Sin had its beginning with lucifer, probably the most beautiful and powerful of the angels Renamed satan, he brought sin to the human race. The bible’s answer sin is any action, feeling, or thought that goes against god’s standards It includes breaking god’s laws by doing what is wrong, or unrighteous, in god’s sight 17) the bible also describes sins of omission —that is, failing to do what is right If left unchecked, continual sin leads to a “reprobate mind,” spoken of in romans 1:28
Our sin nature causes us to gravitate naturally toward selfishness, envy, and pride, even when we are trying to do good. The ultimate—and severest—consequence of sin is death The bible says that “the wages of sin is death” (romans 6:23a) This not only refers to physical death but to eternal separation from god “but your iniquities have separated you from your god Your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear” (isaiah 59:2)
The unforgivable sin is blasphemy (“defiant irreverence”) of the holy spirit in the context of the spirit’s work in the world through christ In other words, the particular case of blasphemy seen in matthew 12 and mark 3 is unique. The law of god, or the lists of sins that we find in the bible, serve as a tutor to “lead us to christ that we might be justified by faith” (galatians 3:24) Questions about sin is there a biblical list of sins? In its silence on the subject, the bible does not say that masturbation is (or is not) a sin Some people take the view that masturbation is a lustful act and is always wrong
Others believe it involves a normal bodily function and has nothing to do with sin. The sin nature is that aspect in humanity that makes us rebellious against god When we speak of the sin nature, we refer to the fact that we have a natural inclination to sin Given the choice to do god’s will or our own, we will naturally choose to do our own thing. Imputed sin is adam’s guilt attributed to or credited to us All humans are counted as having sinned in adam and thus deserving the same punishment for sin as adam
A struggle with temptation may lead to sin, but the temptation itself is not a sin
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