"The reward for sin is death.."? I don't get it...?

Question

I can't remember if that was Romains or not. When He says death, does he mean that litteraly or no longer in favor of the Lord?

Answer 1

Romans 6:23- "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Death is not a reward- but it is the payment for the sin that we commit. But Christ died on the cross to pay the price that we could never pay so that we can live eternally with God. The sin that we are born into, and do separates us from God- but He loves us so much He sent His Son to take our place, and because He shed His blood on the cross, and rose from the dead, we have victory over sin and death. In order to receive that free gift, you have to receive it- so ask Jesus to forgive you of your sin, repent- (turn from your sin) and accept Christ as your Savior- He paid the price so we would not have too. If we die in our sin without Christ we will be eternally separated from God in hell.

Answer 2

The wages of sin is death. Let's say you are working on a job at the end of the week, you expect to get paid for the work you have done. What the Word is saying is that when you work or commit sins, you are working for you pay. Sin=death. When you die and you either go to Heaven or hell. In Heaven there is eternal life. In hell there is eternal damnation. May God Bless U.

Answer 3

It is the second death=eternity in hell and the lake of fire.

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Answer 4

I believe this is the scripture you are referencing.
Romans 6:23 For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

It means that once we die, we are acquited of our sins... get a clean slate. Then when we are resurrected (John 5:28, 29) we are judged by our deeds afterwards. Those who are righteous will recieve everlasting life, those who are not will receive judgment accordingly.

Hope this answers your question.

Answer 5

In the end what the passage is saying is that before we were acknowledged Jesus Christ as our saviour we were living a life of sin. The punishment for that life of sin is death. However, once we have made Christ our Lord and Saviour we are no longer living in sin and will see God's Glory after death.

Answer 6

It's actually "The wages of sin is death but the gift of love is eternal life" this means that sinning seperates one from their maker therefore creating an eternal death (or hell as some people call it) but the gift of love is eternal life. This means that despite the fact that we are sinners, love brings us eternal life.

It's trying to say that your ticket to heaven is accepting God's love.

Answer 7

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).

Note that it says that sin pays WAGES in death. Death is what we earn by our disobedience. And he does mean that literally. Death wasn't supposed to happen, but Adam caused it to be necessary when he chose to disobey God. Every time a human dies, that is your reminder that that one who died was a sinner. Tough, huh? That's what we get for going it ourselves.

Answer 8

I think it's something like, if you sin, you lose any spirituality so you do "die" in a sense, put it this way, it'd be like trying to do meditation when you're sexually aroused, you need all your concentration to meditate properly so you'd be pulling both ways and you couldn't do it right. There's a part in the bible where jesus says something like "Keep your mind on things higher" I guess so it's ready for death and the afterlife.

Answer 9

The weird thing about Christianity is that when they say "Eternal life" they don't mean Tuck Everlasting, they mean heaven. So I guess when they say "Death" I guess that means hell.

Answer 10

imagine sickness and death is currency. everytime you sin it costs you some of this currency that your body and your mind pays.