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jfaye -> RE: Do you think All Sins are Equal? (2/18/2008 10:45:45 AM)
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Janice, as you have undoubtedly read on other threads, there is a sincere difference of opinion regarding the correct definition of "sin" as used in the Bible. What description would you prefer we use to discuss your OP question?
No, Mark--I haven't seen the discussion specific to my question elsewhere! I tend to hang out in only a few
forum areas. So where do I find these discussions you think I've seen? Perhaps it has been discussed
in a thread I may have been but have not read through completely. Wanna direct me more specifically?
Can we get specific as some have--I'm talking specifics with verse references. I think it is a
worthwhile exercise to remind ourselves that we are not completely above sin, and that we are
discounting some sins as less condemning than others, remembering that He who is guilty of one
is guilty of all!
Just so you know where I come from--in Christ, we are forgiven of all sin, but to get to the place
where we sin less----how extensive is sin, that we can ever think we have arrived to a state of
complete sinlessness, in light of the above verse of being guilty of all if guilty of just one, at any
time?
I am willing to consider that if one is approaching death, that the focus narrows to the coming
Eternity that would cause them to be more 'heavenly-minded' and not much interested in the things
of earth or flesh, and that the contemplation is more of the imminent future, as God prepares
us for our escape from our flesh, being translated by a new body , clothed in righteousness,
suitable to a sinless Eternity!
I think it will be impossible to nail the finite list of sin because we just don't 'get it' about how sinful
we really are! I think, some are able to dismiss some sins as insignificant against the lists we do
have of what some see as 'greater sins'! Since the requirement of a person being righteous (apart
from the declared state by Christ) is perfection, never having sinned in any way--just how far
would one have to go to be considered 'sinless'? And, if having never been in a state of sinlessness,
having been born in sin, how can we EVER be considered sinless apart from a judicial declaration
of 'acquittal' of our crimes? That 'acquittal' does not say we are 'guiltless' but the sentence is passed
on to Christ or the required punishment annulled, by the only One who can do that!
How long do we entertain, a thought, before it becomes sin? How do we measure that?
A monumental task I think! One, we don't dare come to our own conclusion about if we
are depending on our sinlessness to be the measure of our salvation-worthiness.
There will be no sinless person in hell, because they are condemned for having rejected the
offer of Jesus Christ as the mediator of the better covenant that declares righteousness, a
legal contract based on the mercy of God through His mediator having stood in the place of
sinners to pay their debt. Debt CANCELLED!
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