Definitions of sin
According to the Bible , sin divided into two groupings, namely horizontal sin, ie sin to themselves or others and vertical sin that sin to God ! If we sin to others , still there are God who give forgiveness to us . But if we sin to God , who gives forgiveness to us ? .Is there anything higher than God ?
"If one man sins against another , God will judge Him. But if a man sins against the LORD , who will intercede for Him ? ... " ( 1 Samuel 2 : 25 New King James Version )
Since human falls in sin , all peole have been lost the glory of God ,and to become God's enemies ! The Bible records that the only one who could reconciles man with God only Christ . ( Romans 5 : 10 ) Then what is sin ? The Bible answers as follows :
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law ." (1 Jhon 3 : 4 King James Version )
So its clear that sin is any violation to the law or the word of God, which consists of violation to His prohibitions and violation to His commands . Connected to prohibitions and commands of God , what is the number of all ? If you collect all prohibitions and commands of God contained in the Old Testament it turns out there are more than 600 rules ( mitsvot, Hebrew ). That number was not included these found in the New Testamanet .
And the Bible records that humans should do everything without exception if wants to be called innocent. But histories have shown that no one is able to carry out all the rules . Thats why the Bible says :
"At it is written : There is none righteous, no , not one . There is none that understandeth , there is none that seekth after God . They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable ; there is none that doeth good , no , not one ! " ( Romans 3 : 10 - 12 King James Version ).
When the Bible says that no one is good , does not mean that people do not do the good deeds ! Its not that ! The meaning is the good deeds that we do, not fulfil the standards of God , which does not fulfil all the rules !
When the Bible says that no one is good , does not mean that people do not do the good deeds ! Its not that ! The meaning is the good deeds that we do, not fulfil the standards of God , which does not fulfil all the rules !
Evidence that humans are not able to carry out all the rules contained in the Old Testament , namely with the victims of the morning , the evening offering , the guilt offering , the sin offering and the Day of Atonement which held every year ( yom kippur , Hebrew ) . These shown that no one can detach himself from the bondage of sin Even Moses, David , Salomon and others unable to innocent . They all failed ! You can examined in the story of the Old Testament .
Even in the New Testament, the apostle Paul claimed to have called his weakness as a " thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthian 12 : 7- 8 ) . These all prove that no one able to carry out all the rules ! The disciples of Jesus was also like that . There was lack of faith at the time of casting out demons ; even Peter had denied Jesus . So there are always its wrong !
Even in the New Testament, the apostle Paul claimed to have called his weakness as a " thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthian 12 : 7- 8 ) . These all prove that no one able to carry out all the rules ! The disciples of Jesus was also like that . There was lack of faith at the time of casting out demons ; even Peter had denied Jesus . So there are always its wrong !
That's why God have came down as human being, not to punish , and also not to abolish sin , but to save us from all sins So sin is still exists , but for people who believe in Christ' saving work, their sin always been deleted by the blood of Jesus .
Do Christians still commit sin ?
If the question is :"Do Christians still commit sin?" , the answer is :" Yes ! Still !." . Why so ? Didnt the Bible had stated that no one is righteous ? All people had sinned and had been lost the glory of God ? Before Christ , in age of the Old Testament , no one can perform all the rules, so even now there are not Christians who can make all the rules ! There is not difference between Judaism with Christians , that they, Judaism and Christians, can not fulfil all the rules . The difference is that people of Judaism implementing animal blood sacrifice to obtain forgiveness , meanwhile Christians do not do that anymore . Why is like that ? Yes , because the blood of Jesus shed for us on the cross !
That is the difference between Judaism with Christianity. Everyday we commit sin, not least through the heart or mind of the unknown man but God know . People who are not hypocrites of course agree with this fact ! Anyone who denies this fact same with denying the word of God below :
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us . ...If we say that we have not sinned , we make Him a liar , and His word is not in us "(1 Jhon 1 : 8 and 10 KJV )
In term of the flesh we are not able to fulfil all the rules , so there is just wrong ! On one thing goes wrong , we are violating all the rules
"For whoever shall keep the whole law , and yet stumble in one point , he is guilty of all." ( James 2 : 10 New King James Version NKJV )
Don forget that Jesus didnt came to take away the sin ! Sin still exists ! But for us , Christians ,do not need to make a blood sacrifice animals anymore, because the blood of Jesus always remove our sin .
"My little children , these thing I write to you. so that you may not sin . And if anyone sins, we have and Advocate with the Father , Jesus Christ the righteous ." ( 1 John 2 : 1 NKJV )
The text above is a proof that Chistians still sin ! So therefore there is no human righteous, holy and perfect in all the world except God . The Bible proves that only God alone are holy,as follows :
"Who shall not fear You, o Lord , and glorify Your name ? For You alone are holy . ... " ( Revelation 15 : 4 New King James Version )
Because He alone are holy , that is mean that only He are righteous and perfect ! If there are people who say that everyone who was born again could not commit sin anymore , the man didnt understands Romans paragraph 7 . Just thing please , if we were able to not sin , in the sense of being able to fulfil all the rules, mean we do not need forgiveness ! We do not need Jesus ! We do not need His blood ! Why so? Because we able to become holy ! O great ! Meaning the Bible lying when is said that only God alone are holy !?
Did you forgotten that Jesus came precisely when we were still sin ? Right now , His forgiveness continue to work because we are also and always doing sin . The advises of the apostle Jhon and Peter, prove that Christians still commit sin.Petrus 4 : 8 ) It should not surprise us , with 4 reasons , namely :
(1). No one able to fulfil all the rules ! Too much rules that confine us .What's the mean ? So that He may show His mercy to us ( see Romans 11 : 32 )
(2)No one who do not sin as long as his lives ! In this case we need a justification which comes from God , not because we are righteous, but as the free gift . ( Romans 3 : 23 - 24 )
(3) We need forgiveness constantly in our lives until we die ! And that, we get all the time by the blood of Jesus that never stops erase wrong and our sins . ( see Hebrews 10 : 10 )
(4)No human is righteous,holy and petfect , solely only God alone ! So people who say that he able to fulfil all the rules with the help of the Holy Spirit , cheats himself and make God into a liar because the word of God says that only He alone are holy . ( see 1 Jhon 1 : 8 and 10)
Do Christians still sin ?
The question of :" Do Christians still commit sin ?" is deferent with the question of :" Do Christian still sin ?" . The first question above connected to the flesh's deeds , but the second question connected to status in Spirit ! If the question is :" Do the Christians still commit sin?", the answer is :" Yes ! Still ! "( connected to the flesh's deeds ). But the question is :" Do the Christian still sin ?" , the answer is:" No ! Already not sin anymore ! ( connected to status in Spirit )
The Christians have status in Spirit ,is not sin ! Because Christians had been justified , sanctified and perfected by the blood of Jesus , once for all ! Not because of righteousness, holiness and perfection of us, but because of the righteousness ,holiness and perfection of Christ .
"..for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God , being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ." ( Romans 3 : 23 - 24 NKJV)
" But that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all ." (Hebrews 10 :10 NKJV )
"For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified ." ( Hebrews 10: 14 New King James Version ).
When from the cross Jesus cried out :" Eli, Eli ,lama sabakhtani ? ( MyGod , My God , why doYou have forsaken me ? ) ; at that time happened exchange occurs divine ! The presence of God left Jesus and replaced with God's wrath struck Him , meanwhile the presence of God are moving to us along with the righteousness , holiness and perfection of Christ ! All our sins and mistakes was inflicted upon Jesus so that in the presence of our Father we are considered absolutely holy and perfect .
So in status in Spirit , we , are righteous , holy and perfect , with other words , we are not sinner anymore ! Why is like that ? Because He have ( not will ) justified , sanctified and perfected us , once for all . If there is one who says that we still sin, thats meaning that the man do not believe that Christ saving work had completed and perfect ! ( Jhon 19 : 30 ). For if we still sin in status , thats meaning that the Christ saving work had failed ! Watch please the Bible text below :
"For He made Him who knew no sin , to be sin for us , that we might become the righteousness of God in Him ." ( 2 Corinthians 5 : 21 New King James Version )
Jesus didnt knew sin ! But God made Him to be sin for us ! Its meaning that all our sins in along our lives, our sins throughout our lives , until we later die, has been borne by Christ on the cross . If our sins at a lifetime was paid by the blood of Jesus , its true to say that Christians are no longer sin , its status in the Spirit of Christ .
Conclusion :
We must able to distinguish our position from the prespective of the deeds of the flesh with the prepective of our status in Christ's Spirit. From the prespective of the flesh's deeds , Christian still commiting sin, but from the prespective of status in Christ' Spirit , Christians have not sinned anymore . Why ? Because every time the blood of Jesus always remove our mistakes and sins. Yes , any time ! Until we die !
"Whoever abides in Him does not sin . Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him ." ( 1 Jhon 3 : 6 New King James Version )
The text above connected to people's status , not speak about the flesh's deeds .! Whoever abides in Christ does not sin anymore , although in his flesh's deed he still commits sin .Otherwise any person is not in Christ considered always lives in sin regardless of his good deeds . For Christian salvation not depends to good deeds , but solely to the saving work of Christ . You must always remember that we must do the good deeds but not to be saved , but because we have been saved ! In fact , the sin unto death is sin not want to accept Christ as Lord and Savior .
So that our position always been at the truth of Jesus Christ . That is our status in Christ's Spirit !. We are not sinners anymore. We are righteous man now ! Until we die ! We do not conscience of sin anymore , but the truth that we are innocent .
Do you want to appreciate the Christ's saving work ? My message , do not involve human effort on Christ's saving work . It was insulting Him and risk heavy ( see Hebrews 10 : 29 ) . Please believe, that you are not a sinner anymore ! Do not forget , its in status in Christ spirit ! God bless us ! Greeting from the sea ! ( Capt. Yordan EP Sihombing SH.M.Ap M.Mar )
If the question is :"Do Christians still commit sin?" , the answer is :" Yes ! Still !." . Why so ? Didnt the Bible had stated that no one is righteous ? All people had sinned and had been lost the glory of God ? Before Christ , in age of the Old Testament , no one can perform all the rules, so even now there are not Christians who can make all the rules ! There is not difference between Judaism with Christians , that they, Judaism and Christians, can not fulfil all the rules . The difference is that people of Judaism implementing animal blood sacrifice to obtain forgiveness , meanwhile Christians do not do that anymore . Why is like that ? Yes , because the blood of Jesus shed for us on the cross !
That is the difference between Judaism with Christianity. Everyday we commit sin, not least through the heart or mind of the unknown man but God know . People who are not hypocrites of course agree with this fact ! Anyone who denies this fact same with denying the word of God below :
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us . ...If we say that we have not sinned , we make Him a liar , and His word is not in us "(1 Jhon 1 : 8 and 10 KJV )
In term of the flesh we are not able to fulfil all the rules , so there is just wrong ! On one thing goes wrong , we are violating all the rules
"For whoever shall keep the whole law , and yet stumble in one point , he is guilty of all." ( James 2 : 10 New King James Version NKJV )
Don forget that Jesus didnt came to take away the sin ! Sin still exists ! But for us , Christians ,do not need to make a blood sacrifice animals anymore, because the blood of Jesus always remove our sin .
"My little children , these thing I write to you. so that you may not sin . And if anyone sins, we have and Advocate with the Father , Jesus Christ the righteous ." ( 1 John 2 : 1 NKJV )
The text above is a proof that Chistians still sin ! So therefore there is no human righteous, holy and perfect in all the world except God . The Bible proves that only God alone are holy,as follows :
"Who shall not fear You, o Lord , and glorify Your name ? For You alone are holy . ... " ( Revelation 15 : 4 New King James Version )
Because He alone are holy , that is mean that only He are righteous and perfect ! If there are people who say that everyone who was born again could not commit sin anymore , the man didnt understands Romans paragraph 7 . Just thing please , if we were able to not sin , in the sense of being able to fulfil all the rules, mean we do not need forgiveness ! We do not need Jesus ! We do not need His blood ! Why so? Because we able to become holy ! O great ! Meaning the Bible lying when is said that only God alone are holy !?
Did you forgotten that Jesus came precisely when we were still sin ? Right now , His forgiveness continue to work because we are also and always doing sin . The advises of the apostle Jhon and Peter, prove that Christians still commit sin.Petrus 4 : 8 ) It should not surprise us , with 4 reasons , namely :
(1). No one able to fulfil all the rules ! Too much rules that confine us .What's the mean ? So that He may show His mercy to us ( see Romans 11 : 32 )
(2)No one who do not sin as long as his lives ! In this case we need a justification which comes from God , not because we are righteous, but as the free gift . ( Romans 3 : 23 - 24 )
(3) We need forgiveness constantly in our lives until we die ! And that, we get all the time by the blood of Jesus that never stops erase wrong and our sins . ( see Hebrews 10 : 10 )
(4)No human is righteous,holy and petfect , solely only God alone ! So people who say that he able to fulfil all the rules with the help of the Holy Spirit , cheats himself and make God into a liar because the word of God says that only He alone are holy . ( see 1 Jhon 1 : 8 and 10)
Do Christians still sin ?
The question of :" Do Christians still commit sin ?" is deferent with the question of :" Do Christian still sin ?" . The first question above connected to the flesh's deeds , but the second question connected to status in Spirit ! If the question is :" Do the Christians still commit sin?", the answer is :" Yes ! Still ! "( connected to the flesh's deeds ). But the question is :" Do the Christian still sin ?" , the answer is:" No ! Already not sin anymore ! ( connected to status in Spirit )
The Christians have status in Spirit ,is not sin ! Because Christians had been justified , sanctified and perfected by the blood of Jesus , once for all ! Not because of righteousness, holiness and perfection of us, but because of the righteousness ,holiness and perfection of Christ .
"..for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God , being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ." ( Romans 3 : 23 - 24 NKJV)
" But that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all ." (Hebrews 10 :10 NKJV )
"For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified ." ( Hebrews 10: 14 New King James Version ).
When from the cross Jesus cried out :" Eli, Eli ,lama sabakhtani ? ( MyGod , My God , why doYou have forsaken me ? ) ; at that time happened exchange occurs divine ! The presence of God left Jesus and replaced with God's wrath struck Him , meanwhile the presence of God are moving to us along with the righteousness , holiness and perfection of Christ ! All our sins and mistakes was inflicted upon Jesus so that in the presence of our Father we are considered absolutely holy and perfect .
So in status in Spirit , we , are righteous , holy and perfect , with other words , we are not sinner anymore ! Why is like that ? Because He have ( not will ) justified , sanctified and perfected us , once for all . If there is one who says that we still sin, thats meaning that the man do not believe that Christ saving work had completed and perfect ! ( Jhon 19 : 30 ). For if we still sin in status , thats meaning that the Christ saving work had failed ! Watch please the Bible text below :
"For He made Him who knew no sin , to be sin for us , that we might become the righteousness of God in Him ." ( 2 Corinthians 5 : 21 New King James Version )
Jesus didnt knew sin ! But God made Him to be sin for us ! Its meaning that all our sins in along our lives, our sins throughout our lives , until we later die, has been borne by Christ on the cross . If our sins at a lifetime was paid by the blood of Jesus , its true to say that Christians are no longer sin , its status in the Spirit of Christ .
Conclusion :
We must able to distinguish our position from the prespective of the deeds of the flesh with the prepective of our status in Christ's Spirit. From the prespective of the flesh's deeds , Christian still commiting sin, but from the prespective of status in Christ' Spirit , Christians have not sinned anymore . Why ? Because every time the blood of Jesus always remove our mistakes and sins. Yes , any time ! Until we die !
"Whoever abides in Him does not sin . Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him ." ( 1 Jhon 3 : 6 New King James Version )
The text above connected to people's status , not speak about the flesh's deeds .! Whoever abides in Christ does not sin anymore , although in his flesh's deed he still commits sin .Otherwise any person is not in Christ considered always lives in sin regardless of his good deeds . For Christian salvation not depends to good deeds , but solely to the saving work of Christ . You must always remember that we must do the good deeds but not to be saved , but because we have been saved ! In fact , the sin unto death is sin not want to accept Christ as Lord and Savior .
So that our position always been at the truth of Jesus Christ . That is our status in Christ's Spirit !. We are not sinners anymore. We are righteous man now ! Until we die ! We do not conscience of sin anymore , but the truth that we are innocent .
Do you want to appreciate the Christ's saving work ? My message , do not involve human effort on Christ's saving work . It was insulting Him and risk heavy ( see Hebrews 10 : 29 ) . Please believe, that you are not a sinner anymore ! Do not forget , its in status in Christ spirit ! God bless us ! Greeting from the sea ! ( Capt. Yordan EP Sihombing SH.M.Ap M.Mar )
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