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No*s said:1). What constitutes sin?
2). Is it inherited?.
Sin is an offense against God: "Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight." Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like gods," knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus "love of oneself even to contempt of God." In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law." .No*s said:1). What constitutes sin?
No.2). Is it inherited?
SOGFPP said:Sin is an offense against God: "Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight." Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like gods," knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus "love of oneself even to contempt of God." In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law." .
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Anything? If I shoot a basketball and miss, it's a sin?No*s said:On 1). I believe "sin" is anything that misses its mark, that falls short of what was intended for it.
SOGFPP said:Anything? If I shoot a basketball and miss, it's a sin?
If I try to paralel park and have to back up 15 times.... that's a sin?
I don't understand this, my friend...... it seems your explaination missed the mark.
SOGFPP said:OK.... I get ya now..... we agree:
The morality of human acts depends on:
- the object chosen;
- the end in view or the intention;
- the circumstances of the action.
The object, the intention, and the circumstances make up the "sources," or constitutive elements, of the morality of human acts.
A morally good act requires the goodness of the object, of the end, and of the circumstances together. An evil end corrupts the action, even if the object is good in itself (such as praying and fasting "in order to be seen by men").
The object of the choice can by itself vitiate an act in its entirety. There are some concrete acts - such as fornication - that it is always wrong to choose, because choosing them entails a disorder of the will, that is, a moral evil.
It is therefore an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them or the circumstances (environment, social pressure, duress or emergency, etc.) which supply their context. There are acts which, in and of themselves, independently of circumstances and intentions, are always gravely illicit by reason of their object; such as blasphemy and perjury, murder and adultery. One may not do evil so that good may result from it.
Dr. Khan said:It's been so long, I forgot. :jiggy: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. this is John3:9 And because I believe it because I continue to look to Jesus everyday. For it is also written "for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Because I continue to look for God in secret and he reveal himself according to that which is written, I have no consience of sin. I'm aware of sin but I continue to walk in the word of God and in him is no sin. I'm covered by the blood of Jesus to completeness every day. Therefore sin has no power over me. This is what Jesus died to give me..... the power of an endless life to get to try it out here in this world, while I live, I move and have my being in him. I live Christ. I dwell in victory. This is the inheritance that is in the seed of Abraham.
No*s said:This will be a fun one.
1). What constitutes sin?
2). Is it inherited?
On 1). I believe "sin" is anything that misses its mark, that falls short of what was intended for it. Sin, then, has consequences on body and soul. It brings about corruption and death. These, in their turn, destroy us physically, but that is a symptom of the spiritual problem where "sin" makes us experience God as hell, rather than in a positive manner.
On 2). Yes, corruption and imperfection is inherited. However, guilt is not inherited. Thus, I am not guilty of Adam's sin, only for my sin, which I am enslaved in because of the corruption which I have inherited.