Brief definition of sin

[holyrokker]

Sin can mean:

* To act perversely, to twist and distort
* To be stubbornly disobedient
* To refuse to serve God
* To act treacherously or deceitfully
* To be rebellious
* To be lawless, to refuse to conform
* To be obstinate or uncompliant
* To deviate from the right
* To be ungodly, to act impiously
* To be unjust, to refuse to do right.

 

[JolieHeart]

Nice list. Sin: to be separated from God

 

[Spade48d]

Sin can mean:

* To act perversely, to twist and distort
* To be stubbornly disobedient
* To refuse to serve God
* To act treacherously or deceitfully
* To be rebellious
* To be lawless, to refuse to conform
* To be obstinate or uncompliant
* To deviate from the right
* To be ungodly, to act impiously
* To be unjust, to refuse to do right.

Hello Holyrokker

I find it interesting that your list contains no specific or directly outward mention of sexual activity or immorality.

Someone told me the most accurate single definition of sin was missing the mark. I don't know how accurate that is.

 

[holyrokker]

Hello Holyrokker

I find it interesting that your list contains no specific or directly outward mention of sexual activity or immorality.

Someone told me the most accurate single definition of sin was missing the mark. I don't know how accurate that is.

That's because sin is much more than sexual immorality.

A person can perfectly keep the law outwardly, and still be a vile sinner within.

I disagree with the statement about "missing the mark". It doesn't adequately describe sin. They are probably referring to Romans 3:23 "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" But that is not simply "missing the mark".

 

[Spade48d]

Hello Holyrokker,

I understand what you mean about sin being more than acts of sexual morality. What about the obscenities and profanities of the mind? Where do they fit in your list?

How about this as a definition of sin: Belief that we are autonomous from God.

 

[Kristos]

Someone told me the most accurate single definition of sin was missing the mark. I don't know how accurate that is.

Yep - missing the mark

 

[Vasileios]

I disagree with the statement about "missing the mark". It doesn't adequately describe sin. They are probably referring to Romans 3:23 "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" But that is not simply "missing the mark".

Actually, they are translating the greek word for sin used in the bible: "Hamartia".

It is a greek word that literally means "missing the mark". It was a term used in archery I believe.

So, missing the mark is the most accurate definition. And the mark is being Christ-like. Anything short of that misses the mark, however, some miss it by inches and others by miles.

 

[SpiritDriven]

Sin is a concept created by God...who is the author of all things.

Sin is the natural state of the flesh, this is why flesh and blood can never inherit the Kingdom, Sin is designed to keep men dependant on him (God) and Jesus for their righteousness.

Peace

 

[holyrokker]

Actually, they are translating the greek word for sin used in the bible: "Hamartia".

It is a greek word that literally means "missing the mark". It was a term used in archery I believe.

So, missing the mark is the most accurate definition. And the mark is being Christ-like. Anything short of that misses the mark, however, some miss it by inches and others by miles.

"hamartia" was a word used in ancient Greek stories for the moral failures of the hero.

 

[Vasileios]

...because it was a word that meant missing the mark.
I know I'm right. I'm Greek!

 

[Tkjjc]

Sin is a concept created by God...who is the author of all things.

Sin is the natural state of the flesh, this is why flesh and blood can never inherit the Kingdom, Sin is designed to keep men dependant on him (God) and Jesus for their righteousness.

Peace

 

[ForeverChristian]

Actually, they are translating the greek word for sin used in the bible: "Hamartia".

It is a greek word that literally means "missing the mark". It was a term used in archery I believe.

So, missing the mark is the most accurate definition. And the mark is being Christ-like. Anything short of that misses the mark, however, some miss it by inches and others by miles.

This is true, but in the context of Romans, the greek word that was used is "hamartia"

The greek word for "miss the mark" is actually hamartano or αμαρτανο, this word isn't used in the context of the particular section of Romans that was mentioned.

I'm not saying that you are incorrect, I in fact like your definition. And you are also using what I'm assuming to be Classical Greek to define Biblical Greek concepts there are big differences.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Sin is a concept created by God...who is the author of all things.

Sin is the natural state of the flesh, this is why flesh and blood can never inherit the Kingdom, Sin is designed to keep men dependant on him (God) and Jesus for their righteousness.

Peace

Amen as well. Good definition. Sin is the 'knowledge of evil' in action whether in body or spirit. It is the evil choice that leads to death ("therefore choose good that you.....may live).

Sin was designed by God to reflect all that was implicit in the rebellion of the one a.k.a. Lucifer, and downloaded into the mind of Adam and Eve when they rebelled. It is the operative human thought pattern that will ultimately lead to the destruction of (most of) mankind.

How it manifests differs greatly among individuals.

owg

 

[squint]

Amen as well. Good definition. Sin is the 'knowledge of evil' in action whether in body or spirit. It is the evil choice that leads to death ("therefore choose good that you.....may live).

Sin was designed by God to reflect all that was implicit in the rebellion of the one a.k.a. Lucifer, and downloaded into the mind of Adam and Eve when they rebelled. It is the operative human thought pattern that will ultimately lead to the destruction of (most of) mankind.

How it manifests differs greatly among individuals.

owg

Sin:

ANYTHING not of FAITH. (Romans 14:23)
Transgression of the Law (1 John 3:4)
Of the Devil (1 John 3:9)

 

[Pistos Ergon]

Sin...
Transgression of the Law (1 John 3:4)

You mean the law that Jesus supposedly nailed to the cross?

 

[squint]

You mean the law that Jesus supposedly nailed to the cross?

John penned these words well after The Resurrection and those words stand to this day and will stand as Jesus said. Heaven and earth will pass away before one jot or tittle of the Law passes away.

1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

 

[Vasileios]

This is true, but in the context of Romans, the greek word that was used is "hamartia"

The greek word for "miss the mark" is actually hamartano or αμαρτανο, this word isn't used in the context of the particular section of Romans that was mentioned.

I'm not saying that you are incorrect, I in fact like your definition. And you are also using what I'm assuming to be Classical Greek to define Biblical Greek concepts there are big differences.

Hello, just saw this
Hamartia ("αμαρτία") is the noun produced by the verb hamartano ("αμαρτάνω"). Literally, the first means "mark missed" and the second "to miss the mark".

Classical Greek and koine Greek mostly share the same vocabulary. Modern Greek too, although the word "hamartia" today simply means "sin". Its original meaning is not used any more.

 

[squint]

You mean the law that Jesus supposedly nailed to the cross?

John penned that transgression of the Law is sin well after the resurrection.

 

[headhoncho]

Sin is a concept created by God...who is the author of all things.

Amen ! Isaiah 6:9-10 (sin) Isaiah 45:5-7 (all things)

Sin is the natural state of the flesh, this is why flesh and blood can never inherit the Kingdom, Sin is designed to keep men dependant on him (God) and Jesus for their righteousness.

Peace

Hi SD, Jesus was flesh and blood, John 10:30, was He a sinner ?
What else but flesh and blood inherits Kingdom of God, Mark 10:15
How can sin keep "Man dependent on God", if Sin is not from God ?
John 8:42-47
Adam and Eve were flesh and blood, while being in Kingdom of God,
Genesis 2:9,16, access to the tree of life, is Kingdom of God.

love

Pete