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The Non-opinionated View of sin - Biblical based
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Strong's Hebrew: 2403. חַטָּאָה (chatta'ah) -- sin
chatta'ah: sin
Original Word: חַטָּאָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chatta'ah
Definition: sinful thing, sin
What exactly is sin?
Strong's Hebrew: 2398. חָטָא (chata) -- to miss, go wrong, sin
chata: to miss, go wrong, sin
Original Word: חָטָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chata
Definition: to miss, go wrong, sin
The Hebrew word chata, mean miss, or to miss, and is translated sin.
Thus the understanding of missing a mark, or falling short of a mark or goal, going wrong, or off course - off target.
The first use of the word is found in Genesis 4:7
"If you turn to doing good, will you not be restored to favor? But if you do not turn to doing good, sin is crouching at the door, and its craving is to dominate you; but will you get the mastery over it?"
If Cain did not turn to doing good, he would not get the mastery over the sin that was lurking - missing the mark, or going wrong.
Obviously the mark had to be set, and someone needed to set it.
So this was the mark or standard of right that God set. Cain was about to miss it... if he did not turn to doing good.
So, sin is what God considers a falling short of the standard he set, whether that be the quality of life, or the activities associated with that life. (More on this later, since I have to go)
The quality of life God set at the beginning of man's creation, was perfection. (More on this later)
However, a short bit on this, which I just copied and pasted from one of my posts. (Be back later)
Perfection - A simple explanation.
Why is God absolutely perfect?
There is nothing he is lacking - He cannot be possibly better.
Now imagine that he could be better. Then he would not be perfect... in the absolute sense.
If that were the case, then it would mean there is someone or something that demands or sets requirements for perfection.
However, could he be perfect?
Let's imagine though that this someone or something - though perfect in the absolute, declares God perfect, God's perfection is relative to the someone or something.
We can think of it as someone setting a bar, and calling it "The level of perfection". The one at the level of the bar is perfect to the one who set the bar, because they cannot go beyond - they can do no better, or be no better.
Thus since there is no other, God is perfect, and sets the law of perfection.
As creator, he sets the bar for his creation. As the all powerful all wise creator, he knows what's best (just as Ford knows what his models require, and what makes them "perfect")
This is plainly seen in the Bible.
When God created Adam and Eve, in fact, everything, he declared them, "very good". Why? They could be no better than they were. Or, they were exactly as God wanted them to be. They met his standard, or requirements.
God made humans - fleshly beings - to live on earth, and with a mind to make decisions concerning what they would do, or not do (free will, or choice), which means, they could not leave the earth, and fly into space, in their natural state. They were not programmed, to do only what a programmer wired them to do.
So they were perfect... at the level of the bar God set. They could not go beyond. They could remain at that level, but they could also fall bellow.
They did.
That's where we got the term sin - to miss the mark [of perfection], or in other words, to miss the mark of God's righteous standards, or to fall short of the [reasonable] standards God set.
Thus, imperfection is not like a disease that scientists can examine, and call it by a name.
Imperfection is the state humans find themselves in, because of the standards (the bar, level of perfection) God the creator has set for them.
It is relative... to God. Man's view has no bearing on it.
Even sinful persons have a level or bar, to reach.
In the book of Job (Job 1:1), the Hebrew word tam is used when referring to Job. It means complete, and can be understood to mean blameless, guiltless, perfect one...
How is Job complete, perfect? From God's perspective, he is, based on the standard (the bar, the level) God set for a sinful man. It is relative.
Additionally ...
God set the bar or target for Cain. He could reach it, but he chose otherwise He missed.
One can thus be in a state of sin - missing the mark of perfection, and still have a goal or target to reach, which God sets. One could miss it deliberately, or by mistake, being in a sinful state.
Here is a little diagram to illustrate it. Hope it's not complicated.
This is the Biblical debates forum.
Strong's Hebrew: 2403. חַטָּאָה (chatta'ah) -- sin
chatta'ah: sin
Original Word: חַטָּאָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chatta'ah
Definition: sinful thing, sin
What exactly is sin?
Strong's Hebrew: 2398. חָטָא (chata) -- to miss, go wrong, sin
chata: to miss, go wrong, sin
Original Word: חָטָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chata
Definition: to miss, go wrong, sin
The Hebrew word chata, mean miss, or to miss, and is translated sin.
Thus the understanding of missing a mark, or falling short of a mark or goal, going wrong, or off course - off target.
The first use of the word is found in Genesis 4:7
"If you turn to doing good, will you not be restored to favor? But if you do not turn to doing good, sin is crouching at the door, and its craving is to dominate you; but will you get the mastery over it?"
If Cain did not turn to doing good, he would not get the mastery over the sin that was lurking - missing the mark, or going wrong.
Obviously the mark had to be set, and someone needed to set it.
So this was the mark or standard of right that God set. Cain was about to miss it... if he did not turn to doing good.
So, sin is what God considers a falling short of the standard he set, whether that be the quality of life, or the activities associated with that life. (More on this later, since I have to go)
The quality of life God set at the beginning of man's creation, was perfection. (More on this later)
However, a short bit on this, which I just copied and pasted from one of my posts. (Be back later)
Perfection - A simple explanation.
Why is God absolutely perfect?
There is nothing he is lacking - He cannot be possibly better.
Now imagine that he could be better. Then he would not be perfect... in the absolute sense.
If that were the case, then it would mean there is someone or something that demands or sets requirements for perfection.
However, could he be perfect?
Let's imagine though that this someone or something - though perfect in the absolute, declares God perfect, God's perfection is relative to the someone or something.
We can think of it as someone setting a bar, and calling it "The level of perfection". The one at the level of the bar is perfect to the one who set the bar, because they cannot go beyond - they can do no better, or be no better.
Thus since there is no other, God is perfect, and sets the law of perfection.
As creator, he sets the bar for his creation. As the all powerful all wise creator, he knows what's best (just as Ford knows what his models require, and what makes them "perfect")
This is plainly seen in the Bible.
When God created Adam and Eve, in fact, everything, he declared them, "very good". Why? They could be no better than they were. Or, they were exactly as God wanted them to be. They met his standard, or requirements.
God made humans - fleshly beings - to live on earth, and with a mind to make decisions concerning what they would do, or not do (free will, or choice), which means, they could not leave the earth, and fly into space, in their natural state. They were not programmed, to do only what a programmer wired them to do.
So they were perfect... at the level of the bar God set. They could not go beyond. They could remain at that level, but they could also fall bellow.
They did.
That's where we got the term sin - to miss the mark [of perfection], or in other words, to miss the mark of God's righteous standards, or to fall short of the [reasonable] standards God set.
Thus, imperfection is not like a disease that scientists can examine, and call it by a name.
Imperfection is the state humans find themselves in, because of the standards (the bar, level of perfection) God the creator has set for them.
It is relative... to God. Man's view has no bearing on it.
Even sinful persons have a level or bar, to reach.
In the book of Job (Job 1:1), the Hebrew word tam is used when referring to Job. It means complete, and can be understood to mean blameless, guiltless, perfect one...
How is Job complete, perfect? From God's perspective, he is, based on the standard (the bar, the level) God set for a sinful man. It is relative.
Additionally ...
God set the bar or target for Cain. He could reach it, but he chose otherwise He missed.
One can thus be in a state of sin - missing the mark of perfection, and still have a goal or target to reach, which God sets. One could miss it deliberately, or by mistake, being in a sinful state.
Here is a little diagram to illustrate it. Hope it's not complicated.
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