The longer I live, the more I understand God's holiness. That goes hand in hand with my maturing understanding of the horribleness of sin. Thank you for this essay on the topic. It is often avoided in the church to our detriment. I look forward to seeing you at the Red River encampment in New Mexico. I highly recommend this encampment to anyone within a day's drive of its beautiful location. It reminds me of the Yosemite and Lake Tahoe family encampments we attended for decades while living in California. We live in Colorado now and do our best to promote it to the church out here.
I do not believe you overlooked it Chantel because it’s not in there. The biblical definition of sin is transgression of the law. Preaching to the choir I assume though.
Hi, Chantel, thanks for reading. I apologize for not making it more clear. Sin is rebellion. It is the rebellion of both human and demonic powers. It is rebellion against God’s rule and reign. I think that’s mentioned the idea of rebellion throughout the post, but I’m not much of a proof-text guy. That said, 1 John 3:4 gives a good definition of sin as “lawlessness,” that is rebelling against the revealed will of God.
The longer I live, the more I understand God's holiness. That goes hand in hand with my maturing understanding of the horribleness of sin. Thank you for this essay on the topic. It is often avoided in the church to our detriment. I look forward to seeing you at the Red River encampment in New Mexico. I highly recommend this encampment to anyone within a day's drive of its beautiful location. It reminds me of the Yosemite and Lake Tahoe family encampments we attended for decades while living in California. We live in Colorado now and do our best to promote it to the church out here.
Thanks, Kevin! And I completely agree, Red River Family Encampment is amazing! One of my favorite weeks of the year!
Amen; great message.
I seem to have missed the biblical definition of sin. Did I overlook it in the article?
I do not believe you overlooked it Chantel because it’s not in there. The biblical definition of sin is transgression of the law. Preaching to the choir I assume though.
With CHRISTIANITY Iit seems to always be conspicuously absent.
Hi, Chantel, thanks for reading. I apologize for not making it more clear. Sin is rebellion. It is the rebellion of both human and demonic powers. It is rebellion against God’s rule and reign. I think that’s mentioned the idea of rebellion throughout the post, but I’m not much of a proof-text guy. That said, 1 John 3:4 gives a good definition of sin as “lawlessness,” that is rebelling against the revealed will of God.