I am confused as to the meaning of this sin. No so much because of Christianity because to me "Thou Shalt Not Kill", sounds pretty easy to follow, but in modern society it seems we are vague on the meaning.
Murder is a sin.
Killing in time of war is okay.
Mercy killing is a sin.
Killing criminals is okay.
..and etc..and etc..
So exactly WHAT and WHY is a sin and why?
Hi, God says not to kill and is fairly clear what He means though of course many have different thoughts and belief on the matter.
As to war, Hebrews were commanded to kill in war time, and we have war after war, and so seems apparent to me is okay to kill in war.
Mercy killing is a huge topic, won't go into that.
Killing criminals - because such is done, does not mean it's okay. Though we abide by the laws, and people vary as to whether the death penalty is okay or not.
God says
all sin is wrongdoing.
Sin is disobeying God's commands as pertains to sin and other commands.
We all sin;
we start very young;
Well, fairly much, most are unaware of what fate awaits one who dies, with unforgiven sin. Most further feel that they are fairly decent and so depend on or believe in themselves (that because they are fairly decent - or fairly good) so believe in themselves rather than God for salvation, which will not bring salvation.
Some do know what the bible says as pertains to belief in Christ, but many don't. Either way it doesn't matter, as either way they are considered by God as dead in their sins, living in darkness, serving satan (of course unawares fairly much of all of these things and more. Its our state prior to belief in Jesus.)
God created man and angels, both sinned. satan was an angel and sinned and took 1/3 of angels, now called demons along with him when he fell.
Then man sinnned. God said not to do something and they did what God said not to do, and what they did and the result caused many things.
It's in Genesis, first book in the bible, maybe chapter 3 or 4 where this occurs.
Now all man were sinners. Some say cause of Adam and Eve and some say due to their own sin, some say both, I go with my own sin, as is plenty enough for me to deal with.
I lived in this world 33 years, and had no clue or thoughts of any of these things, none of it. Never thought of God, sin, heaven, hell, satan, angels, etc.
As I said, God calls us. I didn't hear an audible call but realized later after I was a Christian that God indeed called me and within a short period of time I came to Christ. He may have called me many times before. I don't know.
But I heard when He called me at 33 years old. I don't know why I heard, and by heard I mean believed in Christ.
Some things ensued once this all started, and I went to the pastor and asked him what was going on with me, I was very confused. He asked me two questions. Would I commit my life to Christ, and would I die for Christ. I do not recall having any other knowledge up to that point though may well have.
The minute I said yes, I was a new creation in Christ, the old had passed the new had come, the Holy Spirit indwelled me and God gave me a new heart, He forgave all my sin, past, present and future, and salvation which can never be taken away.
I asked the pastor a question, he answered I left, and a few amazing things occurred there, but to note, that pastor did not say what I needed to do, did not say a word, did not say read the bible, nada.
Without reading the bible very shortly after coming to Christ, I had no desire for the life i had been living. I lived a very dark life, meaning committed many sins nearly everyone anyone can think of save a few.
And with no man telling me a word, the Holy Spirit, who is God, who now was in me, helped me, and I just no longer desired to sin. (tho we do sin as Christians.)
Jesus died for our sins, yours and mine and the worlds, in being crucified for our sins his blood covered our sins, and then was raised from the dead, called resurrected, and for a time after he was raised, walked on the earth and revealed His risen self to disciples and others. Then He ascended (went up) to heaven.
Jesus is God, He was not created by God, He is God, He always has existed. There exists, God (Father) Jesus (son, God), Holy Spririt (God), one God in what we call 3 persons.
God sent prophets to the Hebrews and they were all killed, and God was with the Hebrews and they knew He (God) existed as was with them, and they desired Him not, they turned away, did not believe, nor trust nor put their faith in Him. They rejected God, So then Jesus came, in the form of a man born to a virgin.
He came to teach, heal, forgive, and to willingly die for our sins.
Since Jesus was resurrected meaning he didn't stay dead in the ground or tomb after He was placed there, after He died on the cross, we know that we too will live and be with God. We know this if we believe in Jesus, trust him, with our lives we are saved.
When one is first a Christian the experience is fairly amazing for many (tho some who grew up in a Christian family may not experience same as some who come later) all that is experienced and every one of us is different, and if someone doesn't have a fairly amazing experience as others have that's okay, cause we are all different.
Mine was fairly amazing as again lived a very dark life, never thought or knew anything to do with God, and now wow, my life was changed 360 degrees in a very short period of time, I began to read the bible, my mind was renewed, that is what I knew was worldly wisdom and now reading the bible, I was learning godly wisdom or godly truths. I sensed Jesus right with me, and this is common to many new in Christ, hyper sensitive to knowing no way do we ever want to sin, and just so many things occur.
At some point don't recall when but was early on, maybe next day, that day, that month, no clue, I listed off every sin I could ever think of and told God of them; I've been told it's like agreeing with God that sin is indeed sin.
He had already forgiven me for all sins when I believed or came to Christ.
You fairly much may know what sin is, as often times, tho not always (it depends on if you have hardened your heart to a sin) but fairly much there is a guilty feeling when we do wrong before we come to Christ.
With me at that age, I had no conscience whatsoever, except maybe a few things I wouldn't do, but I felt no guilt or anything prior to coming to Christ as I was so long in such a dark place.
I hardened my heart, or actually God gives us over to our sin. Instead of us feeling guilty and we keep doing the same sin, eventually God is like, go ahead, have at it, he turns us over to is, and it's also called the hardening of our hearts to a sin or some sin or whatever.
We justify the wrong we do.
As I was 33 and I see you are 14 I imagine your conscience may be much more sensitive than mine was, tho of course we're all different, so I don't know, but i would imagine you know guilt when you do wrong often times, when I didn't as I was much older.
So, again, when one comes to Christ, one is out of the darkness and in the light, Jesus is the light, and the Holy Spirit helps us and changes us as we desire to change.
We desire to not sin, and our whole lives change, tho as all are different, all different ways such occurs, in each ones time etc.
Long story...but yeah
dont know if made sense, as surely answered more than you asked, but have not reread.
Take care, and thank you for the question. Please feel free to pm me anytime.
I promise i wont always write a book.
take care,
tapero
