OK, I'm stumped. Apart from the classic "being born", what, exactly, is this "sin" that I'm guilty of?

Question

Chem, do you read Douglas Coupland?

Rach, we know what Ray Comfort has to say on the subject. What do YOU say?

Jennifer, see my comment to Rach.

Answer 1

Well if looking too hot for words counted Bettie, that'd be two!

Answer 2

It's a constant refrain, isn't it? -- rather like an Abba song:

"Knowing me, knowing you,
There is nothing we can do --
Knowing me, knowing you,
We just have to face it, the bible's true...."

Or words to that effect.

Depending on how you interpret the Genesis story, the original sin is either inquisitiveness or having a sweet tooth. It's like leaving a candy bar in a room with a seven-year-old, then being shocked (shocked!) when you return and discover the kid has eaten the candy.

This guilt-mongering can have no impact on anyone who has not swallowed the "humans are evil because they're human" line. I wonder -- if we can get a few more people out of the shadow of this monstrosity, will we then finally see the steeples and minarets crumble?

If it happens, I plan to watch from a safe distance.

Answer 3

Being born is not THE sin. The sin is the one that you committed it your first life , in the first earth age and it follows you here. This first life happened in the unspoken of time between Genesis 1;1 and 1:2. It has been hidden since God put down satan's rebellion. Let the wise understand.

Answer 4

Have you ever told a lie? No matter how small. Then you're a liar.

Have you ever used God's name as a curse word? That's blasphemy.

Have you ever looked at another person with lust? Jesus says, "If you look at a woman with lust, you have already committed adultery with her in your heart." That's adultery.

Have you ever murdered someone? If you hate in your heart you have already murdered that person. Murderer.

Have you ever let something or someone take the place of God? That idolatry.

Have you always honored your mother and father?

Have you ever stolen something? No matter how small, bobby pin, paper clip, etc. That makes you a thief.

Have you ever wanted something that someone else has? That's coveting.

That's only 8 commandments.

Thank God He came down to us as a Man, because there is no way we could get to Him without the blood of Jesus.

Answer 5

God gave the Ten Commandments for man to keep. When God saw that man couldn't keep them He sent His son to take away the sin so we could receive eternal life with Him.
The wages of sin is death. We were dead in sin because of the fall of Adam and Eve and we were disconnected from God. Jesus came and went to the cross to redeem us from our sins and if we believe in His death, burial and resurrection, God gives us eternal life with Him.

A curse without the cause of sin, does not come upon us. Because of Adam and Eve's disobedience to God by obeying the devil instead of obeying God we lost eternal life.
Adam and Eve and all of their descendants were kicked out of the Garden of Eden where the tree of life dwells. We are the descendants of
Adam and Eve. We are sinners. If we accept Jesus as our Savior then we become sinners saved by grace. Grace meaning the favor of God because Salvation is a free gift of God. We can't earn or work hard enough to receive Salvation. Jesus died once and for all for our sins. Jesus was the sinless, unblemished Lamb of God. Only Jesus could take away our sins by His blood that He shed at the Cross of Calvary.

Answer 6

Say, 'Shall I seek a Lord, other than Allah(God) while He is the Lord of all things?' And no soul earns evil but only against itself; nor does any bearer of burden bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord will be your return, and He will inform you of that wherein you used to differ.

Answer 7

Since I have never met you, I could not say specifically, nor is it my place to do so. I have enough to deal with my own sins--times when I'm selfish, or lacking in compassion, dishonest, or harboring unforgiveness, that sort of thing. If you have already conquered all such failings, you are to be admired.

Answer 8

It's called original sin. A broad term. So just pick something original,call it a sin and confess. Easy. Simple. Quickly disposed of. (pssst...I operate a black market on selling indulgences).

Answer 9

Yes, all people inherited sin from Adam and Eve, specifically Adam. Romans 5:12 speaks to this, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.” Romans 5:19a declares further, “For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners…” Adam and Eve were made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). As a result, all human beings are also in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 9:6). However, we are also in the image and likeness of Adam (Genesis 5:3). When Adam fell into sin, that resulted in every one of his descendants also being “infected” with sin (Psalm 51:5).

The fact that we are born sinners results in the fact that we all sin. Notice the progression in Romans 5:12: Sin entered the world through Adam, death follows sin, death comes to all people, all people sin because they inherit sin from Adam. Thankfully, Jesus Christ is the Savior from sin! “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 7:24-25a).

Recommended Resource: Basic Theology by Charles Ryrie.

Answer 10

You yourself could answer your question because you know most of your personality. and character.
To determine your sins against God, read the bible personally and do not defend on what you heard and you are hearing about the baible. Read it personally to know the truth.
jtm

Answer 11

have you ever broken 1 of the 10 commandments?