Posted on 09/06/2014 10:54:08 AM PDT by HarleyD
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Well yes.
At least I would believe that is how God would look at it. Nothing in the Word indicates your chances of salvation are graded on which sins you partake in, or how often, etc. We as human beings may look at then differently but in the end it does not matter how we look at them but only how God looks at them.
If rending unborn babies limb-from-limb because they're inconvenient is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.
Well said.
But each of us is called to tackle different problems. Some are working in Prison Fellowship programs; some are working in Hands of Hope clinics; others are working in Gospel Rescue Missions, etc.
'Nuff said.
As bad as it was to incarcerate American citizens simply becuase of their race during WW 2, it would be an egregious error to say that it was morally the same as the Holocaust. No not all sins are equal, not even close.
Based on scripture, It seems that any sin will keep us from entering God’s kingdom, but there are different degrees of punishment in the other place.
Well, true. Both were reliant on race/culture/faith. As for the holocaust, I have NEVER gotten an answer as to whether Judaism is a faith and/or a culture. Doesn't really matter, I suppose.
One incarcerated; one tortured and killed. They would seem to me to be MILES apart.
In the eyes of God, they are the same, because the difference between the person who is willing to steal a paper clip and the person who is willing to steal a person's life is courage: a coward will only steal a little thing.
The question that most people are concerned with is not whether all sins are equal, but whether the societal effects of all sins are equal, and the answer is that the effects are evidently not equal. The law reflects this, because its punishments are not equal. God's grace, however, is greater than our sin--any sin--but His redemption is necessary for our sin, regardless of the effect of the sin upon (transitory, bound to eventually perish) society.
The answer is yes. Or, to be more specific, Jewish life is a culture, while the Tanakh is an expression of the relationship between The Almighty and His people. In the world's eyes, they are conflated: anti-Semites hate both Jews and their culture, supporters of the Jewish people love both Jews and their culture.
No, all sin is not equal. So sayeth the Apostle John.
1 John 5:16-17 NIV
If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
Exo 1:17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
Exo 1:18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this, and let the male children live?"
Exo 1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
Exo 1:20 So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
“Furthermore, when individuals sinned there were different sacrifices prescribed for each situation and different punishments required for certain sins. For example, a thief paid restitution but those who committed adultery or premeditated murder were put to death (Exodus 22, Leviticus 1-6, 16-17, 20). Thus, God provided a system of jurisprudence that reflected His will in taking all sin seriously but also showed that some were worse than others.”
No. A thief can provide restitution and make the victim whole again. Those who committed adultery or premeditated murder can not make the victim whole. We are under Grace in NT times, not law. We all DESERVE death for our sins.
While it is true that it takes more courage to rob a bank than to steal a paper clip there are other sins involved in the bank robbery. The person who steals a paper clip sees it as no big deal, nobody will miss it, it won’t cause any harm. The armed bank robber callously terrifies people possibly making them think they are going to die in the next moment. Some people are even emotionally scarred for life. The bank robber then is commiting the sin of selfish lack of compassion. The same would hold true of someone who cons another out of their life savings. Not only are they harming that person but all of their loved ones too.
Yes, big crime takes courage, it also takes cruelty.
That all sins are the same is only true insofar as they make you a law breaker in need of salvation which even the smallest sinner needs as much as the more prolifogate sinner.
Thus not all only are all sins the same in the sense of making you a culpable sinner, but all sinners are the same insofar as they are both sinners, who are helpless to earn salvation or escape eternal damnation. and thus must rest upon the risen Lord Jessus to save by His sinless shed blood, thanks be to God.
However, that there are differences in sins as regards the degree of evil, and of sinners, is very Biblical. This can be seen in the degrees of penalty, so that the punishment for a thief is not the same as for an idolator, adulterer or murderer.
Abraham lying about Sarah being his sister (she was his half sister) versus wife, to save his skin, is not the same as Herod's slaughter of the the innocents, or the sin of Sodom, "because their sin is very grievous." (Gn. 18:20) .
And likewise there are worse sinners than others, based upon not only what manner of sin they engage in, but how this relates to the degree of light and ability given. Thus it is written that Manasseh king of Judah did wickedly above all that the Amorites did, (2 Kings 21:11) while it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for cities that saw such great grace as the Lord and His apostles manifested. (Mark 6:11)
And likewise 'Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation." (Matthew 23:14)
And thus professed believers are overall held as the most accountable, and are thus given stern warnings against impenitent willful sin and drawing back in unbelief. (Gal. 5:1-4; Heb. 3:9,12; 10:25-39)
And thus the lost will be "judged every man according to their works," (Revelation 20:13) in determining their sentence, while believers will rewarded or suffer loss of rewards based upon their labor in building the church. (1Cor. 3:8ff)
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