Is all sin equal in the eyes of God

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Is all sin equal in the eyes of God?

• Jon Wright
• 12th Aug 2007

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What is Sin?

• The breaking Gods laws or rebellion against God
  1 John 34, Everyone who sins breaks the law in
  fact, sin is lawlessness. ????,??????????????
  Deu 97 Josh 118
• Rom 323 for all have sinned and fall short of
  the glory of God ????????,???????

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Are some sins greater than others?

• Some say sin is sin and there are no differences
  between them according to the New Testament
• What about the Old Testament
• Remember Jesus came to fulfill the law not to
  replace it

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Old Testament Sin Examples

• Murder - Ex 2112, Manslaughter Ex 2113
• Kidnapping - Ex 2116
• Cattle Rustling - Ex 221
• Prostitution/Fornication - Deu 2221
• Adultery - Lev 2010
• Idol Making - Ex 32
• Lying - Deu 1916-21
• Different Sins have different penalties - some
  have more serious consequences than others

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Sin in the New Testament

• Rom 323 - For all have sinned
• James 210 For whoever keeps the whole law and
  yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of
  breaking all of it. ?????????,???????,???????.
• James is saying, you break one law or you break
  different one, or you break all of them then you
  are a law-breaker

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Jesus recognized some sin as more serious. John
1911

• Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me
  if it were not given to you from above. Therefore
  the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a
  greater sin."
• ???????????????,???????????,????????????
• Greater responsibility means you will be judged
  to a higher standard - eg. In James 3 about
  teaching
• Moses hitting a rock not speaking to it Num 20

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What is the NT penalty for Sin?

• Rom 3 tell us we have all sinned so we should
  know the penalty since our default status is a
  sinner!
• Rom 623 For the wages of sin is death, but the
  gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
  Lord. ???????????????,??????????,????
• Where death is Spiritual Death - an eternal
  isolation from God. A separation from the father
  for all eternity.

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God is the God of 2nd Chances

• God loves us so much that He has provided His Son
  Jesus to die for our sins.
• We need to realize that it is not a case of our
  sin has no penalty, God is just and He requires
  justice
• Instead Jesus has taken the penalty for our sin
  upon himself - His sacrifice ? Justification
• Our sin is taken as His own by Gods own Son - so
  it is no longer attributed to us ? Sanctification
• When was the last time you thought of how much
  your sin cost that man? the pain? the suffering?

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We Need to tell everyone

• That they are sinners
• That the wages of their sin is DEATH (eternal
  damnation)
• That God loves them so much He has provided His
  own son to take the penalty of their sin
• So that they can have a relationship with Him
• That Jesus is the way/truth and life and you can
  only come to the Father through Him
• So go and tell people