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Are all sins equal to God?

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James 2:10 " For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."

 

This issue matters to those that are not Christians. Those that are still under the Law... When Jesus taught during his ministry, he ministered by and with the law, Matt 5:17, Gal 4:4, 5. because Grace and the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, John 7:39. After the Cross believers are not under the Law, Rom 6:14, Galatians. We are a new, born of God, creation, 2 Cor 5:17, we are dead to sin and and no longer live in it, Rom 6:2... The Holy Spirit indwells us and we naturally do what is pleasing to the Lord, Phil 2:13, Heb 8:10, 11 That is why John wrote that those born of God, those that belong to him, his children, cannot sin, 1 John 3:9, 10 Having said that, due to the fact that we still live in this "tent" the flesh, 2 Cor 5:4, 2 Pet 1:13, 14 and even though we don't want to, we are still able to sin... But because of Jesus' work on the Cross, ALL of our sins have been forgiven, those we committed before being saved and all those that we may commit after we are saved. And most importantly, those sins we may commit after being saved are not charged or imputed to us because we are NOT under any law, Rom 5:13... James 2:10 does not apply to Christians, it applies to those under the law. A Christian cannot be a sinner, if he is a sinner he cannot not be a Christian, otherwise what Jesus did on the cross is of no effect, 1 Cor 1:17, and we would need another sacrifice, Jesus would have to die again, Heb 9:25, 26... Knowing and believing this allows me to walk without any guilty burdens, it gives me peace. The peace that only the Lord can give, John 14:27, Rom 5:1, Rom 14:17, Phil 4:7... All Praise and Glory to the Lord!

 

 

When Jesus died, He shed the same amount of blood for all sins. Nowhere does the Bible say that the sin of murder requires more of those drops to be forgiven than the sin of telling a white lie requires. In Matthew 5:21-28, Jesus lists several sins that we tend to categorize into "mild" and "severe" sins and essentially declares them all equal. When it comes to receiving forgiveness for our sins, God requires nothing more from a murderer than He does from a teller of a white lie in order to receive His forgiveness and redemption. However, every sin begins with a thought, then progresses to repeated thoughts, then progresses to an action, then progresses to repeated actions, and if left unchecked, a compulsion or habit results. For sins like murder or adultery, this progression takes longer and involves a hardening of the heart over time. While God's forgiveness is the same for all sins, the condition of the heart looks very different for that of a murderer than it does for a teller of a white lie. Luke 6:45 says, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. In summation, sins may all be the same in terms of what is required to be forgiven them, but the heart condition of a sinner can look very different depending on the kinds of sin a person has allowed to consume his/her heart.

 

Rather than worry whether all sin is the same in the eyes of God why not let HIM be the judge of that and focus on eradicating sin from our own lives. I believe that God does not want us to put ourselves on a rating scale or hierarchy but rather wishes us to consider each sin unacceptable, fully repent and avoid further sin. Rating how bad sin is in comparison to others leads us down a road of accepting "better" sins and condeming those that sin "worse" than we do. All sin seperates us from God. I don't believe we need to be concerned with the distance, just the mere fact of the seperation and rejecting ALL SIN. To me this is what the over-quoted scripture of Matthew refers to: Matthew 7:1-3 King James Version (KJV) "7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

 

From a prophet by permission of the Holy Spirit. To say that all sin is the same is an oversimplification and lack of understanding of the Bible. The first four commandments are concerning belief. Ergo the worse sin is the sin of non-belief. The bible says the only sin that is unforgivable is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. When someone blasphemes against the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is not present within the person. In order for someone to speak against the Holy Spirit would indicate that the person knew or had known of the Holy Spirit (God, Jesus) but is rejecting him. I personally believe that Grace, Mercy and the Power of the cross is greater than any sin excluding Ergo we as humans could commit. God is greater than Satan, Good is greater than Evil. The redemptive power of Jesus at the cross nullifies any and all sin, now and forevermore.