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What makes something a sin?
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The word "sin" literally means "to miss the mark" or "to fall short of the mark."
In ancient Greece, if an archer missed the target, the therefore "sinned" because he missed the mark, missed the target: "sin" is the specific Greek word used for the archer missing the bullseye. The Bible says "ALL fall short." IF you have absolutely, perfectly, divinely, 24/7 "hit" all the targets, then you are obedient and free of sin. Otherwise...... Well, the Bible would be correct and not lying when it says that "NO ONE is righteous, no, not even one." "For ALL fall short." "NO ONE is good." "If you claim to have no sin (you hit the mark), then you lie and call God a liar."
Sin means to fall short, to miss, to not attain the Calling set before us, to not met the will of God.
The MARK
What is the MARK? It is the will of God - flowing from His absolute perfection, justice and love. It is, in essence, that we be as He is - not in terms of essence but character. What is the MARK? Essentially, that our character be identical to His.
Matthew 5:48, "You must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."
1 Peter 1:16, "You must be holy even as God in heaven is holy."
John 15:12, "Love all people just as I (Jesus) first loved you."
Ephesians 4:32, "forgiving one another, just as God in Christ first forgave you."
First John 2:6, "Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did."
Philippians 2:5, "You must have the same attitude that Christ did."
Do we hit the mark?
Romans 3:23, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
Romans 3:12, "There is no one who does good, not even one."
Mark 10:18, "There is none who is good but God exclusively."
First John 1:10, "If any claims to have no sin, they make God a liar and His word is not in them."
Genesis 8:21, "Every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood."
Psalm 51:5, "I was sinful at birth"
Romans 5:12, "Sin entered the world through one man's sin, and death through sin, and therefore death came to all for all have sinned."
First John 3:4, "Sin is lawlessness"
1 Timothy 1:15, " The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost."
IF one is as perfect and holy as God... in thought, word and deed... in what is done/thought/saiid and what is not done that should be.... from conception to death, always hitting the mark, then they are without sin. Otherwise....
- Josiah
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The word "sin" literally means "to miss the mark" or "to fall short of the mark."
In ancient Greece, if an archer missed the target, the therefore "sinned" because he missed the mark, missed the target: "sin" is the specific Greek word used for the archer missing the bullseye. The Bible says "ALL fall short." IF you have absolutely, perfectly, divinely, 24/7 "hit" all the targets, then you are obedient and free of sin. Otherwise...... Well, the Bible would be correct and not lying when it says that "NO ONE is righteous, no, not even one." "For ALL fall short." "NO ONE is good." "If you claim to have no sin (you hit the mark), then you lie and call God a liar."
Sin means to fall short, to miss, to not attain the Calling set before us, to not met the will of God.
The MARK
What is the MARK? It is the will of God - flowing from His absolute perfection, justice and love. It is, in essence, that we be as He is - not in terms of essence but character. What is the MARK? Essentially, that our character be identical to His.
Matthew 5:48, "You must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."
1 Peter 1:16, "You must be holy even as God in heaven is holy."
John 15:12, "Love all people just as I (Jesus) first loved you."
Ephesians 4:32, "forgiving one another, just as God in Christ first forgave you."
First John 2:6, "Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did."
Philippians 2:5, "You must have the same attitude that Christ did."
Do we hit the mark?
Romans 3:23, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
Romans 3:12, "There is no one who does good, not even one."
Mark 10:18, "There is none who is good but God exclusively."
First John 1:10, "If any claims to have no sin, they make God a liar and His word is not in them."
Genesis 8:21, "Every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood."
Psalm 51:5, "I was sinful at birth"
Romans 5:12, "Sin entered the world through one man's sin, and death through sin, and therefore death came to all for all have sinned."
First John 3:4, "Sin is lawlessness"
1 Timothy 1:15, " The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost."
IF one is as perfect and holy as God... in thought, word and deed... in what is done/thought/saiid and what is not done that should be.... from conception to death, always hitting the mark, then they are without sin. Otherwise....
- Josiah
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