Sin is often described as breaking God’s Law. According to John MacArthur, by thinking evil, speaking evil, acting evil or omitting good. Lehman Strauss makes a strong arguement for it being “missing the mark”. The Apostle Paul in Romans makes it clear that for whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23)
Do we make sin too complicated? Do we work too hard to construct a “doctrine of sin”?
Jesus makes it clear we are to do two things - Love God and Love our Neighbor. Is sin simply doing those things that do not demonstrate a Love for God or a Love for our Neighbor?
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June 2, 2008 at 4:36 am
lisa robinson
Hi dac,
I don’t know about making it too complicated, but I definitely think we need to understand about the propensity within us to sin. Because that’s what will keep us from loving the Lord with all our hearts, and souls and minds and loving our neighbors. And what we do is a product of this sin principle. The better we can understand it and relative to what Christ did in relation to it, the better our perspective will be in dealing with it. Unfortunately, I think folks get saved and don’t understand about the struggle that goes on within them. So no we should not make it complicated but neither should we over simplify it. Just my 2 cents.