the same in God's eyes? i guess wha i'm asking is....is a sin a sin & all the same? thanks
2007-10-30 12:55:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course not.
How could God see the sentence "No, honey. Those stretch pants don't make your butt look fat" as the same kind of sin as genocide? The idea is ridiculous.
God does not see everything in black and white. Unfortunately some of His followers seem to.
2007-10-30 12:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes, God is perfect thus his standards are much higher than ours. While we may view ourselves as "not being as bad as that other other guy" the fact is we have broken God's law when we violate just one of the ten commandments. We think of Adultery and Murder as carrying a higher penalty than lying. Jesus said that if you even look at a women with lust in your heart you have commuted adultly of the heart, The same with murder. hatred towards someone makes you a murder at heart in God's eyes. God even looks at our thought life. That's how high his standard is. Our problem as man kind is we have all broken God's laws (sin) and the God has declared that the punishment is death.
So how do we avoid this punishment?
On our own merit we can't. But God did something for us no other can claim. He sent his son who paid our punishment. As a result we are able to receive a full pardon for our sins but to receive this we must repent (turn away from our sins and turn to God) and put our faith in Jesus Christ.
Great Question!
2007-10-30 13:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Praise to the Trinity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work 100 percent of the time?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
Love and blessings
don
2007-10-30 13:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In Matthew 5:21-28, Jesus equates committing adultery with having lust in your heart, and committing murder with having hatred in your heart. However, this does not mean the sins are equal. What Jesus was trying to get across to the Pharisees was that it is still sin even if you only think about or want to do the act. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day taught people that it was okay to think about anything you wanted to, as long as you did not act on those desires. Jesus is forcing them to realize that God judges a person’s thoughts as well as their actions. Jesus proclaimed that our actions are the results of what is in our hearts (Matthew 12:34).
So, although Jesus said that lust and adultery are both sins – that does not mean they are equal. It is much worse to actually murder a person than it is to simply hate them – even though they are both sinful in God’s sight. There are degrees to sin. Some sins are worse than others. At the same time, in regards to both eternal consequences and salvation, all sins are the same. Each and every sin will lead to eternal condemnation (Romans 6:23). All sin, no matter how “small,” is against an infinite and eternal God, and is therefore worthy of an infinite and eternal penalty. Further, this is no sin too “big” that God cannot forgive it. Jesus died to pay the penalty for sin (1 John 2:2). Jesus died for ALL of our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21). Are all sins equal to God? Yes and no. In severity? No. In penalty? Yes. In forgivability? Yes.
2007-10-30 12:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It all depends upon what context you mean. For instance, it only takes one sin, no matter what it is, to be "guilty" in God's sight of breaking the law and needing to have it paid for by faith in the blood sacrifice that Jesus made for it.
On the other hand, you have passages like this from the Bible that would lead a reader to believe that God doesn't count all sins equally bad.
Exodus 22:16 "If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins. 18 "You shall not permit a sorceress to live. 19 "Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.
So God obviously doesn't think premarital sex is as bad as bestiality.
2007-10-30 13:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God the Father had Jesus Christ become sin on the cross.
All sin is paid for by The Lord Jesus Christ. Now, He wants
you to believe in His precious Son.
Sin is not the issue, the Son is!
2007-10-30 12:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The bible is an advocate of all you mention. None of which was a sin.
Men had many wives, stealing was OK, murdering was ordered by g-d, and lying was OK too! Since g-d advocated the above deeds - I don't think he would care.
2007-10-30 13:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Tricia R 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sin is knowing what to do that is right but doing wrong.
their are different degrees. like thinking about hearting someone and actually doing it both are sins.
but their is one sin that is unforgivable. sinning against the holy spirit. this is being apostate.
2007-10-30 14:37:32 · answer #8 · answered by dumaguetejoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to God? a sin is a sin is a sin. HOWEVER, they're all forgiven just the same.
consider the "penny" analogy. if each sin is a penny, we look across the street and see different size stacks of pennies living around us... however, looking *down* on us (from above), God only sees the single penny on top -- he sees no stack greater than another.
2007-10-30 13:02:43 · answer #9 · answered by nashgirl21 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes. Who can judge what is worse than another?
not only severity of its direct harm to others, but its pervasive effects on the person's and others' relationship with God. therefore each sin is equally bad. But God is not judging either, today.
2007-10-30 13:00:14 · answer #10 · answered by aznfanatic 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋