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"...Sin is the transgression of the law." (I John 3:4)
Sin is the breaking of the Ten Commandments. They are all equally great in the eyes of our Creator. He doesn't set His laws, one above or below the others in "degrees of severity," that the courts of men do. [i.e., there are no 'little white lies' with God]
Using God's name, disrespectfully; in a vain, worthless manner is as equally worthy of the death penalty as premeditated murder in the eyes of God.
Plus... our sins against God are also against one another. Everyone is hurt by them... the whole world suffers equally and greatly from them.
"...whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill [murder]. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill [murder], thou art become a transgressor of the law." (James 2:10-11)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey "transgressed" [broke] the Ten Commandments, which they promised God they would obey.
This is The Bible's definition of sin: "...sin is the transgression of the law." (I John 3:4)
God had sanctified them [set them apart from all other nations for His holy purpose] to be an example to other nations... and to keep them a pure nation, that they would be the nation through whom the Messiah would come.
God's proposal was a simple "pact, agreement, covenant": "...IF YE WILL OBEY MY VOICE indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
"These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel." (Ex.19:5-6)
Three days later, God's "VOICE" spoke the Ten Commandments aloud in their ears -- the laws He demanded that they keep and obey. [chapter 20]
And though Israel agreed to obey God's voice... they didn't follow through with it.
"For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: but this thing commanded I them, saying,
"OBEY MY VOICE, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it MAY BE WELL WITH YOU."
"But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
"Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck : they did worse than their fathers." (Jer.7:22-26)
The two main transgressions of the Israelites was the breaking of the two longest Commandments -- Idolatry and Sabbath-breaking.
Many a Bible scripture is dedicated to the admonishment of the children of Israel for their worship of the gods of the nations around them... many of which involved the "worship of trees." These rebukes and warnings incorporated the word "grove" or "groves" in them. The Druid-like practice of tree worship, whose origin was planted in Babylon.
The first thing the Israelites were to do when they ousted the wicked pagan nations around them was to: "....destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: for thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Ex.34:13-14)
"And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves..." (Judges 3:7).
Israel had entered into "covenant relationship" with God. It was a "marriage" arrangement in which Israel was guilty of "whoring" and prostituting herself with the gods of the nations around them, instead of remaining faithful to her "marriage vows."
"Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O House of Israel, saith the Lord... for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God." (Jer.3:20-21)
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel, and with the House of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which covenant they brake, although I was an Husband unto them..." (Jer.31:31-32).
Israel was an "unfaithful wife"... and God served her with her "divorcement papers" for her continuous infidelity -- her adultery -- for serving and trusting in the gods of other nations instead of her Husband.
Israel's "sin" against God was that their covenant [marriage] agreement was to "NOT sin."
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What was Israel's sin against God and how was His response an expression of His grace?
Israels big sin was following the way he pagans lived near them, by marrying people from there and falling into idol worship and forgetting to keep the ten commandments.
Is classism a sin against god?
YES!
Which type of sin is considered a serious act against god's law?
The sin of commiting adultery is very bad against god , that includes divorce.
Is it a sin to be a virgin?
No, not at all. Sin, by definition is the willingness of a person to do something against the will of God.
Is it a sin against God to hate Bavarians?
Hating people is considered a sin. And Bavarians are people.
Can you sin against someone?
St. Augustine defined sin as "a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law." Thus sin, by definition is against Someone - God.
Can the church forgive any sin because of Jesus?
No church can forgive sin. No vicar, priest or whoever can forgive sin unless that sin was committed against that person. When one sins against God then only He can forgive.
When does sin become a sin?
Sin is sin as soon as that sin has been commited. As soon as one thinks of an impure thought, that person has sinned. There is not any time period before that sin is officially a sin. Ultimately, all sin is against God and since God is omnicient, he knows when all sin has been commited.
What is a word the bible uses to describe doing wrong against god?
sin
How do you define sin?
Sin is any thought, word, action, or omission against the laws of God or some other deity.
What does confess your sins mean?
It means to pray to God, speak to God and tell Him what you have done as an act of sin... like what I do.. is that I tell God what sin I have comitted and ask for forgiveness. It is the first act of repenting.
WHAT is the only sin that God can not forgive?
The only sin that cannot be forgiven by God is the sin of rejecting the Holy Spirit's guidance and prompting for repentance. This is often referred to as "the unpardonable sin" or "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit." It is essentially a complete and final rejection of God's offer of forgiveness and salvation.
