There is one place in the Bible where sin is defined very clearly: 1 John 3:4 “Sin IS the transgression of the law”.
There are many places where we can easily figure out what “law” is being talked about. It is the Ten Commands. For those not familiar with the Bible, one place they are given is in Exodus 20.
NB: Socialism must violate three of the Ten: lies, coveting and theft. “Social Justice” is a futile attempt to define secular values for those expressed in the Ten Commands.
Let me clarify something caused by thick fingers on little keys: “social justice” is an attempt by people who either are ignorant of the Ten Commands or who are hostile to them to replace them with secular, subjective and relativistic rules.
Note that two of the Ten relate to marriage: coveting and adultery. Notice that two of the Ten relate to property: coveting and theft.
Social Justice and Socialism must seize private property to fund powersharing and to enforce income redistribution. This is coveting. Because it is generally done via government, it is theft “under the color of law”, a phrase meaning that it is still wrong even when it is given the appearance or “color” of being otherwise legal.
Socialism as an economic system cannot function for long because it destroys wealth instead of increasing it. It must deny people the unalienable right to freely trade at mutually agreeable prices and terms. It must be enforced by coercion, via the credible threat of deadly force.
Socialism is antithetical to the economic and liberty values in the Bible.
Not to be picky, but “The Law” refers to the “Pentateuch”, or first five books of the Bible. The Ten Commandments are the basis of all the other laws laid out in these books, so you have the basis correct.
I found this:
The first five books of the Bible are sometimes called the Pentateuch which means “five books.”
They are also known as the books of the law because they contain the laws and instruction given by the Lord through Moses to the people of Israel.
These books were written by Moses, except for the last portion of Deuteronomy because it tells about the death of Moses.
These five books lay the foundation for the coming of Christ in that here God chooses and brings into being the nation of Israel. As God’s chosen people, Israel became the custodians of the Old Testament, the recipients of the covenants of promise, and the channel of Messiah