Some of the best new on earth is salvation, but even it comes against the backdrop of sin, and the fact that we are all sinners and need salvation. Many of us have probably heard the word "sin" so much that it either has no meaning or has become so over-defined that we are now confused by it.
So what is sin?
The original Greek word for "sin" meant simply to miss the mark as an archer may miss a target. Well if we are missing the target, what was the target anyway? Romans 3:23 tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Simply put, sin is falling short of God's standards for our attitudes and actions. It's not measuring up to what our parents want us to do, what our co-workers wants us to do, it's doing what God wants us to do.
Did you realize that "whoever know the right thing to do and fails to do it" has sinned? That's what James 4:17 says. Sin could be compared to shooting basketball: whether the shot just rolls off the rim, barely touches the backboard, or is a total air ball, a miss is still a miss.
Tony Evans writes, "Sin is the same way. When we fail to lie according to God's standard of right and wrong, based on His rule of love, we have missed His mark, whether we miss it by a little or a lot."
So what is sin?
The original Greek word for "sin" meant simply to miss the mark as an archer may miss a target. Well if we are missing the target, what was the target anyway? Romans 3:23 tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Simply put, sin is falling short of God's standards for our attitudes and actions. It's not measuring up to what our parents want us to do, what our co-workers wants us to do, it's doing what God wants us to do.
Did you realize that "whoever know the right thing to do and fails to do it" has sinned? That's what James 4:17 says. Sin could be compared to shooting basketball: whether the shot just rolls off the rim, barely touches the backboard, or is a total air ball, a miss is still a miss.
Tony Evans writes, "Sin is the same way. When we fail to lie according to God's standard of right and wrong, based on His rule of love, we have missed His mark, whether we miss it by a little or a lot."
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