How does the Bible define sin? Is it a consistent definition Genesis thru Revelations?

Question

HOgie, please read 1 John 2:4, and give up the private intrepetations.

brother richard: I looked at your sources, don't you think it is double speak to talk about divine law and then worship on the pagan sunday instead of the Biblical Sabbath?

Answer 1

Sin pure & simple is Lawlessness, 1John 3:4 Who ever commits sin also commits lawlessness & sin is lawlessness.
Whether its verbal as in Gen 2:17 or written as in Ex 20 or
Deut 28 or John 16:8 or Rev 20:15 its all one & the same thing, rejection of the Tree of Life, the Torah, the Living Torah,
The Messiah that YHWH Elohim sent & we are all guilty.
Everyday, every minuite of everyday we need our saviour
because none of us is righteous, no not one. Our righteous-
ness comes thru Yeshua Messiah & Him only.
Yes sin is consistent through out Scripture, His will or our will.
Deut 30:19 I set before you life & death, blessing & cursing,
therefore choose life that both you & your descendants may
live.
This is not a choice of doing or not doing the law. Its about
following The Saviour, How did Abraham,Isaac & Jacob, Enoch, Shem & others know what to do. Heb 11 these all
saw the promise of Messiah afar off & believed & lived
accordingly. John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
My day, & he saw it & was glad." Yeshua said this & this
proves that a hebrew can believe in Yeshua & still be a Hebrew.

Answer 2

Sin is breaking God's Holy Law. Sin is breaking the Sabbath. Sin in the original language simply means "missing the mark".

We have missed the mark. We have turn away from God's Law. We have rejected God's Sabbath. God is upset with the nations of the world.

There will be a remnant that will stand for the truth in the last days. Not all will be lost.

Revelation 14:12
Matthew 7:21

Answer 3

Briefly, sin is the "willful transgression of the devine law" (from Webster's Dictionary), in the original language it literally means "missing the mark". It is not temptation, for Jesus was tempted in all points like us, yet was without sin (see Hebrews 4:15). It does not happen without our knowledge, we know what we are doing if we have done it (see James 4:17) We are accountable for what we know to be sin, and God has provided us with his Word, the Bible, where we can go and find out. So he also expects us to make a sincere effort to find out for ourselves. (Here's a good reference for more detail on what sin is: http://churchofgodcarmichael.org/content/view/14/33/ )

In the beginning with Adam and Eve, sin was what separated man from his true and faithful relationship with God. Sin cannot stand before the presence of God. And what sin does has never changed - it still separates man from God, which is spiritual death (see Romans 6:22-23). Jesus Christ came to provide the perfect sacrifice that not only forgives sins that are past (see Romans 3:25 & Ephesians 2:1-3), but gives the power to remove sin from the individual's heart for good. Jesus did not come to provide an excuse for sin, but the remedy (1 John 3:3-10).

Answer 4

I'm a Christian who has not only read the Bible cover to cover several times, I have spent the last 30 years studying the merits of each chapter and verse against the backdrop of over 200,000 other ancient documents. Can you say the same? I think you're a fraud pretending to know more than Christians. Care to challenge me? I'd like you to see what careful consideration looks like.

Answer 5

No, the definition of sin is not consistent throughout the books of Genesis to Revelation.

Beginning in the beginning, the great red dragon, was a murderer and a liar. But it was Moses that gave the serpent an image and a voice. Moses defined goodness as justified hatred and killing as long as it was sanctioned by his god.

As Moses lifted up (worshiped) the serpent in the wilderness.

Who is the serpent ?

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Gen 3:1-2
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Gen
3:14-15

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num 21:8-9 (KJV)
Numbers 21:8-9 is the same story as John 3:14 and Revelation 13:10-18, In Luke 4:9 and John 4:20-22, clearly shows that the temple of solomon is a place of worship made for the devil. For is is written in Revelation 13:18 and 1 kings
10:14, six hundred threescore and six (666) talents

Answer 6

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.-- Romans 14:23

And the law is not of faith: . . .-- Galatians 3:12

Therefore, for a Christian to live by the law is sin for him or her.

Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Draws back, returning to what? The law.

Answer 7

Transgression of God's law

Answer 8

A sin occurs whenever someone disobeys the will of God.

Answer 9

A willful act....A known transgression....Something you know that will displease the Lord but you do it anyway...= Sin

Answer 10

Sin is described in the Bible as transgression of the law of God (1 John 3:4) and rebellion against God (Deuteronomy 9:7; Joshua 1:18). Sin had its beginning with Lucifer, the “shining star, the son of the morning,” the most beautiful and powerful of the angels. Not content to be all this, he desired to be the most high God and that was his downfall and the beginning of sin (Isaiah 14:12-15). Renamed Satan, he brought sin to the human race in the Garden of Eden, where he tempted Adam and Eve with the same enticement, “you shall be like God.” Genesis 3 describes their rebellion against God and against His commandments. Since that time, sin has been passed down through all the generations of mankind and we, Adam’s descendants, have inherited sin from him. Romans 5:12 tells us that through Adam, sin entered the world and so death was passed on to all men because “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

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.”

Another type of sin is known as imputed sin. Used in both financial and legal settings, the Greek word translated imputed means to take something that belongs to someone and credit it to another’s account. Before the Law of Moses was given, sin was not imputed to man, although men were still sinners because of inherited sin. After the Law was given, sins committed in violation of the Law were imputed (accounted) to them (Romans 5:13). Even before transgressions of the law were imputed to men, the ultimate penalty for sin (death) continued to reign (Romans 5:14). All humans, from Adam to Moses, were subject to death, not because of their sinful acts against the Mosaic Law (which they did not have), but because of their own inherited sinful nature. After Moses, humans were subject to death both because of inherited sin from Adam and imputed sin from violating the laws of God.

God used the principle of imputation to the benefit of mankind when He imputed the sin of believers to the account of Jesus Christ, who paid the penalty for that sin (death) on the cross. Imputing our sin to Jesus, God treated Him as if He were a sinner though He was not, and had Him die for the sins of all who would ever believe in Him. It’s important to understand that sin was imputed to Him, but he did not inherit it from Adam. He bore the penalty for sin, but He never became a sinner. His pure and perfect nature was untouched by sin. He was treated as though He was guilty of all the sins ever committed by all who would ever believe, even though He committed none. In exchange, God imputed the righteousness of Christ to believers and credited our accounts with His righteousness just as He credited our sins to His account (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Personal sin is that which is committed every day by every human being. Because we have inherited a sin nature from Adam, we commit individual, personal sins – everything from seemingly innocent fibs to murder. Those who have not placed their faith in Jesus Christ must pay the penalty for these personal sins, as well as inherited and imputed sin. However, believers have been freed from the eternal penalty of sin (hell and spiritual death). Now we can choose whether or not to commit personal sins because we have the power to resist sin through the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, sanctifying and convicting us of our sins when we do commit them (Romans 8:9-11). Once we confess our personal sins to God and ask forgiveness for them, we are restored to perfect fellowship and communion with Him. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

Inherited sin, imputed sin, and personal sin - all have been crucified on the cross of Jesus, and now “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7).