Hello from Lilithapple

[Guest Lilithapple]

Hello everyone. I am lilith apple. I am female and 18 years old.

I am very interested in the idea of original sin, exactly what it is, and what it means to you.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is ; what exactly is sin? Where did it come from? Why does it exist?

I will greatly appreciate any comments. Thyankyou.

Lilithapple.

[Natt]

Hello everyone. I am lilith apple. I am female and 18 years old.

I am very interested in the idea of original sin, exactly what it is, and what it means to you.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is ; what exactly is sin? Where did it come from? Why does it exist?

I will greatly appreciate any comments. Thyankyou.

Lilithapple.

Welcome Lilithapple

Sin is disobeying God

Natt

[disciple_jack]

I believe the phrase original sin doesnt really mean much, but I suppose it points to the first sin by Adam and Eve.

It was the sin of Pride. Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit because he told them it would make them as wise as God. It was that pride that caused them to fall.

It was also pride that caused satan to fall from his original position in heavan. Coincidence? So I believe pride is the original sin.

But because of Adam & Eves sin, God could no longer walk with them. Because God is completely good, and pure and holy. That means He hates sin. He cannot bare it. Ever since they sinned, there was a gap between humans and God.

Because we have all sinned, we cant go to heavan. God needs to judge us because He is the perfect Judge that carries out pure justice. So we were all doomed hell. But...

Then He sent His Son, Jesus. Jesus went to earth for one purpose. He filled in the gap between man and God caused by sin. When He was nailed to the cross, He took ALL our sins upon Himself, so that God could deliver justice and crush His own Son Jesus on our behalf. Thats why its important for us to accept Jesus as our saviour and what He has done for us, so that we may have eternal life in heavan. We must apply what He did on the cross by living according to His will, meditating daily on the bible, living by faith, and abandoning our fleshly sins and desires so that He may live through us and do things the right way.

We're pretty weak. We all easily fall into temptation and sin.

So thats sin in a nutshell, according to the bible. Theres quite a lot im skipping here.

Hope that answers your question.

[seraph]

Yeah... the first sin was when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. God gave them (and us) free will... out of love He gave us the ability to choose, so that we might love Him (if we didn't have a choice, it would not be love). When we choose to disobey God, that is sin... so it exists because we choose it to.

[Guest Krissy Anne]

Sin. I don't want to try to answer for myself but this is what my Bible says. 1. Sin is an offense or revolt against God (as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.): deliberate defiance; wickedness; iniquity; ungodliness. Just to note what I was told that made sense and I am sure it is in the Bible but I am new to the Bible. Breaking God's Law or the Ten Commandments is sin. I remeber they said the Bible says breaking the law is sin.

[minnow]

Hi "Lilithapple" and thank you for your question.

Sin is any desire, thought or action carried out that does not conform with God's will or holiness.

A question for you. Could you please explain to us the significance of your handle (Lilithapple). I am sure many on the Board would be very interested to hear your answer.

Thanks.

[Afal]

Hi and welcome!

I am new here too.

For me, sin is when I do or think anything that doesn't please God. My conscience (my built-in sin radar system), is very good at showing me exactly when what I am doing or thinking is not pleasing to God. Unfortunately, I still ignore it at times and then later, I need to repent (say sorry to God).

I hope that this helps you.

[Leonard]

Scripture tells us that "Sin is a transgression of the Law."

[Motivated By Grace]

Hello everyone. I am lilith apple. I am female and 18 years old.

I am very interested in the idea of original sin, exactly what it is, and what it means to you.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is ; what exactly is sin? Where did it come from? Why does it exist?

I will greatly appreciate any comments. Thyankyou.

Lilithapple.

The "original sin" was man's dis-obedience to God's instruction.

Jesus, in coming to save us from all that, says that sin is "unbelief in Him", as it says in John 3:18.

[Motivated By Grace]

By the way, Lilithapple? You still with us?