Is it possible for a person to live a life absolutely free of sin?

Question

If not, is it a sin to be human?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible according to G-d:

11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Answer 2

Adam and Eve's sin of disobedience tainted humanity with the stain of sin. Original Sin, however, does not make humans 'sin personified.' Baptism washes away the stain of Original Sin, but because of it one cannot live a life absolutely free of sin.

A sin is anything that Man does that alienates him from God. Seeing Man as a 'noun' and 'sin' as a 'verb,' something that is done, Man cannot be 'sin.' He can only sin, 'action verb.'

Although in the case of some of us, I can certainly see how one might think that we are sin!

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Answer 3

This is a very good and insightful question!

It is not possible to live without sin, as we are born with it. Old testament law dictates that the sinful nature is passed through the "seed of man". This is also indicated in Paul's writings in the new testament when he said,(para) "Just as through one man sin entered the world so through one man, Jesus, sin is atoned for."
It is also not a sin to be human, because God did not make humans with a sin-full nature, we obtained that by our own actions.
In other words, we are not now as we were made to be, in our sin-full (fallen) state we are not truly "human".

Answer 4

The Bible tells us we as humans cannot do this. That is why God sent Jesus. He saves us from our sins. We pray, admit our sins, (God knows about them already, but he wants to hear us admit them), and then they are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. By nature, man is a sinner. He cannot avoid it. Even as a good Christian, we cannot get through the day without sinning. We may not even know when we do it, but just thinking the wrong things can be sinful to God. There has been only one person on earth who was sinless and he died for our sins. JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH

Answer 5

no it is not possible to live free of sin and here is why, we are not perfect and we sin everyday, you may not know it but the devil slips in and messes things around so that you will slip up, and say the wrong things, No it is not a sin to be a humans, but you have to walk the christian walk and talk the christian talk not just fa ken it like other people saying that they are Christians and going around doing everything out the book,

Answer 6

Who would want to? Nothing wrong with a little sinning here and there.

I like having impure thoughts from time to time. Doesn't mean I'm going to act on them, it's just fun to have them.

Sometime you have to lie a little. If my lady asks me "Do I look fat in this?", I'm going to say no even if she does.

Actually, I don't consider these sins, although some might. To me sinning is a premeditated act to hurt another living being and I don't do that, so in my mind I guess I'm not a sinner.

Answer 7

Interesting thing in Psalm 32:1-2, "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile." This isn't just an Old Testament thing, for it is also found, and discussed in Romans 4. In Hebrews 4, there is a discussion of Jesus as fulfilling figure of Jesus as a high priest, "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

So it happened for Jesus, maybe for folks like Enoch and Job, but notice the numbers of real or potential examples is pretty small.

Answer 8

It is not a sin to be human, however all humans are sinful. we are born in sin and cannot escape it unless we are covered by the blood of Christ. Read Romans. the only person who never once sinned is Jesus.

Answer 9

Actually Mary and Jesus were the only ones without sin. It is impossible for anyone else to live without sin because we are all born with "original sin" which comes from Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit.

Answer 10

Is God above moral law or below it? Is it might makes right, or the right thing is absolute? Is it a sin because God says so, or because it is an absolute moral law that God isn't even allowed to break. Can God sin, or is he powerless too, or is anything he does not a sin automatically because he is God and there is no one more powerful to tell him what to do?

Answer 11

According to Christianity, no we are not able to live a life free of sin. We are born with something called 'sin nature' that makes it impossible for us to avoid temptation and sinning.