In order to determine that, we have to look at the entire Bible, beginning with the law that God gave to Moses on Mt Sinai. Now, it's true, that Israel was a theocracy, under the direct rule of God and they were given laws to live by which were for the good of the nation and it's people.[/align][/align]"But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply; and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it." Deut 30:14-16[/align][/align]"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." 30:19[/align][/align]In the law that the Lord gave to the Israelites, there were certain sins that the Lord issued the death penalty for and others that had other ramifications. From this alone, we can determine that there are degrees of sin. If there weren't, either all sins would have warranted the death penalty, or none of them would. [/align][/align]Although these laws were given to Israel, and the church is not under the law, but under grace, does not change the fact that God called some sins "abomination" where others he did not. [/align][/align]Although, the entire human race has been declared under sin, and there is none righteous, no not one, there are still certain sins that are set apart from others. In the New Testament for example, Paul set apart the sin of fornication. He said all other sin is outside the body, but the sin of fornication is against your own body. [/align][/align]"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sins against his own body." I Corinth 6:18[/align][/align]In I Corinth 5:5 Paul said "To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." Such a one Paul was referring to is found in 5:1-4. [/align][/align]So, from these two examples you can see that there are degrees of sin. Jesus is the IAM of the burning bush. He is God and He is the one who gave the law to Moses on Mt Sinai. He has not changed. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. So the God who said homosexuality, for example, is an abomination, and the God who destroyed Sodom and Ghomorrah is the same God that we worship, Jesus.[/align][/align][/align]
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"Blessed is He who Comes in The Name of The Lord"
Luke12: 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Mark 3:28 I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are. 29But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven. That sin will be held against you forever.
30 Jesus said this because the people were saying that he had an evil spirit in him.
I do not believe there is any degree of sin in God's eyes.
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."Rev.21:8 KJV.
in Romans 6:23, it says, "The wages of sin is death."It doesn't specify any certain sin..you go to the same hell for lying as you do for murder..Man has set the mark on what sin is the worst, not God..
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"There's room at the cross for you."
There are sins that are pardonable, and sin for which there is no forgiveness. Doesn't this show that all sin isn't the same? IMO any unforgiven sin is sufficent to keep one from entering into the eternal resting place of the redeemed.
There are sins that are pardonable, and sin for which there is no forgiveness. Doesn't this show that all sin isn't the same? IMO any unforgiven sin is sufficent to keep one from entering into the eternal resting place of the redeemed.
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there is no sin that cannot be forgiven..all sin is forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus Christ but if you continue to reject Christ then there is no forgiveness..it's up to you..
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"There's room at the cross for you."
there is no sin that cannot be forgiven..all sin is forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus Christ but if you continue to reject Christ then there is no forgiveness..it's up to you..
Amen brother!
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Jesus said, "he who stands firm to the end will be saved" Mark 13:13.
Live Life in such a way that those who do not know Christ will come to know Him because they know you
there is no sin that cannot be forgiven..all sin is forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus Christ but if you continue to reject Christ then there is no forgiveness..it's up to you..
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Amen brother!
Amen
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things are more like right now than they've ever been
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James
Question . . .If a professional killer (or anybody actually) accepts Christ at some point and then thru circumstances finds himself doing murder again, are these sins of murder covered because of his accepting Christ.
One could say that if he continues to do murder then he was never saved to begin with.
However, from my experiance with myself and others I see that we all sin in some way . . . .whether it be sins of omission, or sins from ignorance of what is right, or just plain messing up.
If we say that if one commits murder, then "he wasn't ever saved anyway", but if one . . .has a sin of omission in their life . . .in ignorance or not, then he is a sinner saved by grace.
I too am of the opinion that sin is sin, and uncovered sin separates us from God. But I do see some sins emphasized more than others.
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Hi Mac..yes, the bible does put more emphasis on some sins that it does others..what i am saying, no matter what the sin is, whether it be murder or lying, Romans 6:23 says,"The wages of sin is death" now when the liar goes to hell i don't think he will be punished as bad as the murderer..I think Chuck alluded to this in an earlier thread..Luke 12:47-48..I don't know what that means as the bible does not say, but it could be it will be hotter in some parts of the lake of fire than others..now that's just my thoughts..
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"There's room at the cross for you."
ARE THERE DEGREES OF SINS ?
