My Attempted DEFINITIONS:
1. SIN = "falling short" = ANYTHING contrary to the perfect CHARACTER and ATTRIBUTES of the TRI-UNE GOD...ALL fall short!
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
This is the spiritual gap between God's perfect good and Man's spiritual imperfections.
2. SIN(S) = personal "missing the marks" = willful or ignorant, commission or omission, "trespasses" that cause loss of fellowship with / create a barrier between God and Man...these can be FORGIVEN!...
For unbelievers, SALVATION...another important subject.
For believers, CONFESSION (spiritually agreeing with God) 1 John 1
Matthew 1:21
She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
sins...Greek 266...hamartia...
B.to miss the mark
C.to err, be mistaken
D.to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong
E.to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin
II.that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
3. SIN NATURE = the natural-born innate capacity and inclination to do / not do those things that can in no way commend Man and his "works" to God....Present in angels and in A&E in Eden, the negative part of "free will".
The innate natural tendancy to turn away from God and toward self, world, evil spirit beings.
This natural tendency is SPIRITUALLY changed by the SALVATION / REDEMPTION EVENT, BUT it still rears its ugly head in the BODY / SOUL combo ("flesh") during the SANCTIFICATION PROCESS.
see: Jesus on the "heart of man" ...Matthew 15:15-10
JESUS, the New Adam, DUAL NATURE: True Man...True God...is the only Man in history born free of the "sin nature",
born of the miraculous and unique "seed of woman". Genesis 3
4. IMPUTED SIN:?...Romans 5:12. 15-17 (NIV)...Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ = IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS:
2 Corinthians 5:21
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Romans 3:10...as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one;
How believers deal with SIN(S) in their lives...>>> the "carnal Christ-follower " must CONFESS (agree with God)...
1 John 1: 5-10...Walking in the Light
1 Peter 3: 15-22 (NIV1984)... substitutionary atonement
For Christ (Jesus the God-Man) died FOR (ALL) sin(s) once FOR ALL,
the righteous (Jesus the God-Man) FOR the unrighteous,(all natural men with IMPUTED SIN)
to bring you to God. (salvation and reconciliation)
A2: DEFINE: "Sin".
Romans 14:23b...
whatever is not from (spirit-led) faith is sin.
"SIN" :
414 times in 269 verses in the OT Hebrew concordance of the NASB...condition of sin, guilt of sin, punishment for sin, sin-offering
OT: Hebrew 2403 - "chatta'ath"
NT: Greek 266 - "hamartia"
a) to be without a share in
b) to miss the mark
c) to err, be mistaken
d) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong
e) to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin
2) that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
3) collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
