Trying to understand sin

[wwjd_kilden]

I looked the verse up in the blue letter bible and clicked on the reference for the word cleanse:

1. to make clean, cleanse
   
   1. from physical stains and dirt
      
      1. utensils, food
         
      2. a leper, to cleanse by curing
         
      3. to remove by cleansing
   2. in a moral sense
      
      1. to free from defilement of sin and from faults
         
      2. to purify from wickedness
         
      3. to free from guilt of sin, to purify
         
      4. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying
         
      5. to consecrate, dedicate
2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense
   
   

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Hi all,

I am perplexed by how the bible refers to sin as though it were a) an active entity b) a substance.
What I mean is that verses found in Romans elude to the fact that when Paul sinned , it was not him doing it , but sin which is in me."I find this concept weird and hard to understand because sin here is mentioned as though it is an active entity.
And then in 1 John where we are told that " if we confess our sins to God we have fellowship with one another and His blood cleanses us from all unrighteousness."Again weird - and hard to understand .....its as if sin here is referred to as a substance that is washed off our being.But it's not a substance- is it? It is a lawless deed or thought.How can it be washed off?Perhaps I need some divine revelation on this instead of trying to understand it with my natural mind ....but it would help if someone could fill me in.

Thanks!

IMO,sin Is a law that wars against a persons mind and makes them captive to the law of sin because the flesh Is weak.

The flesh wants to be In control but Is not strong enough to keep GOD's perfect standard of righteousness (the law of GOD)perfectly, and the law of GOD was given with the Intention of guiding a person to GOD after realizing that they can't keep the law of GOD with will power/flesh.The law of GOD Is spiritual but man was carnal.

Faith pleases GOD.

For GOD SO loved the world,that he gave HIS only begotten son that whosoever believes In HIM(the WORD of GOD)would not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE.

Those who believe In the WORD of GOD are made perfect In their spirit and are In the body of CHRIST,joined to CHRIST.

 

[dcontroversal]

Sin nature is something we are all born with and sin is something that we do...either directly and or ignorantly....a well tuned conscience based upon the word of God and a reasonable attempt to follow it will convict us when we do sin and lead us to repentance....Your conscience can be sered with a hot iron (peter) and lead one to sin easier....without a doubt....John, as a saved man who wrote almost 20% of the NEW TESTAMENT said clearly, "IF we say we have no sin (present tense) we are DECEIVED and the TRUTH IS NOT IN US!