{"id":3045,"date":"2021-08-12T00:34:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T05:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=3045"},"modified":"2021-08-12T00:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T05:36:21","slug":"sin-is-to-disobey-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=3045","title":{"rendered":"Sin Is To Disobey God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sin<\/span><\/p>\n

Sin Is To Disobey God<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To sin is to do evil, to disobey God. It is also to do evil against humanity, society, others, and oneself; but these are secondary meanings.<\/span><\/p>\n

If sin is disobeying God, then it is the idea of God that gives the word its meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before God revealed himself to the Hebrews, and then to the entire world through Jesus Christ, most cultures imagined a sky full of unstable, selfish gods who followed every momentary whim-gods, in fact, who acted very much like immature, immoral human persons. Israel\u2019s God, perfect, holy, and unchanging, was the first to inspire the idea of \u201csin\u201d<\/b> as we know it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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EVIL Actions and EVIL Ways<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Evil actions are those that fall short of God\u2019s standard of holiness, that is, sin. The Old Testament, particularly the Psalms, teach that people are born sinful. In the New Testament Jesus taught that the origin of sin could be traced to the human heart and will. If, you act one way, then turn around and act another way, or say things which are totally uncalled for that is a “sin”<\/b>, if you act like a Christian one time and then when someone makes you upset or angry, then you act differently then what you normally act then that is a “sin.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

(Matthew 6:22-23<\/b>)<\/span><\/p>\n

22<\/b>\u00a0\u201cYour eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

23\u00a0But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The apostle Paul taught that the solution for the evil of sin is the new life that comes from faith in Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

TERMINOLOGY OF SIN<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s God sets the rule for all human behavior. The Hebrew words for sin, therefore, are usually words that speak of violating a standard, of missing a mark. The word hata and the Greek word hamartia originally meant \u201cto miss the mark; to fail in carrying out a duty\u201d<\/span><\/strong> (Romans 3:23<\/b>). As the one who gives us laws, God sets limits on our freedom, telling us we cannot do certain things; so another word (Hebrew abar; Greek parabasis) describes sin as:<\/span><\/p>\n