As I have been navigating my way through the 2015 A to Z Challenge, I've been examining briefly various words and concepts in apologetics, that is the defense of what we believe, and for me that is Christianity and the Christian worldview. Today's word is sin.
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Sin: The violation of God’s
expectations; transgressing divine law; rebelling against God; making something
other than God our ultimate thing, our ultimate standard, our ultimate.
…All have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus, Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
People in America today don’t
like to hear the word sin. They think no one has the right to pass judgment on
them, even God. Who is anyone to declare something sin? That argument easily falls
apart with a little thought, however. If God made us, He knows how we work best, and He has the right to set the guiding principles for how the world and we in
the world should operate. If there is a God, then He is the ultimate, and He
determines our purpose. In fact He gives us purpose and meaning. If there is a
God, as A. W. Tozer said,
“What comes into our minds when
we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
Why do I bring up God in the
topic of sin? Because according to the definition of sin, it is God who
determines what it is. If He is the King of Kings, then He has the authority to say what sin is and why it is significant.
We must determine what we think about God first in order
to have a right view of sin. Otherwise sin has no meaning. Someone who says, "There is no God," likewise must say there is no sin to be consistent, and rightly so. However, if there is no sin, what is the basis for determining right and wrong? If it is just us and our own conclusions, who gets to decide? Think about that to its logical conclusion, and you will understand why Voltaire said,
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."
Are you willing to consider the
reality of God and sin? What do you think of Tozer’s statement? Do you have an
Here are a few websites to help you consider what sin is and what to do about it.
Maria
Great thoughts here.
ReplyDeleteHere is a quote I like:
"If you really enquire about God, not with mere curiosity, not, as it were, like a spiritual stamp- collector, but as an anxious seeker, distressed in heart, anguished by the possibility that God might not exist and hence all life be vanity and one great madness -- if you ask in such a mood as the man who asks the doctor, "Tell me, will my wife live or will she die?" -- if you ask thus about God, then you know already that God exists; the anguished question bears witness that you know." Emil Brunner
Blessings,
Theresa
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Sadly, the world has no concept of sin, b/c the idea that there is an objective standard is not accepted by too many people. Each generation seems to care less about God. It grieves my heart. I'm grateful that some bloggers write about God and truths regularly.
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