Sin: What's The Big Deal? (2024)

FAQs

What's the big deal about sin? ›

Our sin is an expression of doubt that He knows better than we do; it shows that we don't really believe in His holiness or care about His perfection or are convinced of His goodness. In other words, sin is unbelief. We fail to share God's life with others through love and submission (see John 13).

Resistance to the known truth. Envy of a brother's spiritual good, i.e., of the increase of Divine grace in the world. Impenitence, i.e., the specific purpose of not repenting a sin.

So, the ultimate sin, the summation of sin, is lack of love for God and lack of love for Christ. The carnal mind, according to Romans 8:7, is not subject to the law of God and can't be. An unregenerate person cannot keep the law of God, and therefore he sins and sins.

In Romans 6, Paul answers the question of whether Christians should continue to sin. His answer is emphatic: we absolutely should not. First, when we came to God by faith in Jesus, we died to sin. We are not slaves to it any more. Second, what did living for sin ever get us?

He forgives our sin completely, releasing us from its bondage and guilt. Simply put, repentance is returning to the Lord by submitting to His authority. Refusing to repent allows pride and rebellion to establish a stronghold in our lives. These attitudes keep us distant from the only One who can actually help us.

“A prideful heart has long been recognized as the sin which fuels all the others.” Then, from Matthew 12:31, we learn that there's a sin that won't be forgiven: the blasphemy against the Spirit, which context suggests has to do with a persistent refusal to acknowledge Jesus (12:24-29).

— J.F.D. Rev. Graham: Only one sin that can't be forgiven is on God's list — and that is the sin of rejecting Him and refusing His offer of forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ. This alone is the unforgivable sin, because it means we are saying that the Holy Spirit's witness about Jesus is a lie (see Luke 12:10).

The Bible teaches that the blood Jesus' shed on the cross covers all sin, including infidelity. “… the blood of Jesus, God's Son, purifies us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). This means that any sin we commit, including infidelity, can be forgiven when we come to Jesus with a repentant heart. Jesus was without sin.

All Sin is not the Same

In fact, the Book of Proverbs (6:16-19) identifies seven things that God hates although there is not any punishment proscribed for those. Scripture clearly indicates that God does view sin differently and that He proscribed a different punishment for sin depending upon its severity.

The Bible points us in a different direction. Every sin deserves God's wrath and curse (WLC 152), but not every sin is the same in God's eyes.

What does sin do to a person? ›

The scriptures tell us over and over that sin leads to death and destruction because there are consequences with going against the grain regarding how God designed us to live and obey him. Physically – Sin can cause an internal conflict with God and us, leading to health issues and taking a physical toll on your body.

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; ^* only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, ^* but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

The simple answer is that it's in our nature to do so. Adam and Eve made a conscious choice to disobey God's instruction in the Garden of Eden and when they did humanity's relationship with God was forever changed. That choice allowed sin to become a part of human nature and separate us from God.

Forgiveness of sins and his salvation are gifts. Grace is not, however, a license to sin. Throughout the Bible, fathers of our faith are seen distressed, tormented by their sin.

The scriptures tell us over and over that sin leads to death and destruction because there are consequences with going against the grain regarding how God designed us to live and obey him. Physically – Sin can cause an internal conflict with God and us, leading to health issues and taking a physical toll on your body.

Pride (superbia), also known as hubris (from Ancient Greek ὕβρις) or futility. It is considered the original and worst of the seven deadly sins on almost every list, the most demonic. It is also thought to be the source of the other capital sins.

Guilt, shame, and fear are the three results of any sin we commit against God. Following the first sin, God also outlined the greater consequences of sin, including our eternal separation from Him, and the penalty of spiritual death.

God has pronounced that the penalty of sin is spiritual death and separation from God in a place of judgment called hell: “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Jesus clearly taught that sinners were condemned in sin and would perish and go to hell if they didn't believe in Him as their Savior (John 3:16-18).