Why is it even important to know the levels of sin, if Jesus has explained that being angry at your brother is EQUAL to murder? I mean, RIGHT THERE, explains that ALL sins are equal, with the exception of blasphemy towards the Holy Spirit. May God forgive me if I'm wrong but it so obviously states in:
wicked is WICKED.
good and is good.
there ISN'T A GRAY area.
Red33:
I think, the scripture that you quoted, Jesus was putting Pilate in his place.
Pilate was being arrogant when he said, "I can do what I want with you, don't you see that?" (1 John 19:10) He felt almight, essentially, by saying that he could keep Him alive or take his life, like ACTUALLY, only GOD can do (which was what Jesus was saying in 1 John 19:11).
Pilate was being ARROGANT because he flaunted his "power" in Jesus' face when He essentially humiliated Pilate, demeaned his power, when He "refused to speak to him" (1 John 19:10). Jesus was essentially saying, "you don't have as much power as you think, just because you are a ruler and think you have the power to keep me alive," Even though, the Jews had "no right to execute them," they had more knowledge than Pilate (who was NOT a Jew and was NOT aware of prophecies and scripture) to have known he was the Messiah, and THEY were the ones that actually killed Him, THROUGH Pilate. And SO, Pilate WASN'T the one who killed Jesus and DIDN'T have the "power to free Him or crucify Him," as he claimed.
THEREFORE, those Jews committed the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, the sin of DEATH, the "GREATER" sin.
Pilate was guilty of abuse of power and cowardice (failure to stand up against the Jews) and essentially of third-degree murder, WHICH is forgivable, ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST.
1. FORGIVABLE = ALL SINS EXCEPT #2
2. DEATH/NOT FORGIVABLE = ONLY THE SIN OF THE BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
terrifying, huh?
ONLY TWO LEVELS!!!!!