The Error of "Sin is Sin"

Sin is much more than wrong actions, unkind words, or even those evil thoughts we never express. Sin is a principle or moral force in our hearts, our inner being. Our sinful actions, words, and thoughts are simply expressions of the principle of sin residing within us, even in those of us whose hearts have been renewed. The apostle Paul calls this principle the flesh or sinful nature in some Bible translations.

8 But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment [to express itself], got a hold on me and aroused and stimulated all kinds of forbidden desires (lust, covetousness). For without the Law sin is dead [the sense of it is inactive and a lifeless thing].
9 Once I was alive, but quite apart from and unconscious of the Law. But when the commandment came, sin lived again and I died (was sentenced by the Law to death).
10 And the very legal ordinance which was designed and intended to bring life actually proved [to mean to me] death.
11 For sin, seizing the opportunity and getting a hold on me [by taking its incentive] from the commandment, beguiled and entrapped and cheated me, and using it [as a weapon], killed me.
Romans 7:8–11

17 For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.
Galatians 5:17
 
Yes, all sin is missing the mark of perfection.

But we should not teach that "sin is sin." There are sins unto death, but also sins not unto death. 1 John 5:16-17. It is best to know how God (in judging) thinks.

After being born again of the Spirit we cannot commit a sin unto death, 1 John 3:9. We are clean, John 15:3.

But one who is born again and WALKS in the Spirit will commit sins not unto death (unintentional sins) from not being mature in all fruit of the Spirit that the blood of Jesus cleanses as we continue to grow in the Lord, 1 John 1:7. This verse is not including sins unto death that we already cannot commit. The church at large is ignorant of this distinction.

2 Peter 1:2-11 shows that once the fruit of the Spirit are mature, we will NEVER STUMBLE. That can be in this lifetime that many in the church do not believe because of our body that is aging and corrupting. Sin has nothing to do with our body. Our spirit and soul controls our bodies, not the other way around. That is why only our spirit and soul are what are born again now to be saved. They are what makes up our nature. Sin is "taken away," 1 John 3:4-5. It wouldn't be complete if Jesus left us with a sin nature. No, lawlessness is what is taken from our nature leaving us with one nature - one that partakes of the divine nature of God.

A born again Spirit-filled Christian who walks in the Spirit continuously is saved. But that is another belief the church doesn't understand as they prime the church for failure, as they teach a license to sin but do not admit it. Jude 1:4.

And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
Hebrews 5:9
 
The phrase "sin is sin" highlights that any violation of God's law, regardless of its perceived severity, separates individuals from God. While some interpretations suggest all sins have equal weight, others acknowledge that sins can have varying degrees of consequence and impact.

To understand this we first must understand sin. 1 John 3:4 defines sin as lawlessness: "Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness." In essence, any act, thought, or intention that contradicts God's holy standard can be considered a sin.
It is clear that any sin, regardless of the human-perceived magnitude, causes a separation between us and God. Despite the equality of sin in separating us from God, the Bible indicates that not all sins are the same in terms of their consequences and their level of offense to God.

But if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Thanks for your response and I agree. I see you are quoting 1 john 3:9 and using the word "practice." Practice is not in the original, but in modern translations from the corrupted Alexandrian codices. NKJV says,"Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God." That does not mean that you might slip up and commit a lawless sin. It means that you will never commit these sins of lawlessness of the flesh because you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit and Jesus has taken lawless sin out of your nature (Romans 6:5-7 the sin nature is our old man.) Born again of the Spirit Christians do not have a sin nature. We are new creature in Christ. But we still have fruit that needs to mature. There is a difference between lawless sin and immature fruit. Catholics call them mortal sins and venial sins. In the Old Testament Numbers 15 shows us God allowed a sacrifice to cover venial sins, but NO SACRIFICE could cover a lawless sin. They were stoned to death.
 
Jesus saves us from condemnation.

How wonderful to read,

None of those who trust in Him shall be condemned Psalm 34:22

He who believes in Him is not condemned John 3:18

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 8:1
 
Well here’s the way I see it. A saved person cannot lose his salvation, not if he was sincere when he came to Christ. s e l a hView attachment 2125
And I see you still do. Good. So that means you do not commit any sins unto death/mortal sins such as lying, stealing, murder, adultery, fornication or sorcery. 1 John 3:9. Good, neither do I. But some Christians started out obeying, but found false teachers that pervert God's word.

2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
 
Jesus saves us from condemnation.

How wonderful to read,

None of those who trust in Him shall be condemned Psalm 34:22

He who believes in Him is not condemned John 3:18

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 8:1
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Jesus came to take away our sin, 1 John 3:5. Not our condemnation as the Old Testament saints who only had the blood of bulls and coats. God overlooked their sins. Romans 3:25 "...because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed

Romans 6:15 "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Paul clearly tells us that still the wages of sin is death.
 
Obeying Jesus in all things is how we abide in Him, and He in us. Abiding in Jesus is the #1 act all Christians need to continue to be saved.

Learning to forgive is also extremely important.


For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14-15

If we are in our sins then the enemy has access to us.


We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. 1 John 5:18


We all must learn to walk according to the Spirit.


Until then we must confess our sins to be forgiven and cleansed.


If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
 
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Jesus came to take away our sin, 1 John 3:5. Not our condemnation as the Old Testament saints who only had the blood of bulls and coats. God overlooked their sins. Romans 3:25 "...because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed

Romans 6:15 "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Paul clearly tells us that still the wages of sin is death.
Jesus paid our sin debt.

Rom 5:8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.

2 Cor 5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

1 Pet 2:24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.

Col 2:13–14 And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions, Having cancelled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross.

Isa 53:5–6 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.

Gal 3:13 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);

Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

1 John 2:2 And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

Rom 3:23–25 Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.

Heb 9:28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him.

Titus 2:14 Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds.

1 Cor 15:3–4 For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold], That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold,

Rom 4:25 Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure our justification (our acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before God].

1 Pet 3:18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit,

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!
 
Jesus paid our sin debt.

Rom 5:8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.

2 Cor 5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

1 Pet 2:24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.

Col 2:13–14 And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions, Having cancelled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross.

Isa 53:5–6 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.

Gal 3:13 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);

Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

1 John 2:2 And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

Rom 3:23–25 Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.

Heb 9:28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him.

Titus 2:14 Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds.

1 Cor 15:3–4 For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold], That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold,

Rom 4:25 Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure our justification (our acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before God].

1 Pet 3:18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit,

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!
Hi Angelo. I'm Linda. I want to ask you a question about what Jesus did. When Jesus took away our sin 1 John 3:5 did he also take away the sin from our nature, or do you believe He missed that and we still have a sin nature and He just took away our punishment so we can keep sinning without fear?

Think about God's nature and what He would want.
 
Hi Angelo. I'm Linda. I want to ask you a question about what Jesus did. When Jesus took away our sin 1 John 3:5 did he also take away the sin from our nature, or do you believe He missed that and we still have a sin nature and He just took away our punishment so we can keep sinning without fear?

Think about God's nature and what He would want.
The short answer is "Sanctification" in a religious context, it generally refers to the process of being made holy or set apart for God's purposes. It's a transformative journey where individuals are purified and conformed to the likeness of Christ. This process is often described as both a definitive act and a progressive experience, encompassing a change in one's heart, mind, and ultimately, their life.
Will we fall short in our walk? Yes will.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
 
The short answer is "Sanctification" in a religious context, it generally refers to the process of being made holy or set apart for God's purposes. It's a transformative journey where individuals are purified and conformed to the likeness of Christ. This process is often described as both a definitive act and a progressive experience, encompassing a change in one's heart, mind, and ultimately, their life.
Will we fall short in our walk? Yes will.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
1 John is a chapter written clearly for believers. When we read 1 John in context, we see that one of the aspects of walking in the light is confessing our sin. When I hear people say that they don’t remember the last time that they sinned and that they are currently living perfectly, that is a lie. We deceive ourselves when we make such claims. Confessing your sins is one of the evidences that you are saved. You can never hide sin in His light.

A person with a genuine relationship with their Father is going to confess their faults. The Holy Spirit is going to convict us of sin and if He’s not, that is evidence of false conversion. If God is not treating you as His child, then that is evidence that you are not His. Having unconfessed sin blocks God from listening to you. It’s dangerous to claim to be without sin.
 
The short answer is "Sanctification" in a religious context, it generally refers to the process of being made holy or set apart for God's purposes. It's a transformative journey where individuals are purified and conformed to the likeness of Christ. This process is often described as both a definitive act and a progressive experience, encompassing a change in one's heart, mind, and ultimately, their life.
Will we fall short in our walk? Yes will.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Sanctification is at the same time as Justification, 1 Corinthians 6:11 " 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. It is not the name of the process we go through towards perfection that Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith does. "From faith to faith," Romans 1:17.

There is a process, but the Church has given it the wrong name and what it does. The Church in error has it mean we overcome sin little by little. No it is not us, but Jesus that "takes away" our sin. The Church dumbs it down to Jesus "covering" our sin, which is a false doctrine. The blood of Jesus is powerful and 1 John 3:4-9 shows us that the sins unto death which are lawlessness, Jesus takes away, and we cannot commit sins unto death like in Galatians 5:19-21.

So what sin does the "process" complete? Sins not unto death called immature fruit of the Spirit. Read 2 Peter 1:2-11. Verses 5-7 shows what happens during that process and verse 10 says, when completed we will never stumble.

So what is the name of this process? Glorification. The Church believes this is after we die. Another doctrine of demons. See Romans 8:29-30. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

If you read 2 Peter 1:2-11 you will see that as Jesus took away all our past sins we now have a nature that may partake of the divine nature of God. This is contrary to the teaching that Jesus left us with our sin nature in tact. No, that is blasphemy.
 
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