what is "sin" in christianity?
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Not obeying God's Word.\n\nExo 20:8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. \nExo 20:9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: \nExo 20:10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: \nExo 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. \nExo 20:12  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. \nExo 20:13  Thou shalt not kill. \nExo 20:14  Thou shalt not commit adultery. \nExo 20:15  Thou shalt not steal. \nExo 20:16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. \nExo 20:17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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It depends on who is defining "sin" and why.\n\nI don't believe in "sin" ... to me "sin" is a judgement.. i'm not here to judge anyone, least of all me... i live according to that which serves me and my connection with my God, and all of those things that I do never harm another human being on their path to where they are going or learning or discovering.. and even if they act against me they are not sinning, they are merely doing the best that they know how, for if they knew better, they would do better.\n\nI think the sooner we get rid of the word "sin" in our vocabulary the sooner we can work for peace in this world.
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Literally, a missing of the mark, according to the Hebrew and Greek Bible texts. God himself sets the “mark” that his intelligent creatures are to reach. Missing that mark is sin, which is also unrighteousness, or lawlessness. (Rom. 3:23) Sin is anything not in harmony with God’s personality, standards, ways, and will, all of which are holy. It may involve wrong conduct, failure to do what should be done, ungodly speech, unclean thoughts, or desires or motives that are selfish. The Bible differentiates between inherited sin and willful sin, between an act of sin over which a person is repentant and the practice of sin.\n\nAnything not in harmony with, hence contrary to, God’s personality, standards, ways, and will; anything marring one’s relationship with God. It may be in word, in deed (doing wrong acts  or failing to do what should be done, or in mind or heart attitude  . Lack of faith in God is a major sin, showing, as it does, distrust of him or lack of confidence in his ability to perform.
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Sin is a sin is a sin.  I think there are some sins that are greater than others, but only in the minds and opinions of man (a white lie is not as great as murder.)  Man differentiates between sin, not God.
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Sure.\n\n"Weakness" is a state of frailty or being weak, while "Sin" is the act of transgressing against The Law...\n\nPeace be with you.
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a sin is something (a belief or action) that seperates us from God. the Bible, which is Gods word, teaches that people are not reborn and that there is a heaven and a hell. believing otherwise is contradictory to what God has told us, so that would seperate us from him. so yes.
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Sin is substituting something real for something abstract. Sort of like smokers substituting cigarettes for breastfeeding. Jesus offers himself as a substitute for god, and thus becomes the original sin. It's an artifact of consciousness, which is exploited by religion to take money and power from those who don't understand.
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Hi Rodney. Good evening/day.Very good subject! First of all, in case anyone does not know what sin is, let's define it.  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. or MKJV- Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness-1John 3:4. Myself included, we need to ensure that we know what sin is so that we can be sincerely repentant and strive to not commit sins. You are correct everyone sins, that is why Jesus - the perfect Son of God who was sinless died for our sins and rose from the dead. Second, the word rapture is not in the Bible. Jesus will return to raise the dead and claim those of us who are saved. John 3:13 says  -And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven. May God Bless  you.
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the sin in my opinion is what you do to achive this\nI mean u visit P0rN Sites wtach movies et...\n\n"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. " Matthew 5:27
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All people sin because we are not perfect and that includes Christians.  We all sin!!  Christians are to confess their sins, be truly repentant, and make a firm resolve to sin no more to be forgiven.  We are forgiven, then we sin again.  Its a cycle but Jesus knows each of our hearts and He alone decides who will receive Salvation and His mercy and forgiveness.  I think it is a little harsh to call them hypocrites because most are trying to live in example of Jesus but because we are human, we fall far short and do occassionally fall into sin.  What I do not believe is the assumption by some that "Once saved, always saved"...that is not true because we cannot claim to be saved and then go on our merry way committing sin and expect forgiveness with no need of repentence and confession, simply on the basis that Jesus died for our sins.....Yes, He did, but He also gave us very clear and concise teachings on how to live our lives as a true disciple.  Look back at Peter...did not Peter sin in denying our Lord three times...but he was repentant and Jesus forgave him.  Bottom line...........We all Sin...its how we deal with it that makes the difference.
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We ALL sin and fall short of the glory of God.  We were born into a sinful world after Eve ate the apple in the garden.  Is homosexuality a sin? Yes, but so is gluttony, gossip, coveting, stealing, abuse, etc, etc....  God see's all sin as the same in His eyes.  It is a shame that the world cannot love the homosexual as God loves them....he created them just as He created me, a sinner.  But He died on the cross to save us from those sins.  God forgives me as a glutton-gossip-coveting female, so he can forgive anyone else who commits sin....and we all do commit sin!  God is sad when we sin, he hates sin, but he sent Jesus, his son into the world as a sacrifice to save us from our sin so we can spend eternity in heaven with Him!  What an incredible promise!  Grace and mercy to those (homosexuals) who have to deal with the judgment of "some" Christians who really do not understand the unconditional love of Jesus Christ!
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Sinner! We each choose which path we will take. Will we sin, or will we stray from sin. If life was all sin, than there would be no love, peace, comfort, song, prayer, belief, truth, honesty, or forgiveness!\n There is plenty of sin in the world, but the world is not all sin!
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Christ died to cover all sin past, present and future. That doesn't give you a license to sin though. If you love God and have truly been "born again" then you will find all sin as offensive once you see it as sin. Once a person who is "born again" realizes that they have sinned they have a conviction burning inside of themselves to ask for forgiveness, and to permanently separate themselves from the sin forever. I would say that all of us struggle with sin but some of us have chosen not to fight it and instead just simply give in to it. I think that is the difference also in someone who loves God (the one that struggles and hates the sin) and someone who just wants to get to heaven (the one that seeks forgiveness knowing that they will in the future seek out to do the same sin again and again). I don't want to go to heaven just for the sake of going to heaven. I want to go to heaven to be with the One that my heart desires. I want to know God as I am known and see His face. The only way that I can see His face is to hate sin in the way that He hates sin.
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If you entertain a sinful thought, it is considered a sin.
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We want to make everything difficult and that includes what we view as sin in our lives. Sin is not just relegated to Christians, but to all who believe in God.  We so often view sin as something that is recorded in the book of life and at the end of our lives we will be judged against what we have done. \n\nGod doesn't want us to live in fear or anger at what we feel from his judgment, God wants us to welcome him in our hearts. Sin is our walking away from God and everything we do that takes us away from that loving relationship. Sin is us saying, we don't need you God in our life, we are more important than you.\n\n\nSin is all that we do that takes us away from what God has planned for our lives. Sin is our abusing or not using the God-given gifts we have to God's purpose.\n\nGod created us to be in relationship with God. God wants to give us God's unconditional love and teach us to share that love with others we meet in our life-walk. \n\nSin is our rejection of what God has for us: a relationship,being part of a plan, living in obedience and rejecting God's love for us. All of us fall short. All of us sin. For Christians, it is the death and Resurrection of  Jesus Christ that frees us from the bondage of sin. It is that relationship that takes away our sin and brings Salvation to us. We are not freed,because of anything we do, we are freed because we are one that Jesus loves.\n\nHere are a couple of websites that have objective definitions of sin.
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sin is a stupid concept created by ignorant peasant men who wrote this archaic fascist book called the bible, if you Muslims,Christians and the like dropped your prehistoric notions and adapted your belief to one of spirituality, which embraces all people in the love of god, then you would realise that there is no such thing as sin. god is love, not judgement or punishment, i am god,you are god,we are all god, and its only these books and there outdated forms of control which are destroying any hope of us all living in peace in this planet. God does not put us on Earth in order to be judged, if that was so true, then Christians and Muslims wouldn't behave the way they do then use their faith to justify there actions of hate and murder. GOD IS LOVE NOT HATE!.
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No, what that passage describes is known as the sin of omission. That's one type of sin. Another type of sin is the sin of commission.\n\n1 John 3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.\n\nRomans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.   12   For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;   13   (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.   14   For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:   15   Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)   16   In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.