{"id":3752,"date":"2020-09-17T23:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/?page_id=3752"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:58:18","slug":"what-is-sin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apologeet.nl\/en\/faq\/what-is-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sin Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"iframe-container\">\r\n<iframe id=\"lbry-iframe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/silly-christian-what-is-sin-anyway\/7e198671d05e68f37e9fd0d162b451a9e1eafe01?r=FAzZWLEo32juNUAVjqRF1DHjcgsjYzoH\" allowfullscreen frameBorder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Silly Christian, you always talk about sin! What is it anyway?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Biblical Christianity boils down to this main theme:<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>God created us, we rebelled against Him<\/li>\r\n\t<li>this rebellion separated us from God for ever<\/li>\r\n\t<li>we need to be saved from this rebellious state<\/li>\r\n\t<li>we cannot solve it by ourselves<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jesus Christ stepped in and sacrificed His own state of perfection and took upon Himself our imperfection<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Trust in Him as our Saviour is the only way to redeem ourselves with God the Creator<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p>So yes, Christians talk a lot about sin! Sin is like missing the goal, or in other\r\nwords: Falling short of God\u2019s requirements. Sin is the opposite\r\nfrom all that is right and it is mostly an act of wilful disobedience\r\nto God\u2026 Hence, my short summery in which I talk about rebellion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>The Bible explains sin in the following terms:<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>A burden too heavy for us to carry<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A chain that binds us<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Like un-washable dirt<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Like a debt we owe to God<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A disease without a proper cure<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>I will come back to this list later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Let me help you discover what sin is more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Galatians 5: 19b-21<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201c<i><sup>19<\/sup> \u2026 sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility,\r\nlack of self-control), <sup>20<\/sup>idolatry, sorcery, hostility,\r\nstrife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions\r\n[that promote heresies], <sup>21<\/sup>envy, drunkenness, riotous\r\nbehaviour, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just\r\nas I did previously, that those who practice such things will not\r\ninherit the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You\u2019ll find a link to the whole list in the description of this video.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Well, that sounds\r\nserious, doesn\u2019t it? And that\u2019s because it is!! Our deeds have\r\nconsequences. Maybe not directly visible right now but for sure in\r\nthe future. None of us can say that we are not guilty. Even if you\r\nare only guilty of one of these aforementioned things, you are still\r\nnot perfect enough to come close to God. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>This is exactly the reason Jesus came to rescue us. Jesus, de Son of God, lived a perfect\r\nlife. He did not deserve to die or to be punished. That made Him the\r\nperfect person to carry the punishment of others. That\u2019s what He\r\ndid. Jesus died and took all the sin of the world with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Back to the first list.<\/p>\r\n<p>Our heavy burden can be removed<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus broke the chain<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus washes away the dirt<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus paid the debt<\/p>\r\n<p>And finally the disease, called sin, can be cured by Him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The only thing we can do is say: Thank you, Lord! I will follow You from now on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>A last anecdote.<\/h3>\r\n<p>I have worked in a\r\nbakery for years. I had the responsibility over several bakers. One\r\nof them forgot to empty the oven. 200+ loafs of bread were burned.\r\nObviously the boss was furious! He roared while he was bashing into\r\nthe bakery. What to do?? My colleague was afraid and jumped literally\r\naway into the other room. I stopped my boss in his path. I told him\r\nthat I was terribly sorry. He said: But you didn\u2019t do anything!!\r\nNope, he was right. However, I took the responsibility. Later, my\r\ncolleague asked me what to do. I told him to get back to work, and to\r\naccept that the case was closed. He accepted and that was that. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>I know, no anecdote is perfect but this is what Jesus did.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He took the responsibility and you can choose. Either you say: <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201c<i>Nope, I am brave enough to take the punishment.\u201d<\/i> Which means you\u2019ll have\r\nto face judgement only to find out that you are guilty and cannot pay\r\nthe fine in any way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Or, you accept Jesus\u2019 offer and you\u2019ll be safe when you face the Judge.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is your decision!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silly Christian, you always talk about sin! What is it anyway? 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