Sin, what is it?
John 3:4
4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
Sin is not a common word. Most people don't go walking around saying it. But, I bet you have heard,' That is wrong.' or 'That is a bad thing' or something like that. Well that is sin. ANYTHING you do wrong is sin. Have you kicked your sibling, lied, stole something, done ANYTHING bad. You have sinned. You have fallen short. Missed the mark. Maybe you think you can do more good than bad or outweigh the bad with the good. YOU CAN'T. It is impossible to do more good than bad. It is human nature.
You can't go to heaven. OK, you CAN, but not by your works.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
You have indeed fallen short of the glory of the glory of God as Romans 3:23 states.
Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
You can not get to God, except through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ came to the earth as a baby, when he was God, to die on the cross, one of the most horrible and shameful deaths, for YOU. Why would he do that? Because he loves you! And why does he love you? Because he created you. If you create something, would you want to leave out in a dump to rot? NO! And neither did Jesus. He came down to the dump, and lived in the dump for us! So we could live again! Because we were spiritually dead. But if you except Jesus Christ as Lord, you will be dead to sin but alive in him.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
But he died. How is that good? Well, he did not JUST die he came back to life on the third day. He defeated death! He died and took every sin from every person that has ever lived on the earth and is living and will live, on himself. And he rose again for you. Now what does this matter? It matters because if you except the free gift of salvation that Christ is giving you, you WILL go to Heaven!
~Morgan
P.S. Don't know how sin came into the world? GO HERE.
4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
Sin is not a common word. Most people don't go walking around saying it. But, I bet you have heard,' That is wrong.' or 'That is a bad thing' or something like that. Well that is sin. ANYTHING you do wrong is sin. Have you kicked your sibling, lied, stole something, done ANYTHING bad. You have sinned. You have fallen short. Missed the mark. Maybe you think you can do more good than bad or outweigh the bad with the good. YOU CAN'T. It is impossible to do more good than bad. It is human nature.
You can't go to heaven. OK, you CAN, but not by your works.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
You have indeed fallen short of the glory of the glory of God as Romans 3:23 states.
Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
You can not get to God, except through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ came to the earth as a baby, when he was God, to die on the cross, one of the most horrible and shameful deaths, for YOU. Why would he do that? Because he loves you! And why does he love you? Because he created you. If you create something, would you want to leave out in a dump to rot? NO! And neither did Jesus. He came down to the dump, and lived in the dump for us! So we could live again! Because we were spiritually dead. But if you except Jesus Christ as Lord, you will be dead to sin but alive in him.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
But he died. How is that good? Well, he did not JUST die he came back to life on the third day. He defeated death! He died and took every sin from every person that has ever lived on the earth and is living and will live, on himself. And he rose again for you. Now what does this matter? It matters because if you except the free gift of salvation that Christ is giving you, you WILL go to Heaven!
~Morgan
P.S. Don't know how sin came into the world? GO HERE.