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What is Sin?
Sin is breaking God’s law.
All human beings are guilty of breaking God’s law:
“For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
“There is none that doeth good, no, not one” (Romans 3:12).
How do we know what God’s law is?
Because God's Word tells us.
1) “Thou shall have no other gods before Me.”
2) “Thou shall not make until thee any graven image.”
3) “Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”
4) “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”
5) “Honor thy father and thy mother.”
6) “Thou shall not kill.”
7) “Thou shall not commit adultery.”
8) “Thou shall not steal.”
9) “Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
10) “Thou shall not covet (jealously desire what belongs to someone else).”
What if I keep most of the Commandments?
Sorry. God requires absolute holiness and perfection. If you’ve broken one commandment, you are just as guilty as if you had broken them all.
“For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet stumble in one point is guilty of all.” (James 2:10).
What is the result of Sin?
Because God is holy and the perfect Judge, He must punish sin.
He cannot overlook it or allow sin into heaven.
“For the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23).
Is there any hope?
Yes, because God is not only perfect and holy, but also loving. When we repent (turn away from our sin, turn toward God) and put our faith in the sacrifice of God’s Son, Jesus on our behalf, the Bible says will will be saved.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16).
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (John 3:36).
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
Don't all religions lead to the same God?
No. Because Jesus is the only perfect sacrifice, and God’s only Son, only He can pay our sin debt.
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).
Komen Foundation Caves to World's Leading Baby Killer with Help from the Media
Christian Newswire/ -- Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of LivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading the daily devotional he has written every morning for 12 years on the issues of the day from a Biblical worldview, said the Susan B. Komen Foundation has been intimidated by the media and those who support legalized infanticide into reinstating an annual $250,000 grant to the world's largest baby killing operation, Planned Parenthood, after announcing yesterday they were stopping all grants to PP.
Christian Newswire/ -- A leader of Sweden's Liberal Party last week called for a change in the country's social services law so that the government can take children away from home-schooling families more easily by allowing social workers to do so.
The call for the change comes amidst already stringent penalties in Sweden for home schooling. The Home School Legal Defense Association and Alliance Defense Fund and have applied to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of one family whose child was abducted by the government in 2009 and have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of another family fined an amount equivalent to $26,000.
Repair Marriage and Economic Woes with National Marriage Week USA (Feb. 7-14)
Christian Newswire/ -- National Marriage Week USA ( www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org) is growing fast in just its third year, posting thousands of marriage classes across the nation and building collaborative efforts for one week a year -- February 7-14 -- to strengthen marriages, reduce divorce, and increase the marriage rate, which curtails poverty, benefits children, and builds financial stability for our nation and for individuals.
New national sex-education standards stir controversy
Four leading education organizations have released national sex-ed standards that encourage fifth-graders to be taught about sexual orientation and eighth-graders to learn about gender identity and the morning-after pill, but many say the recommendations infringe on parental rights.
Christian Newswire/ -- Chinese authorities stepped up their longstanding opposition to Christianity in China in 2011, China Aid Association said in its annual report released on Wednesday, citing figures that showed a dramatic worsening of government persecution of Christians and churches.



