Sin is Calculated
Sin is a transgression of God's moral law, the intent to live supremely for oneself at whatever the cost. It is a premeditated, calculated choice to live in a manner contrary to your original design. There is absolutely no ignorance involved in sin.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. —John 9:41
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. —James 4:1 7
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. —John 15:22,24
It is most enlightening to look at the various scripture words used to describe sin. When the root words are analyzed in the original biblical languages (Greek-N.T. Hebrew-O.T.), the overwhelming evidence is that man is a rebel choosing to violate known requisites. Here is a. sampling:
- To act perversely, to twist and distort
- To be stubbornly disobedient
- To refuse to serve God
- To act treacherously or deceitfully
- To be rebellious
- To be lawless, to refuse to conform
- To be obstinate or uncompliant
- To deviate from the right
- To be ungodly, to act impiously
- To be unjust, to refuse to do right.
Does the Word of God describe sin as a weakness or as rebellion? There are many Christians who derive a certain amount of satisfaction from their sin. Their conscience, of course, refuses to grant peace when they are living in this abnormal condition. The solution to this situation has been a gross rationalization of their conduct and adherence to the soothing concept that they are unable to obey God! This is but a calculated act of treachery and deceit in the continuing insurrection against God's standard and authority.
