When we sin,
we offend God. This offense against God results in a judgment.
There is no law without a penalty. Likewise breaking God's law incurs a
judgment which is separation from God. But your sins have made a
separation between you and your God, Isaiah. And, the wages of sin
is death.Rom. 6:23. So, to sin, to break God's
law, results in a judgment. The judgment is known as damnation which is
the righteous judgment of God upon the sinner. If God did not judge the
sinner, then He is not upholding His holiness. Of course, Jesus came to take
our place and die for our sins 1
Pet. 2:24. This means that Jesus bore our sin in His body on
the cross and supernaturally paid for them. This further means that
anyone who trusts in what Jesus did on the cross will have his sins removed; he
will be saved from God's future judgment.
Anyway, answering the question What is
sin? is best answered by stating that it is breaking God's law. All
people have sinned. Therefore, all people are under God's judgment --
except for those who've trusted in God's provision to escape that judgment which
God will carry out. Where are you? Are you in the place of judgment
or of salvation?
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