When Is The Last Time You Sinned?

[Tree of Life]

Details not needed.

Some balk at the words of Westminster:

Q 149 - Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A - No man is able, either of himself, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.

For those who reject Westminster on this point, I want to know. When is the last time that you imagine that you sinned against God?

Thanks in advance!

 

[royal priest]

Details not needed.

Some balk at the words of Westminster:

Q 149 - Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A - No man is able, either of himself, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.

For those who reject Westminster on this point, I want to know. When is the last time that you imagine that you sinned against God?

Thanks in advance!

I'm sure I'm sinning while writing this post. A little pride, not depending much on God, stealing time from work. Acknowledging only a little pride.

 

[Dave-W]

I guess it depends on how you define sin.

The congregation I grew up in insisted that you sinned in multiple ways you were entirely unaware of every minute of every day.

 

[Tree of Life]

I guess it depends on how you define sin.

The congregation I grew up in insisted that you sinned in multiple ways you were entirely unaware of every minute of every day.

I think a simple biblical definition would be that sin is any want of conformity to or transgression of the law of God. But the Bible also teaches that God's law is spiritual and makes demands not only on our behavior but also our thoughts, motivations, and affections.

The great command is to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. Any failure to do that is sin.

 

[Dave-W]

I think a simple biblical definition would be that sin is any want of conformity to or transgression of the law of God.

The bibilcal languages do not really bear that out. In both OT Hebrew and NT Greek, "sin" is an archery term meaning to aim at the target, but miss the mark. (bulls eye) It is NOT intentional.

 

[Tree of Life]

The bibilcal languages do not really bear that out. In both OT Hebrew and NT Greek, "sin" is an archery term meaning to aim at the target, but miss the mark. (bulls eye) It is NOT intentional.

Sin is a complex concept. It would be a mistake to reduce its meaning to the etymology of one word.

You say that sin is missing the mark. Wouldn't the mark be God's law? Is sin not a transgression of the law?

You say that sin is not intentional. Do you mean that sin is always accidental?

 

[Dave-W]

the Bible also teaches that God's law is spiritual and makes demands not only on our behavior but also our thoughts, motivations, and affections.

Indeed. It also says anything not done from faith is sinful, and that faith comes from hearing GOD's spoken (not written) word. (rhema vs logos)

So unless you are hearing God, everything is sinful.

 

[Dave-W]

You say that sin is missing the mark. Wouldn't the mark be God's law? Is sin not a transgression of the law?

You say that sin is not intentional. Do you mean that sin is always accidental?

3 different terms:

Sin (unintentional)
Transgression (intentional)
Iniquity (transgenerational effects and biases from sins and transgressions)

 

[Tree of Life]

Indeed. It also says anything not done from faith is sinful, and that faith comes from hearing GOD's spoken (not written) word. (rhema vs logos)

So unless you are hearing God, everything is sinful.

So unless everything we do and think comes from faith, then we must be sinning very often!

 

[Tree of Life]

3 different terms:

Sin (unintentional)
Transgression (intentional)
Iniquity (transgenerational effects and biases from sins and transgressions)

Ugh. Talk about an unwarranted taxonomy.

 

[royal priest]

Does James 4:17 include a misinformed conscience?
Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

 

[JustRachel]

I grumbled today rather than rejoicing and being glad. It's the little things that get me.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Details not needed.

Some balk at the words of Westminster:

Q 149 - Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A - No man is able, either of himself, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.

For those who reject Westminster on this point, I want to know. When is the last time that you imagine that you sinned against God?

Thanks in advance!

You know, when I was clicking on this thread, I was questioning whether I did it in faith or not ... hmmmm Romans 14:23

 

[RDKirk]

I think a simple biblical definition would be that sin is any want of conformity to or transgression of the law of God. But the Bible also teaches that God's law is spiritual and makes demands not only on our behavior but also our thoughts, motivations, and affections.

The great command is to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. Any failure to do that is sin.

Jesus did not sin. How did Jesus avoid sin? He tells us in His own words:

Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. -- John 5

So that's it. Very simple. If one does nothing but what he sees the Father doing, he will lead a sinless life.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. -- Ephesians 2

Most of us don't even take a look at what the Father is doing when we get up in the morning. Most of us don't ask in our nightly prayers, "Father, what good works do you have prepared for me tomorrow?"

And really mean it. Really, really mean it.

We have our own plans and concerns, and even if we were to ask the question, in the back of our minds we're saying, "...I'll get to it if I have time."

Even when we ask, we usually ask double-mindedly.

So we do not live sin free lives like Jesus because we don't live lives in which we only do what we see the Father do.