How would you argue for sin not written in scripture?

There many truths of the faith that are not written in scripture. The Bible was never intended to be an all-inclusive instruction book for Christians. Which is why those who have attempted to use it in that way have fragmented into thousands of conflicting denominations in just a few hundred years. Jesus Christ did want us to have access to the fullness of God's truth, which is why He founded one Church, said it was to remain one, and promised that one Church "The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth" and "Whatsoever you bind upon Earth is bound in Heaven", and "He who hears you hears Me". Which is why that one Church remains one in belief, one in teaching,. one in worship, one in biblical understanding throughout the world after 2,000 years, with no conflicting denominations. You just can't beat God's plan.

PaulCyp1 said:

The Bible was never intended to be an all-inclusive instruction book for Christians.

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Amen to that. When people realize that it would save them a lot of headaches.

Christ is Lord said:

One person’s pedophilia is another person’s normal. By no means do I view pedophilia as correct or normal. However, even today certain cultures allow marriage between a 14-year old and a 20-year old for example. Something like that wouldn’t be frowned upon in biblical times. But we in the West would call that pedophilia. How do we account for cultural differences?

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Marriage is for adults, not children. Advances in medical knowledge allow for longer living. The US population grows millions per year; the global population much more. Too much sexual desire = lust. There is no need for a thirteen year old girl to marry. They may not be at full strength and are without adequate job training in their teens. Children should not try to procreate children.

dqhall said:

Marriage is for adults, not children. Advances in medical knowledge allow for longer living. The US population grows millions per year; the global population much more. Too much sexual desire = lust. There is no need for a thirteen year old girl to marry. They may not be at full strength and are without adequate job training in their teens. Children should not try to procreate children.

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Of course I’m aware that marriage is not for children.

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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The reformed catechisms have long had an expansive view of sin. Also, the NT doesn't have to speak to a particular sin when the OT makes plain that inappropriate behavior with animals, for example, is sin. All fornication is sin, meaning all sexual acts outside the bounds of marriage. That would include having sex with minors. Rape is forbidden in scripture, molestation is child rape. Having a drink isn't win, drunkenness is. Any drug that causes you to lose control of yourself can be considered sin. This is pretty basic stuff.

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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The Bible mentions inappropriate behavior with animals in four different passages.

Exodus 22:19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.”

Leviticus 18:23 “Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.”

Leviticus 20:15-16 “If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Deuteronomy 27:21 “Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal.”

Just a reminder, there isn't a new Testament during the New Testament times.. The Apostles teachings are all derived from the Old Testament and they show us how this applies in the New Covenant age.

But ideas about sin and right and wrong all come from Scripture ... Old Testament Scripture. God doesn't change, what He declares abhorrent in the Old Testament is still abhorrent today.. what has changed is that Israel is a people following the Messiah, citizens of a Kingdom not of this world, so the laws apply to us personally, as Christians, rather than to all those living in a nation-state.

Christ is Lord said:

One person’s pedophilia is another person’s normal. By no means do I view pedophilia as correct or normal. However, even today certain cultures allow marriage between a 14-year old and a 20-year old for example. Something like that wouldn’t be frowned upon in biblical times. But we in the West would call that pedophilia. How do we account for cultural differences?

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If I remember correctly, it isn't classified as pedophilia if the child is 14. Anyway, it might be worth looking up since this is a popular topic and often in the news.

Albion said:

If I remember correctly, it isn't classified as pedophilia if the child is 14. Anyway, it might be worth looking up since this is a popular topic and often in the news.

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That maybe true. However, would you personally see that as pedophilia?

PaulCyp1 said:

There many truths of the faith that are not written in scripture. The Bible was never intended to be an all-inclusive instruction book for Christians.

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No, not an all-inclusive religious dictionary. But it does contain all that is necessary for salvation. That's the nature of revelation--revealing to mankind what God wants us to know for a certain purpose but not the answers to every last thing that the mind of man can come up with.

mothcorrupteth said:

Well, I am sympathetic. I'm just not arguing it here.

Well, maybe it's fairer to say this is true of low-church Protestantism, then.

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Low church has nothing to do with this one way or the other.

And--all apologies--I see low church as more essentially Protestant. But even high-church Protestant confessions sometimes assert exactly what you're disputing. Let's take the Westminster Confession--

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"All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all: yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed for salvation are so clearly propounded, and opened in some place of Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them."

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Sounds exactly like what I have been pointing out in opposition to those who think there is something defective about God's revelation if every human cannot understand every iota of it without help from someone else. And frankly, I consider this debate to be ridiculous, considering that the people who think this is a valid criticism of Sola Scriptura do not think that the very same situation exists with the sources of doctrinal guidance that their churches use instead of Sola Scriptura.

Hazelelponi said:

The Bible mentions inappropriate behavior with animals in four different passages.

Exodus 22:19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.”

Leviticus 18:23 “Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.”

Leviticus 20:15-16 “If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Deuteronomy 27:21 “Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal.”

Just a reminder, there isn't a new Testament during the New Testament times.. The Apostles teachings are all derived from the Old Testament and they show us how this applies in the New Covenant age.

But ideas about sin and right and wrong all come from Scripture ... Old Testament Scripture. God doesn't change, what He declares abhorrent in the Old Testament is still abhorrent today.. what has changed is that Israel is a people following the Messiah, citizens of a Kingdom not of this world, so the laws apply to us personally, as Christians.. rather than to all those living in a nation state.

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Way to go Hazel

I had just looked them all up and was coming to post and you beat me.

Ill post it anyway.

inappropriate behavior with animals

Rom. 1:26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Lev. 18:23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Lev. 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

Deu. 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Exo. 22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Hazelelponi said:

The Bible mentions inappropriate behavior with animals in four different passages.

Exodus 22:19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.”

Leviticus 18:23 “Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.”

Leviticus 20:15-16 “If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Deuteronomy 27:21 “Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal.”

Just a reminder, there isn't a new Testament during the New Testament times.. The Apostles teachings are all derived from the Old Testament and they show us how this applies in the New Covenant age.

But ideas about sin and right and wrong all come from Scripture ... Old Testament Scripture. God doesn't change, what He declares abhorrent in the Old Testament is still abhorrent today.. what has changed is that Israel is a people following the Messiah, citizens of a Kingdom not of this world, so the laws apply to us personally, as Christians, rather than to all those living in a nation-state.

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Looks as though people would rather Argue than earn, would rather be Right than Correct.

Why do you suppose it took 3 pages for you and I to come up with the correct answer.

Albion said:

Low church has nothing to do with this one way or the other.

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Excuse me, but how can it not? Low church is to the rubric of worship as lay interpretation is to the doctrines of the Church.

Sounds exactly like what I have been pointing out in opposition to those who think there is something defective about God's revelation if every human cannot understand every iota of it without help from someone else. And frankly, I consider this debate to be ridiculous, considering that the people who think this is a valid criticism of Sola Scriptura do not think that the very same situation exists with the sources of doctrinal guidance that their churches use instead of Sola Scriptura.

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*shrugs* If you don't want to answer my criticism of Sola scriptura, if you want to continue using my arguments to knock down straw men you have built out of the arguments of others so you can declare victory over nobody here, simply state so and leave me out of it.

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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Well heroin is covered in the bible. the prohibition against sorcery.

Sorcery is the greek word pharmakia . The sorcerers in order to contact the demonic realm would get "high".

Pedophilia is banned under prohibition against fornication. Fornication by definition is unlicensed sex.
The only sex God licensed is between a husband and wife!

inappropriate behavior with animals is also called an abomination in the bible.

4. Exodus 22:19-20 “Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death. “Whoever sacrifices to any god except the LORD must be condemned and destroyed.

5. Deuteronomy 27:21-22 Anyone will be cursed who has sexual relations with an animal. Then all the people will say, Amen! A man will be cursed who has sexual relations with his sister, whether she is his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter. Then all the people will say, Amen!

6. Leviticus 20:15-16 If a man has sex with an animal, he must be put to death, and the animal must be killed. If a woman presents herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it, she and the animal must both be put to death. You must kill both, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

7. Leviticus 18:22-30 “Men, you must not have sexual relations with another man as with a woman. That is a terrible sin! “Men, you must not have sexual relations with any animal. This will make you filthy. And women, you must not have sexual relations with any animal. It is against nature! “Don’t make yourself unclean by doing any of these wrong things! I am throwing nations off their land and giving it to you because they did those terrible sins. They made the land filthy. Now the land is sick of those things, and it will vomit out the people who live there. “So you must obey my laws and rules. You must not do any of these terrible sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and the people living among you. Those who lived in the land before you have done all these terrible things. So the land became filthy. If you do these things, you will make the land filthy. And it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were there before you. Whoever does any of these terrible sins must be separated from their people! Other people have done these terrible sins, but you must obey my laws. You must not do any of these terrible sins. Do not make yourself filthy with these terrible sins. I am the Lord your God.

Also because havingf sex with an animal is unlicensed sex- it falls under fornication a swell.

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Excuse me, but how can it not? Low church is to the rubric of worship as lay interpretation is to the doctrines of the Church.

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Low church refers to the amount of ceremony, not doctrine.

*shrugs* If you don't want to answer my criticism of Sola scriptura, if you want to continue using my arguments to knock down straw men you have built out of the arguments of others so you can declare victory over nobody here, simply state so and leave me out of it.

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Sorry, I have no idea what this is referring to.

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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This is one of the reasons that just obeying the 10 commandments is problematic. Christians have a conscience. The reason some sins are not mentioned in the NT is that Christians know better. At best, paedophilia is rape. What child can consent?
Yes, sin

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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Not all churchgoers are Christians, so "sin" is anything they want it to be. I heard one comment that a man was leaving his wife for another woman because He believed that he would be happier. God wants us to be happy, right? Not at the expense of living righteously! Lord Jesus and Paul warned us that this day would come. It is also a matter of maturity. I cannot watch stuff that I once thought harmless.
We have a conscience. We need to follow it. There is a great deal of ignorance. I've heard Christians(?) defend Harry Potter books and movies. I've not read or seen any. The small amount of commentary and promo shots tell me that it's Satan's advertising for his occult world. Yet Tolkien "Lord of the Rings" is similar. I read that before I knew better. No, I did not watch the movie.
The Old Testament gives a very good understanding of God's minimum requirements. We can't even meet them. In Christ, we have the inner "knowing" of what is acceptable and what is not. For example, I had to give up competitive sport. I could not find anywhere that it said, "Thou shalt give up playing Table Tennis". But I was instructed to quit and so I did. In essence, whatever is not of faith is sin. Whatever hinders our walk with Christ is baggage that we just don't need. We will find that what was ok for us at one time needs to go later in our lives. Complicated answer. I don't know how to simplify it.

nolidad said:

Well heroin is covered in the bible. the prohibition against sorcery.

Sorcery is the greek word pharmakia . The sorcerers in order to contact the demonic realm would get "high".

Pedophilia is banned under prohibition against fornication. Fornication by definition is unlicensed sex.
The only sex God licensed is between a husband and wife!

inappropriate behavior with animals is also called an abomination in the bible.

4. Exodus 22:19-20 “Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death. “Whoever sacrifices to any god except the LORD must be condemned and destroyed.

5. Deuteronomy 27:21-22 Anyone will be cursed who has sexual relations with an animal. Then all the people will say, Amen! A man will be cursed who has sexual relations with his sister, whether she is his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter. Then all the people will say, Amen!

6. Leviticus 20:15-16 If a man has sex with an animal, he must be put to death, and the animal must be killed. If a woman presents herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it, she and the animal must both be put to death. You must kill both, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

7. Leviticus 18:22-30 “Men, you must not have sexual relations with another man as with a woman. That is a terrible sin! “Men, you must not have sexual relations with any animal. This will make you filthy. And women, you must not have sexual relations with any animal. It is against nature! “Don’t make yourself unclean by doing any of these wrong things! I am throwing nations off their land and giving it to you because they did those terrible sins. They made the land filthy. Now the land is sick of those things, and it will vomit out the people who live there. “So you must obey my laws and rules. You must not do any of these terrible sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and the people living among you. Those who lived in the land before you have done all these terrible things. So the land became filthy. If you do these things, you will make the land filthy. And it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were there before you. Whoever does any of these terrible sins must be separated from their people! Other people have done these terrible sins, but you must obey my laws. You must not do any of these terrible sins. Do not make yourself filthy with these terrible sins. I am the Lord your God.

Also because havingf sex with an animal is unlicensed sex- it falls under fornication a swell.

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Albion said:

The fact is that classifying each action we might engage in is a losing proposition. We are all sinners--even the saved among us. And ANY falling short of perfection is sin.

That is why those people who subscribe to some sort of "works righteousness" theology are only fooling themselves. It is not the case that we can either prove to God that we deserve heaven because of the number and quality of our good deeds or, for that matter, show ourselves to be just for not being sinful.

Salvation is entirely a matter of Grace, a gift that we did not earn ourselves.

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Sure, but we need to shun sin also. Those who are born again should know that they are dead to sin and so are no longer bound by it. There is no perfection in this life, as you say. But we should be progressively growing in righteousness and holiness. This is not to impress God. His standard is Jesus, so we all have a very long way to go. It is because the holy and righteous life is far better for us than the sinful life of the unbeliever. God hates sin because of what it does to us as well as how it offends His holiness.

MasterYourLife said:

This topic isn't about salvation.

If someone asks you, "can I practice pedophilia". What are you going to say? Sin doesn't matter because Jesus died for you?

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Pretty sure everyone except for paedophiles recognizes paedophilia as abhorrent.

Apart from verses against sexual immortality, there is also verses about children.
Matthew 18:6 English Standard Version
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Ephesians 6:1-4 includes Parents, do not treat your children in such a way as to make them angry.

Then you could move onto the documented harm done to children by this sin and lastly onto the fact that it's also illegal.

As for inappropriate behavior with animals the Old Testament directly addresses it.
Exodus 22:19
Leviticus 18:23
Leviticus 20:15-16
Deuteronomy 27:21
Then you can move onto the more general verses from the New Testament.

Injecting heroin, as you said there are the body is a temple verses. But again you can also move onto the known medical harm it does to the body which suports the verse, and finally onto it being illegal.

There are also verses that support following the law.
Romans 13:1-5 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain.

How much support do you need to tell someone these activities are sinful?

As to things such as people being entertained by violence, that is between that person and God. If the person isn't hurting anybody else that falls into their own private sins. It isn't our place to judge them, I think we have enough planks in our own eyes. Unless they make it your business by talking to you about it.

MasterYourLife said:

For example, inappropriate behavior with animals is not explicitly mentioned in the new testament. Aside from categorizing it in "fornication" and "sexual immorality", how would you argue it's a sin?

Injecting heroin. Aside from "it hurts the temple of God" and "drunkenness", how would you explain that it's a sin under God.

Pedophilia. Not mentioned explicitly at all in the entire Bible. How would you explain it's a sin?

These are just examples, and there are many instances where sin is not explicitly mentioned.
So how do we argue what is sin, when we judge by our moral heart?

This is an important question, because it creates a loophole, even for Christians, to slowly draft sin into their lives.
Where for example, Halloween was commonly accepted as evil -- today many Christians celebrate.
Where watching violence, nudity, and coarse language, was unspeakable among Christians -- today many Christians defend being entertained by sin.
"All unrighteousness is sin", so why do Christians disagree on what's righteous.

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In answering your serious questions (for Christians) with the Spirit of Christ, I must build the framework to reply accurately...

Firstly, the purpose of the moral Law (ten commandments) shows us our hopeless enslavement to our sinful nature in thought, word and deed, so that in sorrowful acknowledgement of our sinful condition we would repent and turn to Christ Jesus to save us.

Galatians 3:19-29
19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. . . 23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

So we not obligated to follow the Ten Commandments. Rather, we live by faith expressing itself though love.

Galatians 5:6 (NIV)
6 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

This is the new commandment of God to those who believe in Jesus...

1 John 3:22-24 (NASB)
22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
23 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

In this way, we fulfill the whole law of God - whatever law there may be.

Romans 13 (WEB) Bolding mine.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatians 5 (WEB)
1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage…
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but what counts is faith working through love…
14 For the Whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

So we fulfill the whole Law of God, not by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus.

And by this faith we receive the Spirit, whom, if we walk by, we gain victory over sin and live by the Spirit in a new life of Love.

Acts 5 (WEB) 32 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.

John 14:15-17 (NIV)
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.

Secondly, the moral law is rooted in Love: to not only not harm others, but to seek the well being of others - 'to love God above all things, and to love others as yourself.'

Thirdly, Lord Jesus and the Apostles made clear that Christians are to obey the laws of government so long as any law does not prevent us from following Christ.

Romans 13:1-5 (NIV)
13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

Considering these three points, your questions about individual sins is incorrect, since Christians now live by faith in Christ, the Spirit guiding us.

But if our faith in Christ is true, then we are now living sanctified, holy lives onto God. In this way, all individual sins we could commit are addressed by living an new life in Christ Jesus.

For instance...

The Scriptures define a Christian, as:

• one who truly repents of his selfish ambition as a slave to what the flesh desires as part of this world, and then
• commits to following Christ Jesus (to deny self and follow Christ) in to a new life of love.

Ephesians 5:1-5 (NIV)
1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
3 But among YOU there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this YOU can be sure:

• No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• 6 Let no one deceive YOU with empty words,
• for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
• 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

Acts 20:20-21 (WEB)
20 …I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Acts 26:20 (NIV)
20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

Such true Christians receive the Holy Spirit to give their continued faith victory over selfish ambition (to deny self) - not by obeying all kinds of laws. That Christian is, therefore, a New Creature in Christ - the Spirit working with our faith to radiate the love of God to all people. In this way, we fulfill the whole law of God...

Romans 8:3-4 (WEB)
3 For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; 4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation — but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

Galatians 6:7-9 (NIV)
7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.
A man reaps what he sows.
8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

The Apostle Paul described a true faith as follows:

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

And the proper worship of any one who claims faith in Christ must do likewise...

Romans 12:1 (NIV) Bolding mine… 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 (NIV)
11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 (NIV)
5 All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

When considering these truths of the true Christian here is how I would answer your questions regarding individual sins...

1) Christians are no longer slaves to the sinful nature - the fulfilling of selfish ambition of the flesh as part of this world. This is sanctification.

Romans 6
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

1 Peter 1:13-20 (NIV)
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

2 Timothy 2:19-21 (WEB)
19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription:

• “The Lord knows those who are his,” and,
• “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord turns away from wickedness.”

As a New Creature in Christ by faith, YOU are responsible to:

• to put to death the misdeeds of the body to live: Rom 8:12-13

• offer ourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness: Rom 6:18-19

• to live by and walk by the Spirit we receive so we won't fulfill the lusts of the flesh: Gal 5:16

• to sow to the Spirit to reap eternal life: Gal 6:8-9

• to live by the Spirit to fulfill the requirements of the whole law: Rom 8:3-4

• to take off the old self and to put on new self: Eph 4:24-25; Col 3:9-10

• to abstain from reaping to the flesh so we may enter the Kingdom of God: 1 Cor 6:7-10; Eph 5:1-6

• to live as slaves to God by which we reap holiness leading to eternal life: Rom 6:22 . .

What this means is, a Christian now lives for the purpose of living out a life of Love - to serve and help others. Any acts of the flesh (sinful nature) that feeds the flesh as your master is sin and leads to death.

2) Christians will not disobey the laws of the social context they reside - their country, state, city, town, village, or similar social structure of government.

Therefore, the Gospel that saves us teaches a faith by which we are to be disciples of Jesus to be saved - to deny self and follow Him. In this way, we fulfill all righteousness. . .

Yet, many will reject the command of God to follow the wisdom of the flesh...

Jude 1 (NIV) 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny our only Sovereign and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jesus is LORD of your life or He is not part of your life at all - Only ONE Master.

Unfortunately, untold millions of ‘Christians’ are being misled by a heresy that inadvertently encourages a dead faith and a license for sin - the end result being eternal death.

MasterYourLife said:

How would you argue for sin not written in scripture?

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The Bible was never meant to contain everything, the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth not the Bible