{"id":24463,"date":"2009-12-06T11:43:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T18:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=24463"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:18:57","slug":"do-christians-sin-a-little-everyday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/do-christians-sin-a-little-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Christians sin a little everyday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Recently, our church spoke of con\u00adfession of sin as a continual experience for the Christian. Is it true that the most godly and trust\u00ading people sin a little every day? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It all depends on how we think of sin. If sin is mostly an outward violation of the great moral laws of God (see 1 John 3:4), then we may go many days without missing that mark badly enough so that any\u00adone notices. No lying; no stealing; no murder; no adultery or idolatry; remember the Sabbath; honor your parents; and so forth. Some folks, like Paul in Philippians 3:6, have claimed to be blameless with regard to such a checklist.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other biblical descriptions of sin:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words:<\/strong> \u201cIn the multitude of words sin is not lack\u00ading\u201d (Prov. 10:19; compare James 3:2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> \u201cThe thought of foolishness is sin\u201d (Prov. 24:9, KJV; compare Matt. 5:28).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unbelief:<\/strong> \u201cWhatever is not from faith is sin \u201c (Rom. 14:23).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omission:<\/strong> \u201cTo him who knows to do good and does not do it<em>, <\/em>to him it is sin\u201d (James 4:17). Add\u00ading all the good we should have done, but didn\u2019t, doubles our transgressions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unrighteousness:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cAll unrighteousness is sin\u201d (1 John 5:17).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Failure to love as God loves:<\/strong> Matthew 5:48 el\u00adevates the standard for human holiness to God himself, par\u00adticularly in the area of loving our enemies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming short:<\/strong> Romans 3:23 implies that to fall short of the glory that God intends for us is to sin. Verse 23b, written in the present tense, confirms that all people fall short of God\u2019s glory regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Putting all this together, a composite definition of sin in Scripture might read like this: \u201cSin is any thought or attitude, any word, deed or habit, any act or failure to act that does not meet the highest standards of God\u2019s Word \u2014 either His writ\u00adten Word or His living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who is sufficient for such perfection? Who can attain it? No wonder Jesus taught us to pray \u201cFor\u00adgive us our debts\u201d with the same regularity as we pray for daily bread (Matt. 6:11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>We may also think of sin not so much as what we do but as what we were\/are. We were born with a fallen nature; since coming to Christ by faith and receiving His Spirit, we no longer obey that sinful nature. Still, it lurks somewhere in our members and taints all our thoughts, words, and acts so that they do not perfectly reflect the image of God and Christ as we wish they did (compare Rom. 7:17, 23).\u00a0 Sin no longer <em>reigns<\/em> in the life of the regenerate believer, it still <em>remains<\/em>. The tear of repentance is always in the eye of those drawing nearer to their God.<\/p>\n<p>The answer to your question can be stretched too far in either direction. Those who say they do not sin every day may not be aware of all the bible\u2019s definitions of sin, or they may be out-of-touch with their own heart and mind.<\/p>\n<p>Those who stress the inevitability of sin in a way that excuses them from it may not have yet found the narrow biblical path of holiness. The Spirit\u2019s work is to sanctify us wholly in Christ, and the only right response to sin is confes\u00adsion and repentance. The task of holiness will never be complete until we come with Him to glory.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Elder Calvin Burrell <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, our church spoke of con\u00adfession of sin as a continual experience for the Christian. Is it true that the most godly and trust\u00ading people sin a little every day? It all depends on how we think of sin. 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