Earlier I devoted an entire chapter to what I call the fear of sin and many of you, after reading that chapter, questioned me on what sin is? While it may have appeared as though the definition was overlooked, not defining sin in that chapter was done purposefully.
The problem is that sin cannot be defined. We like to have lists of things from which we stay away but that can hardly pass as a definition of sin. Even if you have a list of rights and wrongs that continues on for ten thousand pages, can you say you have defined sin?
I might have one list that I consider to be appropriate for a Christian and someone else will have their list and, by George, he has stuff on his list that I will never allow and I have stuff on my list that he will never allow and so, determined to define sin by our actions, we go on and create innumerable groups and subgroups, all of us certain of our doctrine and even more certain that the others are erroneous in their doctrine and here we sit, grasping our beliefs close to our self-righteous hearts, knowing smugly. . .
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