This is excellent. Another way in which we’ve got to move from the western and individualistic ideas of a topic back to what’s biblical. And this will help with our understanding of NT passages on sin (Romans). I especially appreciate the attention you gave the land, a huge part of OT literature that just gets overlooked today.
Since the acknowledgement of sin is the first step in salvation, I was trying to define it for myself the other day. The outcome of my ruminations was that sin is a violation of a human relationship. If one follows the consequences of any sin, someone else besides the sinner is affected. And that is beyond the damage done to the relationship we have with the Divine.
This is great stuff
Thanks, bro!
This is excellent. Another way in which we’ve got to move from the western and individualistic ideas of a topic back to what’s biblical. And this will help with our understanding of NT passages on sin (Romans). I especially appreciate the attention you gave the land, a huge part of OT literature that just gets overlooked today.
Thanks, brother! Good point
Since the acknowledgement of sin is the first step in salvation, I was trying to define it for myself the other day. The outcome of my ruminations was that sin is a violation of a human relationship. If one follows the consequences of any sin, someone else besides the sinner is affected. And that is beyond the damage done to the relationship we have with the Divine.
That is a good point. Sin often casts a wider net than we realize. Lord have mercy!