What is sin? To us why do we suffer from sin?

Question

What is sin to us and why are we suffering from sin?

Answer 1

Through Adam, the inherent inclination to sin entered the human race and human beings became sinners by nature. When Adam sinned, his inner nature was transformed by his sin of rebellion, bringing to him spiritual death and depravity which would be passed on to all who came after him. Humans became sinners not because they sinned, they sinned because they were sinners. This is the condition known as inherited sin. Just as we inherit physical characteristics from our parents, we inherit our sinful natures from Adam. King David lamented this condition of fallen human nature in Psalm 51:5: “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”

Answer 2

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

(I quote someone else)


This world is so full of sin and its consequences, that we can scarcely imagine what the world would be like without evil. See if you can answer the following questions.

1. What would a little old lady in Central Park at midnight be? SAFE

2. What would a man carrying 100 pounds of gold bars through a poor ghetto be, besides what the little old lady was?

GRATEFUL for all the nice young men who would carry his gold bars and then return them.

3. How big would the ghettos be? Empty, all would work hard and all would have plenty

4. How much money would the government give to the military every year? $0

5. How much money would the government give to hospitals every year? $0, (no sickness or death)

6. How large would the police force be? 0 except for the traffic lights

7. How many fashion stores would there be? 0, no vanity, and would there even be clothes?

8. How many prison would there be? 0, no prisoners

9. How much money should be given to drug rehabilitation centers? $0, none on drugs

10. In the event of a hurricane hitting Galveston, how much faster could the population be evacuated?

very fast because everyone would go in turn

11. Without the police, how much looting would go on in Galveston after a hurricane? none

12. How many hurricanes would hit Galveston? no, before fall, man in control no evil natural disasters

13. How much money would your doctor be making? don't know, but he'd be in a different line of work

14. How much fertilizer would be sold in a year?

$0, crops would grow on their own (remember Adam's curse)

15. How much farming would there be? 0, we would just pick what grew

16. How much procrastination would there be? none, procrastination is sin

17. How many fights would there be between parents and children? - Between anyone?

none

18. How many cults and false religions would exist? none

19. How would the Civil Rights Movement have been different.

non-existent, no discrimination or prejudice

20. How many divorces would there be? none

21. How many violent movies would there be? none, no one would be interested

22. How many Christian missionaries would there be?

none, and no one would be redeemed either. All would see God

23. Would there be a United Nations? no, God would rule

24. Would Communist governments exist? - Democratic governments? -Any governments? none except God's

25. Would we be able to read of great heroes of the faith who struggled and endured for Christ?

no, no suffering, endurance, or faith needed

26. How many martyrs could we look up to who suffered and gave their lives for God?

0, same reason

50% to 80% of everything that is done on earth today is done to battle evil and its consequences. See what other examples you can think up.

Answer 3

Why do you ask the question? Who told you what sin was and who accused you of it? Would it be the Christian church by any chance? You are not a sinner and you do not sin. You are a child of the Creator and you came here for a purpose that you decided on before you arrived. You were created perfect and you are perfect. You are a beautiful spirit in a perfect body. Live and enjoy your life and stop 'suffering' from an invention of the church. Open your eyes to Gods beautiful/awesome world and know that you are loved and have absolutely no need to 'be saved'.

Answer 4

Sin is a religious word for Crime. As violating the law of the land is considered Crime, so also, violating the law of the Lord is considered Sin.

It's not that we are suffering from sin, but the fact is that,

once we become slaves to sin, we are not able to come out of that, and we get a feeling that we are doing something that violates our conscience... This is the reason why we suffer because of sin.

Answer 5

Sin can be defined in various ways,I look at it like this, sin is the antithesis of the truth and God is the truth,it is His holy nature to be true to Himself and anything contrary to this is anti-God.
Sin says that God is not what He is,it makes us His creatures appear to be above God and His holy nature,in other words by sin we defy God and accuse Him of being a liar.
This is the sin that is above all sins for it is self deluded pride,we also know that to call the Holy Spirit a liar is the unforgivable sin or offence that will not be forgiven.
Sin then is any action willingly performed by the creature against the express will of God that insults His divine Goodness and injures the life of ourselves and others both spiritually and physically.

Answer 6

Sin refers to missing the mark. As in, you buy a new car for obvious reasons, and when you get it the engine cannot run and cannot be made to run -- it has missed its bought for purpose.

Thus when Adam sinned he did so before having any children. Think of todays technology, much is made by shaping material in molds. If the mold has a defect, all the products will show this defect. In that way we all inherited Adam's sin, and it causes us to grow old and die, to make mistakes we cannot prevent doing.

Romans 5:12 Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned. (ACV)