Can you define sin?

[Rabina217]

"One and the only thing that is not possible with God" ,that's sin.

 

[beta]

Question 13 (13th of 16) It is important to know what sin is. Define sin.

Can I ask you a question ?
Why are you asking people's opinion when the answer is in the Bible ?---
unless you don't know it---1Joh 3v4.

 

[preacher4truth]

Can I ask you a question ?
Why are you asking people's opinion when the answer is in the Bible ?---
unless you don't know it---1Joh 3v4.

Exactly, yet his point is that you have to get the answer directly from God via a private and special revelation for the REAL answer. That is dangerous ground.

 

[FreeNChrist]

Laish, Bingo.
Congrats to all. The scholars here are impressive! You got it on the first day. The Greek word for sin is amartais. Strong's concordance staates it means "to miss the mark." There is one small error. Strong's analytical concordance has been misleading scholars for years. It's their fault. To miss the mark is incorrect but very close. Allow me to go on.

When the original Greek (amartais) was translated, there was no English word that was even close. So, they found the word sin from the sport of archery. In Archery, to "miss the mark" is to sin. The original greek word meant to miss "God's best."
I am impressed. I felt compelled to post a few things, and I see that You guys are awesome.

God wanted His best scholars to know the proper definition.

There is another question that relates to this one. I believe it is #16. I would post it now, but the Forum has a law against flooding.

And what is the mark that is missed?

 

[p_rehbein]

Or, quite possibly, him carefully weaving a web to snare unsuspecting Christians in...........we shall know better his intentions SHOULD he ever decide to "reveal" all these "truths" he keeps promising to reveal.

Folks should exercise a wee bit of caution with this one in my opinion.

This thread plays out as a bizzare game show... with Jonteel living out his dream as an enthusiastic game show host.

Well, as long as everyone has been having fun this episode, that's all that matters!

 

[mailmandan]

Sin is a failing to hit the mark. A bad action, evil deed in an ethical sense.

 

[Demi777]

sin: anything that displeases God.

 

[missy2014]

Does sin separate us from God?

 

[WineRose]

The sine (aka sin) of a triangle is the length of the opposite side of the triangle divided by the length of the hypotenuse...

...Wait, what.

 

[Demi777]

sinus cosinus and tangens have nothing to do with the sin we are talking about LOL!!! XD

The sine (aka sin) of a triangle is the length of the opposite side of the triangle divided by the hypotenuse...

...Wait, what.

 

[missy2014]

sinus cosinus and tangens have nothing to do with the sin we are talking about LOL!!! XD

I know! Lol

 

[Stunnedbygrace]

I knew what I would answer but looked first to see if anyone gave my answer and G777 gave it.
Whatever is not of trust in God is sin.

 

[JustWhoIAm]

"In the Hebrew Bible, there is a mention of a faraway country Sinim in the Book of Isaiah 49:12 which some had assumed to be a reference to China. In Genesis 10:17, a tribes called the Sinites were said to be the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, but they are usually considered to be a different people, probably from the northern part of Lebanon."

-Wikipedia

 

[Stunnedbygrace]

And it does follow with what the op listed in a subsequent post because in any area of mistrust of Him, there is an area where we are missing the best He wants to give us.

 

[missy2014]

Speaking of sin can you guys pray for my bro he's suicidal and he's losing hope

 

[FreeNChrist]

Does sin separate us from God?

"All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation." 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

 

[FreeNChrist]

And it does follow with what the op listed in a subsequent post because in any area of mistrust of Him, there is an area where we are missing the best He wants to give us.

I have to wonder why if sin is simply missing God's "best” why the wage for that would be death?

 

[missy2014]

"All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation." 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Awesome...

 

[BeyondET]

Question 13 (13th of 16) It is important to know what sin is. Define sin.

Solely
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Negatives

 

[Stunnedbygrace]

I have to wonder why if sin is simply missing God's "best” why the wage for that would be death?

You missed the train as it went by. We miss the mark/miss what He wants to give us, by mistrust of what He has said. You could say it in other ways, but I would phrase it like this: the wages of not believing what He has said is death.