The Question Of Sin
JOHN 8:34
JOHN 15:22-27

God hasn't changed His mind about sin; and He never will, because God never changes.  God hates sin.  The entire Bible could be summed up in these words "God loves righteousness and He hates iniquity," Hebrews 1:9. 

God will not tolerate sin.  His holiness will not allow Him to tolerate sin. 

Because of sin Adam and Eve were driven from the garden of Eden.  God has some absolutes, and God's absolutes for Adam and Eve was, In the day that you eat of the tree in the midst of the garden, ye shall surely die.  Satan came along and tried to change Gods word, and said, hath God said?  Right away in the garden of Eden Satan was there twisting the word of God, to the spiritual, and finally the physical destruction of the first human beings; and because of that one disobedience, death has come upon the whole human race.  I Cor. 15:21-22;  Psalms 51:5; Romans 5:12-14, so through Adam we are all born in sin.  That is the reason Jesus came and died and shed his blood to take away our sins, that we no longer should live in sin.  Sin must not reign in our mortal bodies Romans 6:12.  We are to cleanse ourselves of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, II Cor. 7:1. 

God sent the flood and destroyed all humanity, except Noah and his family; because of sin.  God hates sin.  He won't even look upon sin.  Jesus is our example and the Bible said He knew no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth I Peter 2:22.  No, God has not changed His mind about sin, and every sin has a just recompense of reward Jeremiah 16:18;  Jeremiah 25:14;  Hebrews 2:1-4.  Paul said, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation.  Jesus didn't come to save us in our sins, he came to save us from our sins, take away sin, to wash us from our sin.  Sin shall not have dominion over you Romans 6:14.

God destroyed the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, because of their horrible sin.  God hates sin.  We are wrong to believe that we can live a life of every day sin, and still be saved.  Jesus said, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish Luke 13:1-5.  Repentance is turning our back on sin, godly sorrow for past sins II Cor. 7:10.

Dictionary Definition of Repentance:

1. To repent of.
2. To cause to feel sorry.
3. To feel penitence, sorrow, or regret for.
4. To think of with penitence, to feel sorry.
5. To wish one had not done, to repent of ones sins.
6. To repent the doing of the crime.
7. To bitterly repent of what he did.
8. Repent of former sins.
9. To be penitent - to feel penitence, sorrow or regret for sins.
10. Repent and be saved, unless you truly repent, or repent of ones sins.
11. Asking forgiveness of past sins.
12. Regret felt for something done amiss.  A state of mind in which penitence is felt.

We must not go to the judgment with unrepented sins or we will be turned away from God's presence I Tim. 5:24; Eccl. 12:13,14.

All Have Sinned

Romans 3:23 - All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.  Notice it says all "HAVE SINNED"  past tense. 

Some will use this scripture along with Romans chapter 7, and I John 1:8-10 to say that man can't live above sin; but these scriptures are talking about past sins.  The old man, the old nature.  All have sinned.  We were born sinners.  If we say we have no sin when we do have sin we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. 

Some would say we are the righteousness of God no matter what we do after we come to the Lord, but this could not be further from the truth, because we are to be dead indeed to sin Romans 6:11;  Romans 8:7, and if we be dead to sin how can we live in sin any longer Romans 6:1-8;  John 2:4-6; I John 2:14,15;  I John 3:1-9;  II John verse 11.

We are the righteousness of God through the Holy Ghost Romans 14:17; I Cor. 15:34 awake to righteousness and sin not.  We can't just take a verse of scripture that looks good to us and forget about the rest of what the writer is saying, but some do it, even those who are supposed to be leaders of the church.  We must study to show ourselves approved rightly dividing the word of truth.  Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little.  Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that procedeth out of the mouth of God.

Jesus came to take away sins not that we should continue in our sins.  Israel went into captivity because of their sins, and in Ezekiel the 18th chapter He asked them, why will you die O house of Israel.  And in verses 20-32, the soul that sinneth it shall die.  If the sinner turns from his sin he shall live, but if the righteous man turn from his righteousness back into sin, God will forget all his righteousness.

The Apostle John said, little children I pray that ye sin not, but if you do sin, we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous I John 2:1.  But this does not give us a license to sin.  If we do sin and it was not a willful or planned out sin we can repent.  Hebrews 10:26;
I Tim. 1:13. 

Jesus said, all sin and blasphemies shall be forgiven, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven in this world or the world to come.  To mock the Holy Ghost in a person is blasphemy Luke 12:12; Matt. 12:22-32.  The Pharisees said that Jesus cast out devils by Beelzebub the prince of devils, meaning that Christ had the spirit of Satan in him.  Jesus said, you can criticize me, but if you criticize the spirit that is within me, it won't be forgiven in this world or the world to come.

We can't be good and bad at the same time.  We can't be a Christian and a sinner at the same time Matt. 12:33.  A good tree brings forth good fruit,  We can't serve two masters.