If sins were to be ranked by how bad it is, what would be the top 10 sins?

[SabbathBlessings]

Which sin would be worse than murder

According to the Bible, breaking any of God's commandments is considered sin. Breaking one we break them all.

1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2: 11 For He (God) who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

We can find the rest of the He who said in Exo 20:1-17 God's Testimony Exo 31:18 breaking one we break them all and become a transgressor of the law. (Sinner)


God is so gracious and willing to forgive even murder, if we have true repentance, which means a change of heart and direction and turn from (forsake) Pro28:13 and walk in a new life in Christ John14:15-18 Rom 6:1-4

The unforgiveable sin is no longer hearing His voice calling us out of our rebellion which is sin and unbelief Heb 3:7-19 John 3:19-21 where we learn to live with our sins and think we are doing God's will. This is what remains no more sacrifice Heb10:26-30

 

[Always in His Presence]

There is only one that cannot be forgiven

 

[The Liturgist]

If my measure is how much harm the sin does to the other person, then there are probably forms of torture, maiming, etc., that are worse than murder.

(But I'm going to get nightmares if I meditate on that too long, so I think I'll stop now.)

In the Orthodox Church we read about that every Sunday, indeed in some parishes and jurisdictions, for example in all Coptic Orthodox churches, the Synaxarion with its history of martyrdoms is read aloud - however for all the brutality, goodness always wins. The Romans inadvertently proved that no matter how horribly you harm someone physically, or how brutally you kill them, you cannot defeat one who is with Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit, indeed even slapping someone for believing in Christ grants them the crown of a confessor.

 

[The Liturgist]

Good question! Many don't differentiate between sins, but the Catholic Church does. I say those that do the most harm such as murder, rape, torture etc. Also, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit because it's not forgivable.

Peace

That said a lot of people don’t understand what this sin is, and since I’ve been a member of CF I’ve seen about 20 frightened teenagers and young adults in the early 20s, most from denominations that lack the high quality catechesis of the Roman Catholic Church and certain other denominations, appear on the forums terrified they have blasphemed the Holy Spirit (none of them had). Its very important we explain to the youth what is meant by this sin because the existential terror felt by those kids was both real and dangerous in that they were close to despair, a passion as potentially soteriologically harmful as pride.

 

[RileyG]

That said a lot of people don’t understand what this sin is, and since I’ve been a member of CF I’ve seen about 20 frightened teenagers and young adults in the early 20s, most from denominations that lack the high quality catechesis of the Roman Catholic Church and certain other denominations, appear on the forums terrified they have blasphemed the Holy Spirit (none of them had). Its very important we explain to the youth what is meant by this sin because the existential terror felt by those kids was both real and dangerous in that they were close to despair, a passion as potentially soteriologically harmful as pride.

Yes! Well said!

 

[RileyG]

There is only one that cannot be forgiven

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit…