If all sin is equal in God's eyes?

Question

I asked a question about not wanting to be in heaven with murderers and rapists and someone said all sin is equal in the eyes of god. So does that mean if I have sex outside of marriage that is the same as killing someone and all I have to do is repent and really mean it and I am in? That idea seems a bit skewed. Help me make it make sense.

Answer 1

no you got it, all sin is equal just ask forgiveness and you get to go to christian heaven with the murderors and the rapists

Answer 2

Every sin is bad in God's eyes. Adultery is just as horrible to God as murder. If you repent and really mean it then you won't do it again and all is forgiven. The same is for murderers. The problem is a lot pray and find Jesus in jail, but when they get out they leave Jesus behind. The problem with that is if you have really accepted Jesus as your savior and have repented your sins and really mean it, then the next time you're faced with a sinful situation your heart won't allow you to do it. You will literally run the other way. You will have no desire to do it. You will loathe the thought of it. That doesn't mean you won't sin again just means that you will loathe the thought of committing the same sin that you've already learned a hard lesson on.That's what it means to accept Jesus and repent your sins like you mean it. Good luck and God bless!

Answer 3

Yes all sin is equal in God's eyes but we need to remember that we are told we will reap what we sow so while on this earth, some sin will reap much worse a harvest then other sins. If we steal a pen from a bank, we would not face the same penalty as if we stole money from the bank at the point of a gun.

I urge you not to worry about who else will be in heaven or what they did here because only those who are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb will be in heaven and we are told that the moment we accept Christ for full payment for our sin, we become NEW CREATURES Old things pass away and all things become new.

Doug Oldham sings a son, that goes in part, I am not the dad I use to be, things are different now...thanks to Calvary.

Remember also, that forgiveness does not let us off the hook for what we do here on Earth. If I killed someone (read...murder) before I knew the LORD, I could accept HIM for salvation and be forgiven for all my sin including murder, but I would still have to face judgment for that murder here in this life time. I may even have to pay for this murder with my life by being executed for the crime. but I still would have eternal life if I met the conditions God laid out to have it.

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Answer 4

Um

Lets look at it from a logical, practical point of view.

Sins are sins. But not all sin can be equal in the eyes of God.

Take for example a man who kills out of fear for his life ..and a man who kills for pure pleasure. The same? I dont think so.

You have to understand, that the reason God sent religious text was so humans who know no boundaries or set of decent lifestyle would establish some with divine guidance.

Some people KNOW that murder and stealing is wrong even if theyre not told about it. But such people are rare, and the rules were brought forth for the majority.

Answer 5

Hi there.

I'm not so sure about all sin being the same in God's eyes.

There's no doubt that the Bible teaches that all people are sinners in need of God's salvation through repentant faith in Jesus Christ and his death & resurrection (John 3:16, Romans 3:23, 10:9 - 10, 1 Cor. 15:3 - 4). However...

What about Mark 12:40, where the Lord Jesus, speaking of the religious hypocrisy of the scribes, says, "..who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." (New King James Version). I feel that indicates that religious hypocrisy is a greater sin than some other's to God.

The greatest sin of course, is to reject God's way of salvation through faith in Christ. That is a sin which He can't forgive. Doesn't that prove that some sins are greater than others in God's sight ?

May God bless you.

Answer 6

The Bible says, that God cannot look upon sin, So if there is sin in someones life,active sin,he can`t even see you, because you are not at that time a child of God anymore, But if we ask for forgivness,then we are covered by the blood of Jesus, and then we are children of God again. If someone has killed someone, for what ever reason, and they ask for forgivness, If they get forgivness, its because they hate the fact that they did what they did, and then and only then does God forgive them. In mans eyes some sin is worse then others, but in Gods eyes, if sin is in the way, he can`t see us untill that sin has been removed or covered. I hope this helps, I know every sin I have done, I hate, I am weak, We are told to walk in the spirit,then its easier to not sin, but flesh is weak, and we make mistakes, I know murder is a sin, that takes the life of another, and we as humans look at it as the worst sin because so many are hurt by it, but God sees sin as something that keeps us from him, no matter what the sin. I hope, I have helped you in some way with my answer.

Answer 7

You probably are talking about me, If you have read my answer correctly, You would have notice how I put that answer, I said to God SIN is SIN, But I also said that A murderer or Child molestor, will be given a greater punishment in the lake of fire than just some one that had only maybe stold a candy bar. So SIN is SIN, But there is greater punishment in the lake of fire for the more violent ones. So it don't make any differnce if you stold a candy bar, That is sin, or if you kill someone, that is sin. But there will be greater punishment for their deeds, & both needs to repent. I hope this clears it up, In God's eye both needs to repent & in God's eye he will give each one their due punishment if they don't repent. It is true that a child molestor will be punish more than someone that stold a candy bar. I was trying to point out that sin is sin, rather small or great. But their punishment will be accordingly.

Answer 8

In Christianity, before being "saved," if you broke any of God's Commandments then you did not keep the whole Law. Therefore all sin of non-Christians is equal in the eyes of God.

After being "saved," where we accept that Jesus fulfilled the Law, sin is not equal in the eyes of God.

1 John 5:16-17 - If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly.

Catholics believe:

Mortal sin is a grave infraction of the law of God that destroys the divine life in the soul of the sinner (sanctifying grace), constituting a turn away from God. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be present: grave matter, full knowledge of the evil of the act, and full consent of the will.

Venial sin is a sin which does not destroy the divine life in the soul, as does mortal sin, though it diminishes and wounds it. Venial sin is the failure to observe necessary moderation, in lesser matters of the moral law, or in grave matters acting without full knowledge or complete consent.

But continual venial sin can slowly but surely totally separate you from God, placing you into the state of mortal sin.

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

No, not all sin is equal in God's eyes. The Bible talks about one type of sin for which there can be no forgiveness (Mt 12:31-32, Lk 12:10).

There is nothing that is 'fair' about the salvation that Christ offers. This salvation is available because an innocent Person paid the price of freedom for the guilty.

It means that none of us who believes in Christ has received what we deserve.

Sin separates man from God, whether the sin package is "small" or 'big'. It is the separation itself that matters. When we receive Christ's forgiveness, that separation is bridged completely, regardless of what state we were in, or what we may have done, prior to it.

Answer 10

All sin is an affront to God, but in one of His parables, Jesus indicated that there are degrees of sin and therefore degrees of punishment: "That servant who knows his master's will and does
not get ready or does not do what his master wants will
be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows"
(Lk. 11: 47 – 48; NIV). The rule or standard that will be applied at the Last Judgment where guilt is weighed is the amount of light each person has received in this life. The general principle is: the more light received, the greater the accountability; the lesser light possessed, the lesser the accountability (cf. Lk. 12: 48).

Oh, but you are not comfortable with the thought of being in heaven with former murderers and child molesters and the like. Friend, ALL sin is heinous in the eyes of God. Consider: Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating from one particular tree - so simple an act, so great the consequences. It took nothing less than the Incarnation and the Atonement of the Second Person of the Godhead before "Take... eat" will become verbs of salvation (am refering to the LOrd's Supper). The thief who was crucified next to our Lord presumably led a life of sin and degeneracy... he had no good works for he came to faith at the moment of his execution... yet, Jesus said to him, "Today, you will be with Me in Paradise." Why? Becuase ALL his sins were paid for by the Blood of Christ. And if some murderer on death row has come to genuine repentance and saving faith in Christ, is executed and goes to heaven - who are we to object. Christ has died for such a oneand God has accepted him. Be careful, freind becuase your attitude is like that of the Pharisees (may I remind you that at no other group was Jesus more opposed to than the "holier-than-thou Pharisees."

Answer 11

It is always difficult and dangerous to attempt to list sins according to their degree of seriousness. In one sense, all sins are equal in that they all separate us from God. The Bible's statement, "For the wages of sin is death ..." (Romans 6:23), applies to all sin, whether of thought, word, or deed.

At the same time, it seems obvious that some sins are worse than others in both motivation and effects and should be judged accordingly. Stealing a loaf of bread is vastly different than exterminating a million people. Sins may also differ at their root. Theologians have sought for centuries to determine what the essence of sin is. Some have chosen sensuality, others selfishness, and still others pride or unbelief. In the Old Testament, God applied different penalties to different sins, suggesting variations in the seriousness of some sins. A thief paid restitution; an occult practitioner was cut off from Israel; one who committed adultery or a homosexual act or cursed his parents was put to death (see Exodus, chapter 22 and Leviticus, chapter 20).

In the New Testament Jesus said it would be more bearable on the day of judgment for Sodom than for Capernaum because of Capernaum's unbelief and refusal to repent at His miracles (Matthew 11:23-24). The sins of Sodom were identified in Ezekiel 16:21 as arrogance, gluttony, indifference to the poor and needy, haughtiness, and "detestable things." When Jesus spoke of his second coming and judgment, he warned that among those deserving punishment some would "be beaten with many blows" and others "with few blows" (Luke 12:47-48). He also reserved His most fierce denunciations for the pride and unbelief of the religious leaders, not the sexually immoral (Matthew 23:13-36).

However, remember that whether our sins be relatively small or great, they will place us in hell apart from God's grace. The good news is that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins and the sins of the whole world at the Cross. If we will repent and turn to Jesus in faith, our sins will be forgiven, and we will receive the gift of eternal life.