1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Rom_3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God
There is NO getting around it, not even a little bit- sin IS a transgression of the law.
To say that there is no law for us to follow any more, is to say there is no sinning any longer.
How can people sin if there is no law to follow?
If ALL have sinned then that means there is STILL a law in existence.
We don't get to create our own laws in regards to sin. We don't get to say I'll make this a law- Law #1- No jumping up and down. And then have the person who breaks that law by jumping up and down called a sinner.
Sinners break GOD'S laws, the MORAL LAWS of GOD's MAKING.
The first sin was the breaking of the first moral law-
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Eve chose to listen to the serpent, Eve chose to listen to the serpent as if what HE said was more important and trustworthy than what God said. Eve put the serpent before GOD. Eve put HERSELF before God. Remember what the serpent said to her?
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
'Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.'
He told her SHE would be as a god!
She heard those words and did she right then and there recoil from the mere thought of placing herself, a creature on the same level as the Creator? No.
Her curiosity was peaked and she was tempted by the idea of knowing good and evil as a god would know. She wanted to be as a god. She WAS putting herself before God. She SINNED. It wasn't just a matter of eating of the tree that God commanded her not to, it was much more than that. The sin was horrific. It wasn't like a child taking a treat they've been told not to touch. The child isn't imagining that they will take that treat and eat of it and suddenly know all the things their parent knows. But Eve was TOLD by Satan that if she ate of that fruit she would be as a god. That PLAYED a huge part in her decision to eat the fruit, it was the REASON behind her eating the fruit. She wasn't disobeying God's command not to touch the fruit without a reason, in her mind a VERY good reason. She disobeyed with the incentive to become something other than the creature that God had created her to be. She wanted to be like the Most High God. What's the Bible tell us about wanting to be like the Most High?
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
SATAN wanted to be like the Most High and HE wanted Eve to desire the exact same thing, and she did, if only for a fleeting moment, but it was long enough for her to take that fruit and bite into it.
Sinning doesn't take long. Some of our WORST sins can happen in mere moments.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Sinning IS and will always be known as the TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW, God's moral law!
Like I wrote earlier we cannot sin if we are NOT transgressing God's law. Every single sin means you are transgressing God's law.
We need to confess our sins- we need to comprehend that we are transgressing the law of God when we do sin, and confess that transgression, confess HOW we've disobeyed God in sinning, confess our wrong, understand the wrong and REPENT. Confess, repent, seeking forgiveness from our SAVIOR.
God knows that we are WEAK, so very, very weak. But we need to comprehend that in our creature weakness we have been given the power of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord to understand what sin is and to KEEP from sinning through HIM and HIS power. We don't keep from sinning through our OWN power. We need to BELIEVE, we need to have FAITH that we will be able through our SAVIOR to believe in HIM and HIS POWER to forgive us and keep us in HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Please LORD, help us! Love us! Keep us in YOU ALWAYS!!!!!!!
BY YOUR AMAZING, AMAZING GRACE and MERCY!
IN YOU LORD, IN YOU!
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Rom_3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God
There is NO getting around it, not even a little bit- sin IS a transgression of the law.
To say that there is no law for us to follow any more, is to say there is no sinning any longer.
How can people sin if there is no law to follow?
If ALL have sinned then that means there is STILL a law in existence.
We don't get to create our own laws in regards to sin. We don't get to say I'll make this a law- Law #1- No jumping up and down. And then have the person who breaks that law by jumping up and down called a sinner.
Sinners break GOD'S laws, the MORAL LAWS of GOD's MAKING.
The first sin was the breaking of the first moral law-
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Eve chose to listen to the serpent, Eve chose to listen to the serpent as if what HE said was more important and trustworthy than what God said. Eve put the serpent before GOD. Eve put HERSELF before God. Remember what the serpent said to her?
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
'Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.'
He told her SHE would be as a god!
She heard those words and did she right then and there recoil from the mere thought of placing herself, a creature on the same level as the Creator? No.
Her curiosity was peaked and she was tempted by the idea of knowing good and evil as a god would know. She wanted to be as a god. She WAS putting herself before God. She SINNED. It wasn't just a matter of eating of the tree that God commanded her not to, it was much more than that. The sin was horrific. It wasn't like a child taking a treat they've been told not to touch. The child isn't imagining that they will take that treat and eat of it and suddenly know all the things their parent knows. But Eve was TOLD by Satan that if she ate of that fruit she would be as a god. That PLAYED a huge part in her decision to eat the fruit, it was the REASON behind her eating the fruit. She wasn't disobeying God's command not to touch the fruit without a reason, in her mind a VERY good reason. She disobeyed with the incentive to become something other than the creature that God had created her to be. She wanted to be like the Most High God. What's the Bible tell us about wanting to be like the Most High?
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
SATAN wanted to be like the Most High and HE wanted Eve to desire the exact same thing, and she did, if only for a fleeting moment, but it was long enough for her to take that fruit and bite into it.
Sinning doesn't take long. Some of our WORST sins can happen in mere moments.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Sinning IS and will always be known as the TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW, God's moral law!
Like I wrote earlier we cannot sin if we are NOT transgressing God's law. Every single sin means you are transgressing God's law.
We need to confess our sins- we need to comprehend that we are transgressing the law of God when we do sin, and confess that transgression, confess HOW we've disobeyed God in sinning, confess our wrong, understand the wrong and REPENT. Confess, repent, seeking forgiveness from our SAVIOR.
God knows that we are WEAK, so very, very weak. But we need to comprehend that in our creature weakness we have been given the power of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord to understand what sin is and to KEEP from sinning through HIM and HIS power. We don't keep from sinning through our OWN power. We need to BELIEVE, we need to have FAITH that we will be able through our SAVIOR to believe in HIM and HIS POWER to forgive us and keep us in HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Please LORD, help us! Love us! Keep us in YOU ALWAYS!!!!!!!
BY YOUR AMAZING, AMAZING GRACE and MERCY!
IN YOU LORD, IN YOU!
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