| WHEN CAN A SIN BECOMES SIN? |
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Looks like a silly question isn't it? But let us first examine the meaning of "sin" although we could straightaway know what it means, but accordingly, a sin is "An estrangement from god; An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; Commit a faux pas or fault."
Let us examine also some synonyms of sin: "Blunder, Boob, Goof, Hell, Sine, Transgress, Trespass, Wickedness and etc."
Literally sin is the "violation" of a law or a duty or moral principle, it is also the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit.
On a certain road way, when a pedestrian crosses the street, he must cross using the pedestrian lane other wise, he will be committing a violation of jaywalk, therefore it is a sin.
In a hospital, when a doctor forgets that he left a scalpel inside the body of the patient after he performed surgery and eventually the patient died, he was neglecting his duty, therefore it is a sin.
A salesman downgrading the product of his competitor as againt his product, he is defying the moral principle of the conduct of ethics, therefore it is a sin.
When a country tries to invade another country, it is therefore commtting a sin of transgression.
And then God said, "Thou shall not kill", yet Cain killed his own brother Abel out of envy, he therefore committed a sin.
Will it be a sin then, had the government did not set an ordinance about crossing the street and specifying where to cross on the street? Will it not be a sin then had God did not include in His Commandments about not to kill?
What do you think, "yes", "no" or "maybe"? So when can a sin becomes a sin?
When you put it into or create a Law, only then shall it becomes a sin. "The knowledge of Law is the Knowledge of Sin" (Ro 3:20).
Not necessarily someone with the highest authority can create a law, say for instance, a father says to his children, "don't go to sleep without putting off the lights in your room", yet his children forgot to put off the lights when they get to sleep, then the children commits a sin for disobedience. Is it a sin when we leave the lights on when we go to sleep? of course not, but if a law is created as did the father to his children, then it becomes a sin.
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| Posted: 6/17/2008 at 04:39 | Read 44 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
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