There is no need to be unsure as to what sin is. God's WORD is very clear.
WHAT IS SIN?
James 2
8, If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
9, But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill,
YOU ARE BECOME A TRANSGRESSOR OF GOD'S LAW
James is pretty clear if we brake ANY of God's Law (10 commandments) then we are a TRANSGRESSOR of God's LAW
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1 John 3
4 Whosoever commits SIN transgresses also the law: for
SIN is the transgression of the law.
John is in agreement with James and states that
if we TRANSGRESS God's LAW then we commit SIN because
SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF GOD'S LAW.
So it is very clear that SIN is breaking ANY of God's LAW (10 commandments)
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Romans 7
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay,
I had not known SIN, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said,
Thou shalt not covet.
Well here we have Paul in agreement with James and John also telling us that SIN is breaking God's commandments and uses the 10th commandment
as an example of breaking any of God's LAW (10 commandments) = SIN (
Exodus 20:17)
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Romans 3
20, Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:
FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
Once again Paul is in agreement with John and James which all agree together that if we break any of God's LAW (10 commandments) we commit SIN because as James, John and Paul all agree together that SIN is breaking ANY of God's 10 commandments.
God's Word is in disagreement with you my friend.
SIN is the transgression of God's LAW (10 commandments)
You may want to re-visit that statement and what it means to be "UNDER THE LAW"
God's Word says to be
"UNDER THE LAW" is to be guilty of breaking God's LAW. (
Romans 7:7;
James 2:9-11;
1 John 3:4)
When you understand what it means to be
'UNDER THE LAW" then all the scriptures above make sense.
It is true you are not
"UNDER THE LAW" if you have
REPENTED, CONFESSED, FORSAKEN your SINS and BELIEVE God's promise of FORGIVENESS (Prov 28:13; Acts 2:38; 3:19;
1 John 1:9) but if you are still practicing KNOWN UNREPETNANT SIN then you are still
"UNDER THE LAW" and guilty of SIN (breaking God's LAW).
Romans 3
19, Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them who are
UNDER THE LAW: that every mouth may be stopped, and
all the world may become guilty before God.
20, Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21, But
now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22, Even
the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and on all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23, For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God
God's LAW (10 Commandments) is to give us a KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is and lead us to JESUS (Gal 3:24-25) that we might be justified by FAITH. Not being "UNDER THE LAW" means your no longer under the CONDEMNATION of the LAW because you have been FOGIVEN for your SINS.
IF you are still CONTINUING in KNOWN UNREPENTANT SIN you do not KNOW GOD because you have rejected his GIFT of SALVATION through his Son and you are still in your SINS.
Romans 2:12
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
ALL who CONTINUE in KNOWN UNREPENTANT SIN WILL be LOST and NOT Enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
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SIN is the breaking of God's Commandments (
James 2:9-11;
Romans 7:7;
1 John 3:4)
Those who CONTINUE in UNREPENTANT SIN will NOT enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
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God's 4th commandment is one of the ten (
Exodus 20:8-11) If we knowingly break it when God asks us not to we stand guilty before God of committing sin (
James 2:8-12). If we do not seek him in repentance and forgiveness we are in danger of the Judgement (
Hebrews 10:26-27)
Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (
Matthew 15:3-9)
There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says that God's 4th Commandment is now ABOLISHED and we are now commanded to KEEP Sunday as a Holy day.
Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God?
In times of ignorance God winks at but now ,<when a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come> calls all men everywhere to REPENT (FOLLOW) (Acts 17:30-31).
