Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Sin is…
1Jn_3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
If NOT doing good is a sin, and TRANSGRESSING the law is sin, then is stands to reason that the law is good.
When we do good and when we keep the law, we are NOT sinning.
Too many people, way too many people want to believe God's moral law is a thing of the past. Those same people do not seem to realize that God's moral law embodies all that is good. You cannot do good and not keep the law because all that good is covered in God's moral law.
When you know to do good and you choose not to do good- you sin, you transgress the moral law of God.
Remember this--
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
When you know to do good and choose not to do good you are either harming God or harming your fellow man in some way. Some might say they are hurting no one but themselves but the truth is when you hurt yourself it hurts God.
We would rather make sin into something on a list. It's a sin to kill, it's a sin to steal, it's a sin to lie, etc.
Jesus came and told us that it's a sin to even desire to sin, without actually physically committing the act. Why? Because God knows our heart and we know that when something evil is desired in our hearts it isn't good at all. In some way it isn't loving God, or loving our fellowman.
To love God fully is summed up in the first four moral commandments.
To love our fellowman fully is summed up in the last five moral commandments.
Yet people don't want to believe this, they'd rather just pick and choose the commandments they want to follow. Or they scratch them all and say they no longer matter, they'll decide what love is, and they'll decide what commands are truly important, if any. As long as they aren't hurting anyone or God they'll be just fine.
Truthfully, only God will be able to judge them, judge us all.
Truthfully, keeping all the law and having NO love is NOT really keeping the law at all in any way, shape, or form.
Is it any wonder this was written?
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
When we know to do good- we know what it means to love.
When you choose to do good, you are choosing to love.
Love is a choice and we make it every time we are in a situation that calls for us to do good.
Is it any wonder it's a sin not to do good? It's not loving! You are choosing not to love and…
1Jn_4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God is love!
All by HIS grace may we be IN HIM, in LOVE!
Help us LORD we fall so short of what we should be.
All by YOUR love, through YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FORGIVENESS and MERCY, we have hope!
All in YOU, always!
Sin is…
1Jn_3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
If NOT doing good is a sin, and TRANSGRESSING the law is sin, then is stands to reason that the law is good.
When we do good and when we keep the law, we are NOT sinning.
Too many people, way too many people want to believe God's moral law is a thing of the past. Those same people do not seem to realize that God's moral law embodies all that is good. You cannot do good and not keep the law because all that good is covered in God's moral law.
When you know to do good and you choose not to do good- you sin, you transgress the moral law of God.
Remember this--
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
When you know to do good and choose not to do good you are either harming God or harming your fellow man in some way. Some might say they are hurting no one but themselves but the truth is when you hurt yourself it hurts God.
We would rather make sin into something on a list. It's a sin to kill, it's a sin to steal, it's a sin to lie, etc.
Jesus came and told us that it's a sin to even desire to sin, without actually physically committing the act. Why? Because God knows our heart and we know that when something evil is desired in our hearts it isn't good at all. In some way it isn't loving God, or loving our fellowman.
To love God fully is summed up in the first four moral commandments.
To love our fellowman fully is summed up in the last five moral commandments.
Yet people don't want to believe this, they'd rather just pick and choose the commandments they want to follow. Or they scratch them all and say they no longer matter, they'll decide what love is, and they'll decide what commands are truly important, if any. As long as they aren't hurting anyone or God they'll be just fine.
Truthfully, only God will be able to judge them, judge us all.
Truthfully, keeping all the law and having NO love is NOT really keeping the law at all in any way, shape, or form.
Is it any wonder this was written?
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
When we know to do good- we know what it means to love.
When you choose to do good, you are choosing to love.
Love is a choice and we make it every time we are in a situation that calls for us to do good.
Is it any wonder it's a sin not to do good? It's not loving! You are choosing not to love and…
1Jn_4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God is love!
All by HIS grace may we be IN HIM, in LOVE!
Help us LORD we fall so short of what we should be.
All by YOUR love, through YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FORGIVENESS and MERCY, we have hope!
All in YOU, always!
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