It’s so refreshing to hear someone, “I’m not sure.” about an interpretation of scripture. Some people have so much pride that they’re willing to lead people astray as opposed to just saying, I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️
Mike! You don't stop to surprise! Me and my wife had earlier decided all sin was sin, none bigger than the other. You showed us through Gods Word that's not true, so thank you for showing us biblical truth! We really enjoy the videoes you put out and they're a true blessing! Thank God for using you as a tool to reach others and show biblical truth 🙏 Question; have you made a video about the trinity, how to biblically support it, and how other views it? We'll keep remember you in our prayers, God bless 🙏
I had a friend that moved to South Korea. He told me of the incidence of crime was primarily involving alcohol or traffic violations, other were minimal to non-existent. He stated that the penalty for many crimes were so sever, possibly 10-15 years imprisonment, for what we may see as minor, that the temptation to commit them did not even cross there minds. He spoke that if someone left say... an expensive camera out that it would never be touched and sit there till the owner returned or someone would be desperately be trying to get it back to them. Certainly if extreme consequences would become the case here in America it would shock the culture. But, I see a parallel of this in South Korea and a few other countries to that of biblical times and see some merit in the severe punishment plan. If you don't want to do the time don't do the crime and if you are raised in a culture where this is norm than many would not be tempted, the crime would not happen and/or few would violate the laws.
Great video Mike I had not seen this one yet, but you recommended it in the video addressing Ravi and this was so Rich! Thank you this is great teaching!
As per the smoking... It's hands down deliberately putting a combination of toxic substances into your own lungs and into the environment of your neighboring person... How is it not a sin?
I disagree with some key things you said though I learned a lot from you but came to a different conclusion. Sins are definitely not seen equally in the eyes of God but the basis and criteria is NEVER the type of sin. In other words a pedophile isn't a worse sinner than a liar. That's unbiblical. However there are at least 3 criterias by which sin is considered worse. There might be more 1) Hierarchy of sinner (husband vs wife, teacher vs student, church elder vs congregant) 2) Degree/Extent of Knowledge of sin (premeditated vs ignorant) 3) Extent/Degree of Knowledge of God's Holy Law Interestingly enough there's danger also holding to ranking types of sins. It makes people less repentant if what is considered a lesser sin and it creates a self rightoues ranking among us. Some will start thinking they're better sinners than others. That's the danger.
All sin the same? "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers." Proverbs 6 Yep, pretty clear. Unforgiveable sin is not submitting to the work of the Holy Spirit to bring you to belief.
Why was Man allowed to present multiple "bibles" to other men, and how are we held responsible to know any discrepencies between them? Not all of us are Apologists?
Naturally, a young maiden in biblical times was a virgin. however, it it is not impossible for a maiden to get pregnant, and "young woman" by no means implies virginity. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition 2000 defines maiden as being 1a. An unmarried girl or woman, and b. A virgin. Unfortunately, in modern parlance being an unmarried woman does not imply virginity, which makes the distinction even more important than it ever was before. These modern translations are demonstrating, once again, that they are liars when they claim to be updating the language. Young woman or maiden no longer means what it meant in ancient times. The evidence is from the Bible itself makes it obvious that an almah is an unmarried young woman who is, of course, a virgin. Any argument to the contrary is absurd, but many modern critics have no fear of absurdity. If we are to rely on modern lexicons and commentaries to resolve this issue, it would end in a stalemate, since these sources are almost exclusively the products of Bible skeptics, but we do not have to worry about what man's judgment on the issue is. The KJV's word on Isaiah 7:14 should be enough for Bible-believing Christians, but we have the authority of the New Testament to settle the issue once and for all. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
nice video message... and good luck with the reading up on "the bondage of the will" before you respond to James White.... just a tip, you will not be able to properly answer the James White kind of calvinism without going deep into the specific "complete deadness of men in sin" doctrine as held by many calvinists... the presupposition is that this "deadness" hinders men from believing....."before" they are regennerated... so man must be regennerated before he can believe... regenneration comes before faith... and the one regennerated is among "the elect" ... so ALL elect ones are regennerated, saved, and in that moment they believe, because they were given the "gift of believing/faith"... in this way God saves you completely by His grace, so the calvinistic interpretation of Eph.2.8: "saved by grace through the faith God gives you at the moment of regenneration"... in this way the "saving" is God's doing exclusively... this way "He saves you perfectly"..... the Grace given on the cross isn't what saves you, what saves you is the regennerating act of God while you were dead in sins, and if the Grace of the atonement was given to "all", then "all" would be saved..... without meting this specific part of calvinistic theory, you cannot meet their arguments...
Question, Mike... Isn't the ONLY sin pride? It was arguably the first sin, Lucifer wanting to be on the same level as God, the second sin, Adam and Eve wanting the knowledge of God, and every sin since. I have yet to find a sin that can't be six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon'd back to pride. I really want help with this because I've been pondering it for almost a year.
If God has humbled someone aren't they still capable of sin? You make a good point that pride is the origin of all sin, but I don't think it's the only one.
Thank you for this teaching. At a very young age I was witness to a sexual assault that had a great impact on me even into adulthood. In my 30s I had a sunday school teacher (who also happened to be my boyfriend's father) that all sin was the same. I mentioned the sexual assault and it's affect on the young victim, and on me. He still believed all sin is the same. I said "so if I tell a lie to spare someone's feelings about their looks, it's the same weight of sin as that person who sexually assaulted a teenager in front of a 3 year old child?!" His response was "Yes." I was hurt to the core. In my heart I knew he was wrong. It felt wrong, and logically it sounded wrong. But I always had doubts. So again, thank you so much for this teaching!! And if you are wondering, no, I am no longer in a relationship with that man's son. I love your analogy: "not every heart attack is the same, but they are all serious!" Wonderful video!!!
Thank you so much for deciding to cover this topic! It was very fruitful and has helped me better understand that not all sin is the same and keep me from saying that! Love it! Hallelujah! Thanks Mike God bless you! Continuing to lift you and your fam in prayer!
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself. The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
It's so good to have an intelligent, well spoken, logical with common sense, thoughtful bible teacher. I feel I've been inundated with bad teaching and their parroting sheep my whole life!
Your answers during the q&a are seriously amazing! The answer you gave for the 9/11 question was excellent. I seriously praise God for the wisdom He's given you, and your spirit of thoughtfulness and desire to approach things carefully and thoughtfully is so beneficial to the Body of Christ and is the way we walk circumspectly toward those who are outside. Great video Mike, thank you!
@@watchgoose "When HE said The wages of sin is death", he didn't divide into little and big sins" On the other hand, once dead, THEN it matters whether your sin was little or big!
@@watchgooseWe're not really talking about death, both the unsaved and the saved will continue in eternity. Some in heaven and some in hell. The question isn't does sin cause death? - it does. The question is are all sins equal in terms of moral weight and resulting degrees of punishment? Scripture seems to be clear that not all sins are equal and not all punishment will be equal.
p.s. -- I love your channel. You are the most level-headed millenial I have ever seen. Stay true -- don't fall away like so many. Bless you, this is truly your calling. Your not a hireling. Thank you brother. We need millions more like you.
It’s ridiculous to believe all sin is the same.. yes, all sin is wrong. But, God is a just judge. Anyone who murders someone and goes to court does not have the same consequences as someone who stole a candy bar.
All sin is the same because sin = death. YES there are some sins that bring death faster than other just like some poisons kill you faster than others.
In Gods eyes stealing a candy bar separates you from God and brings death. Bc you broke one, you break them all. That just states that our sins separate us from God and shows our need for Christ. In the human courts you are correct, but all sin leads to death. Only Christ can save us from that. IMO they are the same regarding result from Gods eyes, but not the same in the human perspective due to affects of a human body/property.
@@joshb42 Yes. Exactly. Humans try to tier sin, but Jesus says that sin is this: distrust. Jesus Himself says it is all the same because it all originates in distrust. Consequences are different, sure, but when Jesus gives the list of those who inherit the kingdom, it is every type of "sin", or in the words of Jesus, distrust.
I've always understood this issue in the following way: In a way, all sins are the same in that all sin condemns us. On the other hand, some sins are more egregious than others, and some people commit more sins than others.
Very good messages Mike! Always enjoy your sermons! I wish my English was as good as yours but I'm learning. My vocabulary is very small in English bible language for now because I studied my bible in a different language and now it's a little hard but thank God for everything. Blessings to you brother!
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself. The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
True Gospel Preaching, You’re learning well - your writing in English is very good! Keep up the great work! May the Lord richly bless you in all He sets your mind to do for His Kingdom & glory! 🕊 Stacy
Bill Scout, You sure about that? King David comes to mind. He lost His baby boy from Bathsheba because of the judgment for murder and adultery. Are you a polygamist? Or are you just trying to “push the envelope?” It may appeal to the man’s flesh but polygamy is demeaning to women, having to share the love of their husband with others, staying behind doors, and being baby-machines, is not the life God meant for us. How would you feel if you were one of many husbands of one wife? Polyandry?
@@billscout3530 1 Corinthians 7:4 says "For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." The wife is singular here and if the wife has authority over her husband's body then how does this mesh with polygamy? If there are 2 of 3 wives then the can't all have authority over 1 husband's body if they do t want to share this is in direct co flint with the word of God
I had a girlfriend who would say all sin is the same. I asked her if she really believe God saw uttering a string of curse words as the same as raping a baby and then torturing it and lightning it on fire. Of course not!!!! I feel the verse in James is sending the message that we’ve all sinned and need Christ as our Savior.
You're correct. God is righteous and fair so he judges each sin accordingly but it only takes a sin any sin against the law to give us the wages of sin which is death. Which is why we need the work of Christ and to live in faith and his grace that his work was sufficient. Saved or not we will get our works good and bad put into our bodies for better or worse.
I think the thing about all sin being the same is not the actual severity or evilness of the sin but the fact that just one lie would send you to hell. Whether you were the best person in the entire world or a serial killer. You will both go to hell unless you accept Jesus Christ to wash your sins.
Thank you for answering the question at 52:45 about doubt, it is a question that has plagued me also. I think you are correct in saying that doubt and faith can be simultaneously in the same person (which is a relief for me because I thought if I was doubting something then I could not be believing it) and for pointing out that doubt is often a feeling while faith is a choice. Knowing that doubt is often just a feeling will make it easier to push it away. Thank you!
I have a very doubtful mind, everytime i hear about the wonders or works of god my mind tries to find a way how it could have been faked or naturally produced. I think its normal for us to doubt because we learn so many affirmations of how things are supposed to work and we try to think of a way how it would make sense for those everyday affirmations. But i think it is similar as it is with sin. We know its wrong we still are tempted and sometimes still do it, yet we choose to deny our sin nature. Same with doubt, we know we shouldn’t doubt but we still think doubtful as it is in our nature. if we chose to believe anyways we learn to overcome our nature. One of the most interesting things i noticed about our identity is that We can still be ourselves after completely disregarding huge parts of ourselves if not all of ourselves. That way we dont have to die with those parts of us without giving up our identity.
@@osgrace3341 I don’t think your questioning is wrong. God made the world to work within certain rules, in very wonderful ways. He can also break those rules Himself (since He invented them in the first place) and that’s when we get true miracles. I think a lot of people are disappointed when something that is unusual, but still explainable by the rules of nature/science is presented to them as a miracle, and then they find out differently. We must be careful to present things truthfully, whether it is a wonderful thing working within the rules and boundaries God has set, or whether it is something special God has done which is outside those rules, and thus a miracle.
Yes and no, this is how I understand this issue, that before God, all sin is equal, but on earth, for means of immediate reprimandation, we need short term consequences to learn from so as the old testament law had varied punishments, we also should in order to maintain order here on earth. Punishments that fit the crimes appropriately, dissuade people from the particularly egregious sins while being understanding that we are all sinners and should be given grace on the morally less horrible ones. God assigned these lower and varied earthy disciplinary guidelines to help us learn and keep order because for many the threat of eternal damnation is simply not that effective. In the old testament the price of sin was a burnt offering, the best of what each person had, the best goat, crop, calf ect. No matter the sin, the price was death, payed for through a proxy like a goat. The laws regarding the eye for an eye stuff were more earthy HR type guidelines to mediate crime in a day to day earthy way and is not compared to Gods eternal judgments. In Matthew Jesus says that the most important laws in the 10 commandments are to love the Lord your God, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Even when don’t murder and don’t commit adultery were on the table. Meaning that unconditional love is more powerful than condemnation. Further emphasized in James 2:10-13, where Jesus says that anyone who commits one sin commits them all for you are guilty of having “broke the law”, not of the individual sin. Further still the Bible throughout teaches that the price of sin is death, all sin, from lying to murder and beyond it is all weighted the same as judged before God. I also understand what Jesus is trying to do in both places is to stop people from being self righteously holier-than-thou, acting like their sins aren’t as bad as other peoples. They are all weighted the same in God’s eyes, they all carry the weight of death. And Christ's sacrifice saves us from all sins equally, the person who only committed (as we see it) minor offenses, and the one who commit atrocities, all equal. Plus you have to take into account Matthew 5:21-30, where Jesus says if you even think lustfully or angrily it is the same as having slept with that person of having killed them. "and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire." Jesus is very clear that what we see as "lesser sins" like insulting some one, as equal to what we see as "greater" ones like murder and adultery. I also acknowledge that this dose not apply to, as Matthew 12:31-32 says, blaspheming the Holy Spirit or taking the Lords name in vain. These are clearly weighted differently and are unforgivable.
“James is not suggesting that only when sin has reached its full development does it result in death. The penalty of sin of any kind or extent is spiritual death” (1981, 172).
I'm not totally convinced. In the case of Ananias and Sapphira, it seems the penalty was too great for the sin, however, if the Lord does not punish small sins, very soon they will grow up to a crime. Remember satan was a prince of God at some point, and little by little the seed of rebellion grew up to a full-scale rebellion that has cost many lives.
TriHexa Beast From my small amount of study, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit can be accrediting satan for God’s work (like Lauri pointed out) OR it can be speaking a word against the Holy Spirit. I’d say it can mean both-but it’s the same heart attitude. As a word spoken against the Holy Spirit is an eternal sin like Jesus said.
Your interpretation of James is poor. If we break any part of the law we’re guilty of all of it. That’s exactly what it means. The wages of sin is death. There is only one result for sin.
He didn’t say otherwise. The wages of sin is death, but the unbeliever is individually given punishment in “the second death” (on judgement day) “according to what they have done”. (Revelation 20:13)
Good video Mike. However I think you make some straw man arguments in some places and take some interpretive privilege in areas. In the beginning you talked about the “punishment” of the sin equating to the sin and then elude to the greater the sin, the greater the punishment. However, in Romans 6:23 it says that the “wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life”. Later in the video you take a little bit of creative license in interpreting “ all”. Meaning in totality. It doesn’t say that. In some interpretations it actually says guilty of it all. I would need to do a word study to go deeper here. I think you are also mixing earthly punishment and understanding with heavenly punishment and understanding. Definitely God gave us guidance on how to punish accordingly and that some sins needed harsher or greater punishment. When I speak of sins being the same I’m merely stating that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. And I think this was also a point God had intended so that people don’t begin to become self righteous thinking that, I’m a good person and haven’t done anything to bad like murder or adultery. This is what has happened in churches all over and what the Pharisees were guilty of as well. Will we be punished differently here on earth? Yes and some sins do need greater punishment but in Gods eyes it’s still sin and requires Jesus. Will we receive punishment or judgement in heaven according to our sins differently? I don’t believe you that’s what scripture says. We will sit before the judgement seat of Christ and In fact I think it says that our sins have been paid for by Christ. In fact we will receive rewards differently based on what we have done. I guess, from what I heard, it sounds like you are mixing the earthly with the heavenly. I do believe that not all sins are the same in that here on earth we need to judge according to the “quality or severity rather” of sin. But in relation to salvation, we are required to be perfect and since we cannot, we fail, and are guilty of breaking all of it and are not considered holy. Thus the need for Christ. Again I think the danger of your teaching is mixing up earthly measures God has ordained with heavenly as well as the risk of self righteousness in comparing sins that mine aren’t as bad as yours. What do I know though. I’m probably way off base
Excellent teaching. I think you really hit the nail on the head with how you describe all sin as wicked and leading to death, but at the same time explained how that doe snot mean all sin is the same.
I always knew the concept of all Sin being equal had huge issues. Thank you Mike for this video I'll be sharing this with friends. And also what's your method of study when seeking insight on specific topics?
This question is complex: "Is all sin the same?" We have to remember two perspectives: 1) God's view. 2) World's view. This is the only video of Mike's so far that I'm not a fan of (though I still love Mike and what he does). The use of the levitical law is a great way to talk about worldly consequences to sin; however, this doesn't really answer the question, "is all sin the same." I would ask that Mike and others consider some basic questions that will help anyone understand God's view of sin. Why did God institute the law? Did God desire the law, or did he desire something else? What is God's eternal consequence to sin (Gen. 2:17; Ezk 18:4-9; Num. 16:20-26; Rom. 6:23)? Is this video focused on a worldly delineation or a godly delineation with regard to sin and its consequence? I love what Mike does, but this video does not focus on God's heavenly perspective, but only the worldly consequences for human order and struggles to justify differences between sin. There is a place for that, but it does nothing for us when we see Jesus face to face. The James passage that Mike goes to is exactly the point I'm making. He looks for a way to justify a worldly perspective of sin, but didn't address what James gets at which is that the eternal consequence is the same in God's view. Thus, we come back to the same simple question: What does God see with regard to sin? I think Mike's view is mostly correct, but he needs to delineate the weight of sin from God's view and the worldly view in order to fully address this discussion.
“For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.” James 2:10 ESV The whole first half of this chapter pretty much nails this down. The point is that God will deal with it all, not us, and, we are all guilty. We all require Jesus as we are all sinners, so in that sense, all sin is equal. If you murder someone and another steals, but both are saved by the blood of Christ, the sins are no longer eternally relevant, therefore equal by the sacrifice made for each. PS. I just want to clarify, my argument is only pertinent to those who are saved. Obviously, those who are not, will receive a much different punishment for their sins. The beatings mentioned in the parable you referred to I believe could be relative to the consequences of our sins, while we are still living on earth. For instance, King David’s life following his sin with Bathsheba. I think it’s far more dangerous to claim, “I’m a better sinner than you”. I appreciate your content, thanks for the discussion.
Thank you Pastor for this clarification of different quality of sins, which I always believed but then , why there is no qualification for hell.? All sinners go to hell and for ever. No difference of sin? I do not believe in an eternal hell because of this. It seems terrible to have some burn for an eternity for stealing or lying or cheating or any minor sin than those who really committed terrible sins as murdering, blasphemy, sexual immorality, hate, torture etc. etc. I believe that all sinners will burn from the fire coming down from heaven , as in Sodom and GOMORRAH, the burning fire will destroy sinners burning a different lapse of time according to what their sins deserve, smaller sin ,less burning , bigger sins , longer burning and the end for both burnings is to turn to ashes. The only ones burning,maybe, for ever will be satan and his angels and the false prophet. Revelation 20: 10. In Genesis 3: 19 at the Bible beginnings it said that “…..till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken;;for dust you are and to dust you shall return.
It seems fairly simple to examine. If the reward of sin (any sin) is death then it doesn't matter on a personal level the difference between the sin committed. From a societal perspective the degree of severity of a sin and its ramifications seems to be the only differential aside from the only unforgivable sin which is the denial of Christ and refusing his salvation (or simply put not accepting Jesus).
Eve ate a piece of fruit off a tree that God specified not to eat from, and that was enough to separate them from God and enough for the world to fall and for Jesus to come and die. A piece of fruit. So yes all sin is the same before God. Stealing a candy bar or committing murder. We have different punishments of course, but before a Holy Judge...we are all guilty even for what WE consider small and minute. This concept of all sin is not the same is dangerous and its like how some of my family believe that are Catholics. That there are major sins and minor sins, and so they think if they take the Lords name in vain, thats not as bad as killing someone. I just have to ask if you think this way, of a heirachy of sins, which did Jesus die more for?
Exactly. It’s simply the complete disobedience of God. The danger of his viewpoint is total self righteousness. Why do you see so many saying they are very glad to see that sins are not all the same?
Are we saying here that Hell seems to differ in punishment, it seems odd, but also would line up with Gods justice. This "all sin is the same" is a strange doctrine indeed, but I understand that they mean it in the light of Gods glory, love and our new command that sums up all righteousness, and is all God requires of us. When we hear the term the command of God in the new testament, for us if you continue to read,, it is always to love and believe. Its hard to accept humans have one new command, but it is true. But still if we are to understand judgment this is a very important lesson and true.
I’ve recently been told this by a couple fellow Christian’s. It doesn’t make senses to me and I believe it to be wrong. I respect your teachings so thank you for all the biblical verses to support this topic. I hope I can show this video to them and they will receive it openly. Thanks again Mike for you clarity.
I have said that many many many times that all sin was the same. I heard a sermon somewhere at sometime that said this. Of course not from you Mike. I really appreciate you setting me straight wow I repent when I am ready to sleep at night, that the Lord would just wash me clean with any sin that I have done that I wasn’t aware of. Or maybe slightly aware of
We both agree that God transcends time, yet references to time are used throughout the bible and we don't use them to prove God has a beginning or an end. The Bible is God longingly reaching out to His creation. His Word to us. We the fallen. The oxen and sheep example shows how perfect God is, my thought is He considers all the laws, (sacrificial) and culture (how valuable is an ox at harvest) and blemish. Yet, even before the law was written down men knew sins were against God. Genesis 39:9 Joseph said "My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" and everyone knows what David said in Psalms 51. To man there are degrees of sin. Ask any man, like your stab once or steal two things question. But, Jesus said to pluck out your eye, to do it your own self! After saying looking at woman with lust was the same as adultery. Man's view and God's standard are different. If you put your question to any human alive they would answer the same as you, it's a man's view. You don't need a hour video to prove what man thinks of sin. Your title doesn't say it, but I think you're trying to prove that some sins are worse to God. There is only one. The Bible clearly states it. There is one sin that won't be forgiven. I started writing this comment last night and changed my mind, I am so tired of all the pride and hate (mine included) but then an incredible sadness washed over me. I prayed about it then and this morning. Adam & Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Only God is good. You can figure out where that puts us. Eating that fruit brought death. Quantifying sin is not following the first commandment, every sin keeps humans from God and are equally bad. One last thing; I heard a preacher at a charismatic church teach that where the Bible mentions cities, like the NT passages you brought up, God is speaking about principalities and powers, not specific humans.
Really glad this came up in my feed. I had just asked this question about the James verse on another of your video threads, because I often lean on that for certain purposes (not to justify my sin though)...this look at other verses help me out. Thanks🙏🏻
I see Christians (including social media influencers with large followings) saying that all sin is the same, then using that to essentially springboard into "So we shouldn't judge because we're just as bad as Them." We all sin, but you definitely can't tell me that stealing groceries is the same as genocide. The grace of Christ is enough to cover it all, thank God! But you definitely could never convince me that sin is qualitatively the same. Thanks for this video.
Since sin is not imputed to believers in Christ this is an important topic, but all sin ultimately leads to death, which is where a lot of Christians are coming from. This is important to Christians because it deals with the gain or loss of rewards in heaven and how Christians are disciplined for their behavior in Christ.
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself. The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
lordboston05 When we repent our PAST sins are forgiven. But sin can still be “imputed “ to us . Now the sins we are unaware of or have repented( from the heart) of but are still trying to fully overcome are CONTINUALLY being cleansed by the blood of Jesus IF we are walking in the light(which is following Jesus)1John1:6-9,John8:12. BUT if we are sinning WILLFULLY (highhandedly)/knowingly holding onto sin and have not repented of it then we are WALKING IN DARKNESS. At this point we are breaking fellowship with the Father and at some point may not be under the blood. God gives us time to repent and will disprove those HE lOVES but will never force us to do anything. HE IS NOT A RAPIST AND WILL NOT FORCE US TO LOVE HIM. When God reveals our sins we must turn from them or we put our souls in danger. God bless u friend
To keep my response in the spirit of Mikes channel I would have to disagree. If you are a true believer in Christ you are always covered by the blood of Christ. Sin is no longer imputed to you. God now deals with us as children. We do wrong and if we do not repent of it we are chastised/corrected/punished. Our disagreement may lie in external security? I hold to it. We are not under the law if we are in Christ. Romans 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. (Rom 5:13 KJV) 1 John 3:4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
lordboston05 sorry if you think I’m picking a fight. I am only speaking what I believe to be truth in Love for the purpose of edification and growth and perseverance. Thank you for your honesty and respect. I know many(even most) hold that view and I do believe it is dangerous to think sin cannot destroy our relationship with Christ and so i speak an opposing view that I believe can be backed up by scripture to stimulate further thought and study. I think we must realize that Satan is always at work perverting doctirne and keeping us from a full understanding of scripture (which I in no way claim to have) but I feel an urgency to speak against doctrines that I believe are causing harm to the church and endangering souls . If you are a friend of Christ then you are my brother regardless and I love you. I comment to provoke discussion or debate NOT division which is why I always try to speak blessing at end of posts to those who may feel opposed. I think it’s beneficial to have such discussions. Others read these comments and I do not want others to simply go with the mainstream thought without weighing other arguments. So if you’d like to respond why you believe that, I believe we can have a discussion without attacking one another and in love as I see you have a loving Spirit. I don’t agree with all Mike says but he teaches me MUCH and is a beloved brother to me. God bless u my friend.
I don't buy it , the consequences on earth differ but not before God . If you are guilty of breaking one commandment then you are guilty of breaking them all Guilty where ? Before God
RE: 911 suicide question. Keep in mind that in places on the Twin Towers the fire temperature was significantly hotter than let’s say a a fire in a fire place (about 1000 degrees or so). Our bodies will do everything it can to get away from the fire and heat. A lot of those people who jumped, never made any kind of choice at all. Their bodies just fled the fire. Remember, we can’t keep our hand on a hot stove. God bless their them and their families. And God bless the military that keeps us safe.
I believe the first argument can be refuted. The differences in punishment in the Old Testament law was for maintaining the order of society, giving justice between PEOPLE, and not for the punishing of sin. The punishment for any sin is death. The practical destructive capability of sins is different.
Straw man argument. No-one is implying that any sin won't separate us from God - it will. Incidentally, you claim that some punishment is for reasons of my maintaining social order between persons, but if we sin against another person are we not sinning against God himself? As David said when he sinned against another individual "Against you alone have I sinned." Sin against men is sin against God, but not all sin against God is sin against men. If you can't comprehend that sins have different moral weight, then I'm very worried indeed. I hope you're never called to do jury duty! 😂
@@DG-mv6zw I’d change things a year later, but I’d still say that the first argument isn’t enough evidence. I don’t believe Israel’s laws represented God’s justice, but rather a specific form of governance he viewed as beneficial at the time. I know this because there’s no one righteous, not one and yet he didn’t say to kill everyone. God’s standard is overwhelming. Loving God with ALL your heart, mind, soul, and strength. I don’t necessarily disagree that hell might be hotter for some people, but intentions, knowledge, opportunity, etc… will likely play a lot heavier a role than the defined sin by itself. I believe you should be careful in reading what someone is saying. You assumed and attacked me for something I never said. First argument, not his whole point. Sadly you remind me of someone who’s come to Christ for moral and intellectual superiority. Not an ounce of pure intention was felt behind your post, especially with your last mocking remarks.
I believe it is true. Let me explain why. The way I took it was not simply in the way that many understand it, that there are no differences between sins. But I was told on a personal level, to fight against our propensity to look down on others because many like the idea of being Christian so they feel better than others since they are "saved". So it helps us if we recognize ourselves in others. Our sins may have been overcome, through Christ, so it becomes easy to look down on them because we lack empathy because we have not done what they do or did. I understand where you are coming from too. Most people can recognize there is a difference between their sin of stealing from someone vs if their sin were murdering someone. Thus, we are told by Jesus, for those who live by the Law, rather than Grace, to show how it was impossible for men to live by the law. That was why Jesus came to fulfill it. We are told if we break one law (even if it's the "least"), we're guilty of breaking all of them. No one will be justified by the Law.
"I only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel". ~Jesus Christ in Matthew 15:24 "Redemption was only for those who sinned under the first covenant". ~Apostle Paul in Hebrews 9:15 "Jesus came only to redeem those under the (Old Covenant) Law". ~Apostle Paul in Galatians 4:5 "The ADOPTION into Sonship, the GLORY, the COVENANTS, the giving of the LAW, the WORSHIP and the PROMISES only BELONGED to (ancient) ISRAELITES". ~Apostle Paul in Romans 9:1-4
I was hoping you would talk about 1 John 5:16-17 because it clearly shows that there's a difference in sins because some sins among brethren can "lead to death" and some sins do not. Now we know that the wages of sin is death, so the sins that "do not lead to death" are possibly sins done unintentionally by the "brother". And then there are sins that can lead to the death of the brother and we are told not to pray about that. Do you have any thoughts on this Mike? On a side note, I personally do not believe in Once Saved Always Saved but I think those that do just interpret the death to be physical death like the Corinthians who "many sleep" because of their irreverent way of taking the Lord's supper; meaning they died for their sin of taking the Lord's supper in an unworthy manner. But either way 1 John 5:16-17 clearly says when a believer sees a brother sinning a sin not leading to death; and this shows that not all sins are the same.
Pagan idol worship leads to death according to John! Such as Jeremiah 10 reads. Why anyone would teach people to follow Christmas and Easter is far beyond me. Turn many to righteousness and you will be blessed. Teach man to do evil is not good. Acts 15 is so simple to understand and life changes so much when we obey. 😊
Got to disagree: 1. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone..." 2. God is infinite, all powerful, eternal a hierarchy of sin would be meaningless to such a being. 3. Heirarchy of punishment is an aspect of hell not salvation. 4. Exodus 21 is a list of ordinances God told Moses to set up for man judging man, not God judging man because men can not know anothers heart and soul to render real judgment. We cannot assume God would judge this way. 5. Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for following the laws but not believing and prefers sinners. 6. Only God knows the complete context of our sins, He alone knows our souls our history and circumstances. Only He can possibly evaluate. It may be entirely possible that God sees all sin equally with the fullness of His sight. Jesus takes on our sin, "becomes sin". All sin could be viewed as a spirit of evil, like antiChrist. 7. Jesus uses comparisons of sins to drive home the level of sinfulness and therefore need for salvation. He came not to condemn but save. 8. Hierarchy of sin leads to hierarchy of men's holiness, like the elect, some more deserving of salvation, some not. 9. A "small" sin like a lie can have very evil consequences. 10. Jesus quickly saved Barrabus. We cannot know how God will judge but we dont have to if we are saved. At the same time all sin should hurt us deeply as we grieve God.
But all sin is deserving of death no matter if it's stealing a pencil or killing 1000 people it's still Rebellion against God and that's what makes it sin
All sin remains if we fail to learn from God's law (word). We perk up when we hear that phrase "unforgivable sin". Here's what David said... I lay up your word in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. The unforgivable sin is like 'killing the messenger' [and even worse before he divulges the message]. You ever wonder why salvation is not extended to the devil? How can he be enticed by what he already rejected? What we are promised he had already been created into and he rejected it. Heaven was already his home. We are NOT gods! Which of us could have traversed the path that Jesus did? First of all Jesus was with God while Adam carried us into condemnation by sin. We did not know God's word... Jesus IS God's word. We are made joint Heirs with Jesus by his will through adoption.
You are completely mixing up crimes/sin of the Old Testament (The Law) and the New Testament (Saved by Grace). Sin is not based on crime per the Old Testament. Crime is handled by courts and man. All men are born into sin. Jesus is not talking about crime but sin. There is a difference. Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected so man can also be delivered from sin through Jesus by Repentance, Baptism (In full immersion) and sealed with the Holy Spirit. That being said, there is only one sin that cannot be forgiven and that's Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit or denial of the Holy Spirit. Old testament law is about living under the Commandments ( Gods Law) which man (Flesh) could not do and the New Testament living through Jesus Christ (Walking in the Spirit). Sin and moral decay is not the same thing. If you deny Jesus He will deny you before the Father. Spiritual sin and mans immorality through crimes are completely different. A man who murdered a person and asks to be forgiven and is Born Again will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. A man that loves his family and works all his life without saying a curse word but denies Jesus will not be going to Heaven. What was the first sin? "Pride". Lucifer committed the first sin through pride. Is pride a sin? Only when it is enmity against Jesus. Pride cometh before the fall so a man in the world has pride he will eventually stumble and fall but that's not sin. Not accepting Jesus is sin.
I love your videos!! You are a great teacher! I agree with you that all sins are different. I also believe that punishment in hell is different as well. I agree with most of your video but not too sure on the smoking issue. You feel it is fine for a person to have a cigarette a year for a celebration. I guess if they are Christian the best thing they can do is thank God and not put tobacco in their body even if it is only the one cigarette. I have never known a person to have one cigarette a year. Although know people who would drink alcohol once a year. This is coming from a person who used to be a very heavy smoker but gave up years ago. I smoked as a non-Christian and gave up smoking as a non-Christian. However, I know only a couple of people who are Christian that smoked. I never thought they were sinning. That thought would never have crossed my mind. Just addicted. Food for thought I guess.
So it sounds like the conclusion you ultimately came to was that all sin is the same _to God_ in terms of eternal offense, but have different earthly consequences. What sprung to mind for me was a verse that went something to the effect of Jesus saying (regarding those who would hinder the little ones from coming to him) "it would be better if a millstone were attached around his neck and to be thrown into the sea". And this makes sense because there should be a measurable differences between damning your own soul to Hell and taking somebody else down with you. See Satan, where this concept is taken to its greatest extreme. On an angle that a Christian channel and audience might not consider, there's the game theory argument. ("Game theory" is a behavioral field of study wherein, under the premise that all beings operate logically to maximize their own benefit at minimized cost, optimal behavior can be calculated.) If given the conditions that (1) all have sinned, (2) the wages of sin are an infinite punishment, and (3) all sin is equal before God (the premise in question), game theory dictates that the logical response is to essentially revel in the most destructive sins possible to get in as much earthly joy as you can. You're _already_ subject to infinite punishment. What's God going to do? Punish you infinitely _twice?_ And why be good when you're already a sinner? So your punishment is essentially infinity minus ten, which is still infinity. (This same idea is actually hoisting woke culture by its own petard right now, which stole a significant amount of its tenets from us, most notably original sin, except that _they_ are the offended God and _you_ are the offender. If you're a racist no matter what, why _not_ be as outrageously offensive as possible? Unlike ours, their "God" has no concept of forgiveness or grace, only punishment. Even "allies" whom they proselytize are treated as second-class citizens, meaning the only choices available to the victims of their prejudice are bondage or war with "God"... which is actually more in line with _Islam,_ apparently.) There are numerous passages of scripture (such as the "millstone" passage above) that seem to indicate that, though we aren't exactly positive on what form the punishments of Hell will take relative to one another, I think we _can_ be reasonably confident that God, who is literally _the_ Logos according to John, has considered this and will judge accordingly. I'm not sure if this _necessitates_ a sort of Alighieri-esque "ironic Hell" where the punishments are twisted reflections of the crimes, though. Most of the times I read about the Bible's description of Hell, the idea I get is this outlying wasteland surrounding Heaven on all sides wherein the condemned are perfectly aware of their irreconcilable separation from God. If we _perfectly_ understood who and what God is, what fire or worm could compare to that? But that's just _my_ speculation.
I biblical teacher dude litedrally told me that stealing a pencil is just as bad as murdering a family of 4. like bro no way! i never heard this view and when hje explasined it to me i was like no way man!@
It's not relevant!. If you have repented, been baptised, been filled with the Holy Spirit and are walking in Christ then, according to Scripture, God no longer sees your sin. Alternatively, if you have not repented, been baptised, been filled with the Holy Spirit and are not walking in Christ, your goose is cooked, regardless of your lifestyle!
I shouldn't by surprised by your thoroughness, you literally addressed my objection in your next point: "Any sin is a terrible violation of the glory of God." Regards-
Not only is not all sin the same, but motivation for the same sin are treated differently. If I steal to feed my family, but you steal (the same items) to see if you can get away with it, God treats those two identical thefts differently. Both Mary and Zechariah asked the same question, “How will these things be?” But Mary was believing, Zechariah wasn’t. And they experienced different responses from the angel. Both Mary and Martha stated the same thing, and were treated differently by Jesus because their motives were different.
Why establish that one's eternity separated from God might differ from another's based on just punishment for different sins, when what's important is recognizing that sin causes that spiritual death. The wages of sin is death. A hierarchy of sins and punishment doesn't cushion the fact that the punishment is death. This whole discussion seems like a teaching in how to have a better hell in your future...rather than how to avoid hell through righteousness, where the measure of sin is irrelevant. I'm open to correction, and honestly haven't listened to the whole message yet. But didn't want to forget my first objection. I appreciate your biblical approach to all subjects. I haven't seen such honest exegesis is years. God bless you and to God be the glory.
All smoking is a sin. If the person smoking a cigarette once a year to celebrate something, has the time to smoke that cigarette, then they have the time to worship the Lord instead for giving them breath. Besides, we all know smoking is harmful for the body. Remember like you said earlier in the video, quality matters. And even one cigarette a year is one too many. As far as the pipe goes, if the person is not even inhaling the smoke, (but knows it's a harmful substance regardless) then it's still a sin. I've struggled with cigarette addiction for eighteen years, since I was 15 years old. I wouldn't recommend that anyone dips their toes in the water on that one. I do believe that it is a sin, an offensive and repulsive thing that God hates very much. It's unclean, even if just "once a year". I know that this video is old and maybe you've learned more about how you might feel nowadays on that subject. But I'm just including this comment for some insight coming from someone whom the Lord has dealt with harshly on the smoking thing.
Another one I remember hearing often about fornication is, "We're going to get married when we're old enough, so it won't be a sin any more." That was something I often heard during my high school years. And then later, continue to hear even from young adults that they're going to marry later, so it won't be a sin any more. So just to point out to any young people who may be thinking that way: Only Jesus can forgive your sins and wash away your sins. If you sin before marriage, that sin is still there after you marry. You can search and search through the Bible and you will never find anything that says you can do anything to change your own sin into not being a sin any more. What a sad way to begin a new life together, to begin it based on sin. And then there are many that end up not marrying after all. Which is really not surprising. Because if they were really that sure of their desire to marry, they could easily have just married sooner.
All things considered, a pretty good coverage of the subject. But I don’t remember you ever saying, or reminding us of one really important detail: My sins are forgiven. Great and small. They are covered under the blood of Jesus.
Smoking is a sin. It doesn't matter how often you smoke. What does 'do everything for the glory of God' mean? How is smoking glorify God? Whether you eat or drink..Also, isn't our body the temple of God? Why would you even think of that? Once we are saved we no longer belong to ourselves....If eating a meat would stumble my brother let me not eat meat forever. So smoking would bring people to Christ? 'It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.' or 'Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.' think we are easily tempted to these kind of worldly and trash stuffs cauz we do not know nor understand the reason of our calling and the glory that awaits us...just saying.
Because God is holy all sin is still an abomination to him. The danger of putting sin in a sort of hierarchical system is that some people may start to think stealing 3 pencils as apposed to stabbing someone is not that bad. Both sins will send you to hell deservedly! I think we as humans will differentiate between sins to make ourselves feel better. It wont help anyone to stand before God and argue the difference between their sins. All have sinned and fall short. There wont be levels of punishment after death. Eternity without God will be unbearable wether you have stolen 3 pencils or stabbed someone. God giving us different punishments for different sins is just A holy God communicating grace to a fallen people. Its not how things will roll after death. In christ = saved. Stealing 3 pencils without christ = Hell. All sin s Not the same when dealing with EACH OTHER.. But not when dealing with God. theres my 10 cents :)
You can't use the premise of Levitical law to defeat the law applied not by men but by God. Jesus said this... It was said previously in the law thou shall not kill but I (Red Letter scripture) say unto you that he that hates his brother without (just) cause hath committed murder already in his heart. That's Jesus saying he is going to apply the law differently than was afforded between men.
Amen! You stated the clearest verse: John 19:11 where Jesus told Pilate the Jews and Judas were guilty of a greater sin. "11Jesus answered, * * * "Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
mercy is not given to remove the truth and continue in sin, it is given to repent and trust in the Lord to overcome.. So saying sin is sin according to God can be dangerous in what you are promoting. The corruption that enters a heart is what we reap when we practice sin. it is not to allow sin to continue or to continue in your ways, and say hey we all sin, dont judge. So as they continue in their walk, they are like hey all sin is sin in Gods eyes. If you are in leadership, and someone becomes prideful and comes against Gods Word in how things should be; mercy is not given to enable this to continue, but rather be corrected in what is right. First off, if pride is the issue, enabling the pride to continue is to give in for pride to continue. This is not forcing them to do what they do not want to do, this is standing on the Word of God with mercy and love to come to the truth. A movement i see in many churches that are mission minded, is the one your leading to Christ, do not offend them as the main priority. There is many truths in Gods Word but priority to stand with God is the greatest priority. we have the understanding they do not understand, but to allow the weakness to be priority, is the wrong we need to be aware of. I understand to be gentle and kind, but not continuing in the truth is not teaching them anything. If this offends them, then they are offended by the truth. They have the right to deny it, and you have the right to not be moved in the truth of God. Grace opens the door for repentance, not for continuing in it, to not offend them. I see churches that use disney characters and smurfs to bring children into church. They said, hey as long as we get them in church. I went to a bible school that used biblical characters as hero's in the bible, that submitted to God and did His will. You may say hey, what is the big deal. Well when the comparison comes to being a hero, it is those that submitted to God rather than those that have nothing to do with God. you are not using something secular to understand God and make analogies to the truth of God. You are using those that submitted to God. If church becomes entertainment for the people, rather than truth and repentance and worship..then you may understand Charles Spurgeons comment: One day instead of the shepherd feeding the sheep, you will have clowns entertaining stubborn goats. Humbleness and humility to the rebellious, and truth in hope in God to the little ones, as well as the rebellious, is not popular today. Surrender instead of what is in it for me, or i dont like this church they are boring, is the priority that has to be made in the evangelical churches that practice such things in the name of mission.
Video totally wrong contept Because Jesus paid for all sin on cross of all ungodly people and he died for all People go to heaven or hell based purely on belief in him/accepting him as saviour, if they do they are sealed with Holy Spirit if they don't they commit blasphemy against Holy Spirit. People don't burn in lake of fire for theft , murder and so on , it was paid for alredy by Christ on cross. They all go here who rejected him. So yes all sin is equal in value and was paid for by Christ.
beyond being able to prove it using scripture which is obviously where you start in order to prove that certain sins are way differently... beyond scripture, it just makes intuitive sense... adultery is going to weigh more on a person's heart then stealing a candy bar. Christian Church it's failing so many... I read recently that divorce rates in the church have surpassed national average... men and women are simply not being held accountable this... if you want to get divorced, okay, just know that you can't be a part of this church or this small group... we will pray for you but, adios, back into the desert you go. and by the way, we're going to let the church down the know too so you're going to walk for a while to find repentance... marriage is a sacred covenant and your inability to maintain that should reflect negatively on you.
It's interesting that the scripture says tooth for tooth when a newborn doesn't have teeth, so it seems to also be referring to the mother. I understand it's more about proportionality, but I just thought it was interesting because I always read it having more to do with the baby.
Sexual sin is sin against ones own body and is very serious. I believe it all comea down to whether we are saved or not. A saved person that steals a pencil can be forgiven just as someond that curses. Did they both repent ? Saul had murdered and so did David . They were forgive and so was the thief on the cross .hmm
Hi Mike ! I just found your channel after wanting to get more info about WMSCIG. I wanted to tell you, you should really consider doing this as a podcast as well. Because I would love to listen without necessarily having to watch a video. I appreciate the work you do and the content you provide, it's been very helpful. God bless you !
What about some sins being >similar< to other sins ?? Like hate being likened unto murder. And so on I don’t mean to say it’s okay to physically murder them because of hate towards them, but that they’re equal, no?
Every sin carries the same potential sentence of death (/condemnation). Why? Because not all have murdered... Not all have been put in the same position to face the same test. You have to remember this... we are intentionally placed in condemnation so that we all need Christs salvation. We were all made subject to this condemnation by he who did the same in hope. That is God who hoped that through Christ we can be reconciled to himself. What God has hope? Cannot God have his own will? This is his will that we be reconciled to him through Christ. That is the predestination. It pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe (hear his word and obey).
Sins (plural) are not the same and have very different consequences both spiritually and physically. However, sin (singular) is the same. That’s the distinction that most people have trouble making when the Bible speaks of sin. When John wrote that there was a sin not unto death and a sin unto death he was speaking particularly of sins and varying consequences they may have. Paul also addressed this when he said to the Corinthians that some of them were sick or had died because of how they were treating the Table of the Lord. All sin separates one from God, but particular sins effect us and our relationships more than other sins.
Just using common sense, everyone knows deep down inside that all sins are not the same. Sexually violating a child isn’t the same as stealing a snickers candy bar. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the most severe of all punishment. Jesus obviously made a distinction in this case. Jesus said, all sins can be forgiven but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven in this age or the one to come. I hear pastor trying to diminish the severity of the sin of homosexuality. They claim it’s no different than any other sin and that’s not true. It’s an abomination to God, and in the OT, this sin carried with it the death penalty.
I think Hebrews 2:2 is talking about salvation and that Jesus' crucifixion is the just retribution of the sins that have happened and will happen but in this context specifically what had happened, and though I don't necessarily disagree with you but it's like with good what is a better good to save 10 lives or to save 1 life, to rescue multiple people from death? Or to give money to the poor? Now everyone I believe would say that saving multiple people is better but that's not the point, the point is that good was done, for sin yes there is a sin that is greater than other's but in God's eyes the punishment is the same which is death now Jesus saved us from that punishment but not from the Justice of each sin and his Justice is discipline so that we can remove that sin, that's what I've always thought when I said "all sin is equal" because sins have different consequences however a sin is a sin
I figure you probably don't read comments on 2 year old videos, but this is actually the first video of yours I've seen that I disagree with. While I agree that in the court of man, different crimes are worse than others. But Jesus himself stopped the Pharisees from killing a prostitute. By the old law, they were in the right to kill her for her adultery, however Jesus stops them with his quote of "Let he without sin throw the first stone."
Hey Mike! Not sure if youll see this on such an old video, and I havent finished it yet so perhaps you talk about this anyway: would you say the reverse is also true? Are some works greater than others?
I’m sorry but using inherently problematic Mosaic law as a basis for this is bizarre. One of the things Jesus came to fix was the inconsistency of the Mosaic law
This was a one that really cleared some things up for me! Thanks for doing this Mike! Have you ever thought about talking about the dialogues in Job? I’ve been wondering if those would be considered all truth, or that the truth is that someone said “...”. Because I think it can be hard to discern whether it’s truth or just a recording of speech.
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It’s so refreshing to hear someone, “I’m not sure.” about an interpretation of scripture. Some people have so much pride that they’re willing to lead people astray as opposed to just saying, I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️
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@@khristalalpensepai9439 It's all make-believe,so who cares?
I agree, because no Denomination gets everything 100% correct. It shows genuine humility to say I'm don't know or not sure.
Tthis topic is the very reason that I stopped regular financial support to another popular apologist-- because
Mike! You don't stop to surprise! Me and my wife had earlier decided all sin was sin, none bigger than the other. You showed us through Gods Word that's not true, so thank you for showing us biblical truth! We really enjoy the videoes you put out and they're a true blessing! Thank God for using you as a tool to reach others and show biblical truth 🙏
Question; have you made a video about the trinity, how to biblically support it, and how other views it?
We'll keep remember you in our prayers, God bless 🙏
I had a friend that moved to South Korea. He told me of the incidence of crime was primarily involving alcohol or traffic violations, other were minimal to non-existent. He stated that the penalty for many crimes were so sever, possibly 10-15 years imprisonment, for what we may see as minor, that the temptation to commit them did not even cross there minds. He spoke that if someone left say... an expensive camera out that it would never be touched and sit there till the owner returned or someone would be desperately be trying to get it back to them. Certainly if extreme consequences would become the case here in America it would shock the culture. But, I see a parallel of this in South Korea and a few other countries to that of biblical times and see some merit in the severe punishment plan. If you don't want to do the time don't do the crime and if you are raised in a culture where this is norm than many would not be tempted, the crime would not happen and/or few would violate the laws.
God bless you immensely. Biblical sounds teaching. Thank you very much.
Great video Mike I had not seen this one yet, but you recommended it in the video addressing Ravi and this was so
Rich! Thank you this is great teaching!
50:27 come back to this for study
And 00:26
Excellent teaching, Mike!
As per the smoking...
It's hands down deliberately putting a combination of toxic substances into your own lungs and into the environment of your neighboring person...
How is it not a sin?
I’m very excited about this one
james wood i if i found a backpack while i was out wood i consider that a blessing or a gift
I disagree with some key things you said though I learned a lot from you but came to a different conclusion.
Sins are definitely not seen equally in the eyes of God but the basis and criteria is NEVER the type of sin. In other words a pedophile isn't a worse sinner than a liar. That's unbiblical.
However there are at least 3 criterias by which sin is considered worse. There might be more
1) Hierarchy of sinner (husband vs wife, teacher vs student, church elder vs congregant)
2) Degree/Extent of Knowledge of sin (premeditated vs ignorant)
3) Extent/Degree of Knowledge of God's Holy Law
Interestingly enough there's danger also holding to ranking types of sins. It makes people less repentant if what is considered a lesser sin and it creates a self rightoues ranking among us. Some will start thinking they're better sinners than others. That's the danger.
All sin the same?
"There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers." Proverbs 6
Yep, pretty clear.
Unforgiveable sin is not submitting to the work of the Holy Spirit to bring you to belief.
Politically correct is not correct..
Why was Man allowed to present multiple "bibles" to other men, and how are we held responsible to know any discrepencies between them? Not all of us are Apologists?
Naturally, a young maiden in biblical times was a virgin. however, it it is not impossible for a maiden to get pregnant, and "young woman" by no means implies virginity. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition 2000 defines maiden as being 1a. An unmarried girl or woman, and b. A virgin. Unfortunately, in modern parlance being an unmarried woman does not imply virginity, which makes the distinction even more important than it ever was before. These modern translations are demonstrating, once again, that they are liars when they claim to be updating the language. Young woman or maiden no longer means what it meant in ancient times. The evidence is from the Bible itself makes it obvious that an almah is an unmarried young woman who is, of course, a virgin. Any argument to the contrary is absurd, but many modern critics have no fear of absurdity. If we are to rely on modern lexicons and commentaries to resolve this issue, it would end in a stalemate, since these sources are almost exclusively the products of Bible skeptics, but we do not have to worry about what man's judgment on the issue is. The KJV's word on Isaiah 7:14 should be enough for Bible-believing Christians, but we have the authority of the New Testament to settle the issue once and for all.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
nice video message... and good luck with the reading up on "the bondage of the will" before you respond to James White.... just a tip, you will not be able to properly answer the James White kind of calvinism without going deep into the specific "complete deadness of men in sin" doctrine as held by many calvinists... the presupposition is that this "deadness" hinders men from believing....."before" they are regennerated... so man must be regennerated before he can believe... regenneration comes before faith... and the one regennerated is among "the elect" ... so ALL elect ones are regennerated, saved, and in that moment they believe, because they were given the "gift of believing/faith"... in this way God saves you completely by His grace, so the calvinistic interpretation of Eph.2.8: "saved by grace through the faith God gives you at the moment of regenneration"... in this way the "saving" is God's doing exclusively... this way "He saves you perfectly"..... the Grace given on the cross isn't what saves you, what saves you is the regennerating act of God while you were dead in sins, and if the Grace of the atonement was given to "all", then "all" would be saved..... without meting this specific part of calvinistic theory, you cannot meet their arguments...
Question, Mike... Isn't the ONLY sin pride? It was arguably the first sin, Lucifer wanting to be on the same level as God, the second sin, Adam and Eve wanting the knowledge of God, and every sin since.
I have yet to find a sin that can't be six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon'd back to pride.
I really want help with this because I've been pondering it for almost a year.
If God has humbled someone aren't they still capable of sin? You make a good point that pride is the origin of all sin, but I don't think it's the only one.
@@dahelmang God can humble us, yes, but we don’t always remain humble. Many take their eyes off God.
Thank you for this teaching. At a very young age I was witness to a sexual assault that had a great impact on me even into adulthood. In my 30s I had a sunday school teacher (who also happened to be my boyfriend's father) that all sin was the same. I mentioned the sexual assault and it's affect on the young victim, and on me. He still believed all sin is the same. I said "so if I tell a lie to spare someone's feelings about their looks, it's the same weight of sin as that person who sexually assaulted a teenager in front of a 3 year old child?!" His response was "Yes."
I was hurt to the core. In my heart I knew he was wrong. It felt wrong, and logically it sounded wrong. But I always had doubts. So again, thank you so much for this teaching!!
And if you are wondering, no, I am no longer in a relationship with that man's son.
I love your analogy: "not every heart attack is the same, but they are all serious!" Wonderful video!!!
All sin leads to death but they won’t have the same judgement.. If you’re lying, you’re probably doing something else as well etc.,
Just had a thought about this a couple of hours ago- then it pops in my recommended. Praise God!
Uh oh google heard your thoughts _(im totally just kidding sorry having a crazy day today)
He's right
Lead by the Spirit! Praise God🙏🏼✝️
Thank you so much for deciding to cover this topic! It was very fruitful and has helped me better understand that not all sin is the same and keep me from saying that! Love it! Hallelujah!
Thanks Mike God bless you! Continuing to lift you and your fam in prayer!
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself.
The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
that's so nice of you! I hope God blesses you too!
It's so good to have an intelligent, well spoken, logical with common sense, thoughtful bible teacher. I feel I've been inundated with bad teaching and their parroting sheep my whole life!
Your answers during the q&a are seriously amazing! The answer you gave for the 9/11 question was excellent. I seriously praise God for the wisdom He's given you, and your spirit of thoughtfulness and desire to approach things carefully and thoughtfully is so beneficial to the Body of Christ and is the way we walk circumspectly toward those who are outside. Great video Mike, thank you!
Your examples of how dangerous it can be to consider all sin the same were really impactful. Thank you!
IMO: Sins differ in the difficulty of repentence; but they are the same in separating one from God.
right on. When HE said The wages of sin is death", he didn't divide into little and big sins. He gave us a way out, however.
@@watchgoose "When HE said The wages of sin is death", he didn't divide into little and big sins"
On the other hand, once dead, THEN it matters whether your sin was little or big!
@@watchgooseWe're not really talking about death, both the unsaved and the saved will continue in eternity. Some in heaven and some in hell. The question isn't does sin cause death? - it does. The question is are all sins equal in terms of moral weight and resulting degrees of punishment? Scripture seems to be clear that not all sins are equal and not all punishment will be equal.
p.s. -- I love your channel. You are the most level-headed millenial I have ever seen. Stay true -- don't fall away like so many. Bless you, this is truly your calling. Your not a hireling. Thank you brother. We need millions more like you.
It’s ridiculous to believe all sin is the same.. yes, all sin is wrong. But, God is a just judge. Anyone who murders someone and goes to court does not have the same consequences as someone who stole a candy bar.
I sometimes wonder if all sanity has left the Church .. nobody seems to think at all! Thank you for your clear teaching.
All sin is the same because sin = death. YES there are some sins that bring death faster than other just like some poisons kill you faster than others.
Thats what I believe in my heart too.
In Gods eyes stealing a candy bar separates you from God and brings death. Bc you broke one, you break them all. That just states that our sins separate us from God and shows our need for Christ. In the human courts you are correct, but all sin leads to death. Only Christ can save us from that. IMO they are the same regarding result from Gods eyes, but not the same in the human perspective due to affects of a human body/property.
@@joshb42 Yes. Exactly. Humans try to tier sin, but Jesus says that sin is this: distrust. Jesus Himself says it is all the same because it all originates in distrust. Consequences are different, sure, but when Jesus gives the list of those who inherit the kingdom, it is every type of "sin", or in the words of Jesus, distrust.
I've always understood this issue in the following way: In a way, all sins are the same in that all sin condemns us. On the other hand, some sins are more egregious than others, and some people commit more sins than others.
All sin are not the same. But 1 sin gets you to hell. We've all sin and fall short of the glory of God. That's where the good news come in
Very good messages Mike!
Always enjoy your sermons!
I wish my English was as good as yours but I'm learning. My vocabulary is very small in English bible language for now because I studied my bible in a different language and now it's a little hard but thank God for everything.
Blessings to you brother!
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself.
The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
Joel players is a female-to-make Satan worshipping transgender Illuminati demon.
True Gospel Preaching,
You’re learning well - your writing in English is very good! Keep up the great work! May the Lord richly bless you in all He sets your mind to do for His Kingdom & glory! 🕊
Stacy
Bill Scout, You sure about that? King David comes to mind. He lost His baby boy from Bathsheba because of the judgment for murder and adultery. Are you a polygamist? Or are you just trying to “push the envelope?”
It may appeal to the man’s flesh but polygamy is demeaning to women, having to share the love of their husband with others, staying behind doors, and being baby-machines, is not the life God meant for us.
How would you feel if you were one of many husbands of one wife? Polyandry?
@@billscout3530 1 Corinthians 7:4 says "For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." The wife is singular here and if the wife has authority over her husband's body then how does this mesh with polygamy? If there are 2 of 3 wives then the can't all have authority over 1 husband's body if they do t want to share this is in direct co flint with the word of God
I've thought about this early when I went to church. I could never understand a penalty for rape being the same for stealing my classmates pen.
I had a girlfriend who would say all sin is the same. I asked her if she really believe God saw uttering a string of curse words as the same as raping a baby and then torturing it and lightning it on fire. Of course not!!!!
I feel the verse in James is sending the message that we’ve all sinned and need Christ as our Savior.
Sin has different forms, each of them punishable by death
You're correct. God is righteous and fair so he judges each sin accordingly but it only takes a sin any sin against the law to give us the wages of sin which is death. Which is why we need the work of Christ and to live in faith and his grace that his work was sufficient. Saved or not we will get our works good and bad put into our bodies for better or worse.
I think the thing about all sin being the same is not the actual severity or evilness of the sin but the fact that just one lie would send you to hell. Whether you were the best person in the entire world or a serial killer. You will both go to hell unless you accept Jesus Christ to wash your sins.
Thank you for answering the question at 52:45 about doubt, it is a question that has plagued me also. I think you are correct in saying that doubt and faith can be simultaneously in the same person (which is a relief for me because I thought if I was doubting something then I could not be believing it) and for pointing out that doubt is often a feeling while faith is a choice. Knowing that doubt is often just a feeling will make it easier to push it away. Thank you!
I have a very doubtful mind, everytime i hear about the wonders or works of god my mind tries to find a way how it could have been faked or naturally produced. I think its normal for us to doubt because we learn so many affirmations of how things are supposed to work and we try to think of a way how it would make sense for those everyday affirmations.
But i think it is similar as it is with sin. We know its wrong we still are tempted and sometimes still do it, yet we choose to deny our sin nature.
Same with doubt, we know we shouldn’t doubt but we still think doubtful as it is in our nature.
if we chose to believe anyways we learn to overcome our nature.
One of the most interesting things i noticed about our identity is that We can still be ourselves after completely disregarding huge parts of ourselves if not all of ourselves.
That way we dont have to die with those parts of us without giving up our identity.
@@osgrace3341 I don’t think your questioning is wrong.
God made the world to work within certain rules, in very wonderful ways. He can also break those rules Himself (since He invented them in the first place) and that’s when we get true miracles.
I think a lot of people are disappointed when something that is unusual, but still explainable by the rules of nature/science is presented to them as a miracle, and then they find out differently.
We must be careful to present things truthfully, whether it is a wonderful thing working within the rules and boundaries God has set, or whether it is something special God has done which is outside those rules, and thus a miracle.
Yes and no, this is how I understand this issue, that before God, all sin is equal, but on earth, for means of immediate reprimandation, we need short term consequences to learn from so as the old testament law had varied punishments, we also should in order to maintain order here on earth. Punishments that fit the crimes appropriately, dissuade people from the particularly egregious sins while being understanding that we are all sinners and should be given grace on the morally less horrible ones. God assigned these lower and varied earthy disciplinary guidelines to help us learn and keep order because for many the threat of eternal damnation is simply not that effective.
In the old testament the price of sin was a burnt offering, the best of what each person had, the best goat, crop, calf ect. No matter the sin, the price was death, payed for through a proxy like a goat. The laws regarding the eye for an eye stuff were more earthy HR type guidelines to mediate crime in a day to day earthy way and is not compared to Gods eternal judgments. In Matthew Jesus says that the most important laws in the 10 commandments are to love the Lord your God, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Even when don’t murder and don’t commit adultery were on the table. Meaning that unconditional love is more powerful than condemnation. Further emphasized in James 2:10-13, where Jesus says that anyone who commits one sin commits them all for you are guilty of having “broke the law”, not of the individual sin. Further still the Bible throughout teaches that the price of sin is death, all sin, from lying to murder and beyond it is all weighted the same as judged before God. I also understand what Jesus is trying to do in both places is to stop people from being self righteously holier-than-thou, acting like their sins aren’t as bad as other peoples. They are all weighted the same in God’s eyes, they all carry the weight of death. And Christ's sacrifice saves us from all sins equally, the person who only committed (as we see it) minor offenses, and the one who commit atrocities, all equal.
Plus you have to take into account Matthew 5:21-30, where Jesus says if you even think lustfully or angrily it is the same as having slept with that person of having killed them. "and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire." Jesus is very clear that what we see as "lesser sins" like insulting some one, as equal to what we see as "greater" ones like murder and adultery.
I also acknowledge that this dose not apply to, as Matthew 12:31-32 says, blaspheming the Holy Spirit or taking the Lords name in vain. These are clearly weighted differently and are unforgivable.
“James is not suggesting that only when sin has reached its full development does it result in death. The penalty of sin of any kind or extent is spiritual death” (1981, 172).
I'm not totally convinced. In the case of Ananias and Sapphira, it seems the penalty was too great for the sin, however, if the Lord does not punish small sins, very soon they will grow up to a crime. Remember satan was a prince of God at some point, and little by little the seed of rebellion grew up to a full-scale rebellion that has cost many lives.
Blasphemy against the holyspirit- accrediting to satan Gods work.
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From my small amount of study, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit can be accrediting satan for God’s work (like Lauri pointed out) OR it can be speaking a word against the Holy Spirit. I’d say it can mean both-but it’s the same heart attitude. As a word spoken against the Holy Spirit is an eternal sin like Jesus said.
Your interpretation of James is poor. If we break any part of the law we’re guilty of all of it. That’s exactly what it means. The wages of sin is death. There is only one result for sin.
He didn’t say otherwise. The wages of sin is death, but the unbeliever is individually given punishment in “the second death” (on judgement day) “according to what they have done”. (Revelation 20:13)
The reason we all die is because we are all sinners. The difference is where we spend eternity
Good video Mike. However I think you make some straw man arguments in some places and take some interpretive privilege in areas. In the beginning you talked about the “punishment” of the sin equating to the sin and then elude to the greater the sin, the greater the punishment. However, in Romans 6:23 it says that the “wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life”. Later in the video you take a little bit of creative license in interpreting “ all”. Meaning in totality. It doesn’t say that. In some interpretations it actually says guilty of it all. I would need to do a word study to go deeper here. I think you are also mixing earthly punishment and understanding with heavenly punishment and understanding. Definitely God gave us guidance on how to punish accordingly and that some sins needed harsher or greater punishment. When I speak of sins being the same I’m merely stating that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. And I think this was also a point God had intended so that people don’t begin to become self righteous thinking that, I’m a good person and haven’t done anything to bad like murder or adultery. This is what has happened in churches all over and what the Pharisees were guilty of as well. Will we be punished differently here on earth? Yes and some sins do need greater punishment but in Gods eyes it’s still sin and requires Jesus. Will we receive punishment or judgement in heaven according to our sins differently? I don’t believe you that’s what scripture says. We will sit before the judgement seat of Christ and In fact I think it says that our sins have been paid for by Christ. In fact we will receive rewards differently based on what we have done. I guess, from what I heard, it sounds like you are mixing the earthly with the heavenly. I do believe that not all sins are the same in that here on earth we need to judge according to the “quality or severity rather” of sin. But in relation to salvation, we are required to be perfect and since we cannot, we fail, and are guilty of breaking all of it and are not considered holy. Thus the need for Christ. Again I think the danger of your teaching is mixing up earthly measures God has ordained with heavenly as well as the risk of self righteousness in comparing sins that mine aren’t as bad as yours. What do I know though. I’m probably way off base
Excellent teaching. I think you really hit the nail on the head with how you describe all sin as wicked and leading to death, but at the same time explained how that doe snot mean all sin is the same.
I always knew the concept of all Sin being equal had huge issues. Thank you Mike for this video I'll be sharing this with friends. And also what's your method of study when seeking insight on specific topics?
This question is complex: "Is all sin the same?" We have to remember two perspectives: 1) God's view. 2) World's view.
This is the only video of Mike's so far that I'm not a fan of (though I still love Mike and what he does). The use of the levitical law is a great way to talk about worldly consequences to sin; however, this doesn't really answer the question, "is all sin the same." I would ask that Mike and others consider some basic questions that will help anyone understand God's view of sin. Why did God institute the law? Did God desire the law, or did he desire something else? What is God's eternal consequence to sin (Gen. 2:17; Ezk 18:4-9; Num. 16:20-26; Rom. 6:23)? Is this video focused on a worldly delineation or a godly delineation with regard to sin and its consequence?
I love what Mike does, but this video does not focus on God's heavenly perspective, but only the worldly consequences for human order and struggles to justify differences between sin. There is a place for that, but it does nothing for us when we see Jesus face to face. The James passage that Mike goes to is exactly the point I'm making. He looks for a way to justify a worldly perspective of sin, but didn't address what James gets at which is that the eternal consequence is the same in God's view.
Thus, we come back to the same simple question: What does God see with regard to sin? I think Mike's view is mostly correct, but he needs to delineate the weight of sin from God's view and the worldly view in order to fully address this discussion.
“For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.”
James 2:10 ESV
The whole first half of this chapter pretty much nails this down.
The point is that God will deal with it all, not us, and, we are all guilty. We all require Jesus as we are all sinners, so in that sense, all sin is equal. If you murder someone and another steals, but both are saved by the blood of Christ, the sins are no longer eternally relevant, therefore equal by the sacrifice made for each.
PS. I just want to clarify, my argument is only pertinent to those who are saved. Obviously, those who are not, will receive a much different punishment for their sins. The beatings mentioned in the parable you referred to I believe could be relative to the consequences of our sins, while we are still living on earth. For instance, King David’s life following his sin with Bathsheba.
I think it’s far more dangerous to claim, “I’m a better sinner than you”.
I appreciate your content, thanks for the discussion.
Thank you Pastor for this clarification of different quality of sins, which I always believed but then , why there is no qualification for hell.? All sinners go to hell and for ever. No difference of sin? I do not believe in an eternal hell because of this. It seems terrible to have some burn for an eternity for stealing or lying or cheating or any minor sin than those who really committed terrible sins as murdering, blasphemy, sexual immorality, hate, torture etc. etc. I believe that all sinners will burn from the fire coming down from heaven , as in Sodom and GOMORRAH, the burning fire will destroy sinners burning a different lapse of time according to what their sins deserve, smaller sin ,less burning , bigger sins , longer burning and the end for both burnings is to turn to ashes. The only ones burning,maybe, for ever will be satan and his angels and the false prophet. Revelation 20: 10. In Genesis 3: 19 at the Bible beginnings it said that “…..till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken;;for dust you are and to dust you shall return.
I’ve heard many times and been taught in church all sin is the same. I never thought it was legit but never looked into it. Thanks
Glad you chose this topic over the one you were considering 👍🏼 This was really relevant
It seems fairly simple to examine. If the reward of sin (any sin) is death then it doesn't matter on a personal level the difference between the sin committed. From a societal perspective the degree of severity of a sin and its ramifications seems to be the only differential aside from the only unforgivable sin which is the denial of Christ and refusing his salvation (or simply put not accepting Jesus).
Eve ate a piece of fruit off a tree that God specified not to eat from, and that was enough to separate them from God and enough for the world to fall and for Jesus to come and die. A piece of fruit. So yes all sin is the same before God. Stealing a candy bar or committing murder. We have different punishments of course, but before a Holy Judge...we are all guilty even for what WE consider small and minute. This concept of all sin is not the same is dangerous and its like how some of my family believe that are Catholics. That there are major sins and minor sins, and so they think if they take the Lords name in vain, thats not as bad as killing someone. I just have to ask if you think this way, of a heirachy of sins, which did Jesus die more for?
Exactly. It’s simply the complete disobedience of God. The danger of his viewpoint is total self righteousness. Why do you see so many saying they are very glad to see that sins are not all the same?
Are we saying here that Hell seems to differ in punishment, it seems odd, but also would line up with Gods justice. This "all sin is the same" is a strange doctrine indeed, but I understand that they mean it in the light of Gods glory, love and our new command that sums up all righteousness, and is all God requires of us. When we hear the term the command of God in the new testament, for us if you continue to read,, it is always to love and believe. Its hard to accept humans have one new command, but it is true. But still if we are to understand judgment this is a very important lesson and true.
Some sins do more damage to other people than other sins, for example abuse in the family be it physical, verbal or sexual.
I’ve recently been told this by a couple fellow Christian’s. It doesn’t make senses to me and I believe it to be wrong. I respect your teachings so thank you for all the biblical verses to support this topic. I hope I can show this video to them and they will receive it openly. Thanks again Mike for you clarity.
I have said that many many many times that all sin was the same. I heard a sermon somewhere at sometime that said this. Of course not from you Mike. I really appreciate you setting me straight wow I repent when I am ready to sleep at night, that the Lord would just wash me clean with any sin that I have done that I wasn’t aware of. Or maybe slightly aware of
We both agree that God transcends time, yet references to time are used throughout the bible and we don't use them to prove God has a beginning or an end. The Bible is God longingly reaching out to His creation. His Word to us. We the fallen. The oxen and sheep example shows how perfect God is, my thought is He considers all the laws, (sacrificial) and culture (how valuable is an ox at harvest) and blemish.
Yet, even before the law was written down men knew sins were against God. Genesis 39:9 Joseph said "My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" and everyone knows what David said in Psalms 51.
To man there are degrees of sin. Ask any man, like your stab once or steal two things question. But, Jesus said to pluck out your eye, to do it your own self! After saying looking at woman with lust was the same as adultery. Man's view and God's standard are different. If you put your question to any human alive they would answer the same as you, it's a man's view. You don't need a hour video to prove what man thinks of sin.
Your title doesn't say it, but I think you're trying to prove that some sins are worse to God. There is only one. The Bible clearly states it. There is one sin that won't be forgiven.
I started writing this comment last night and changed my mind, I am so tired of all the pride and hate (mine included) but then an incredible sadness washed over me. I prayed about it then and this morning. Adam & Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Only God is good. You can figure out where that puts us. Eating that fruit brought death. Quantifying sin is not following the first commandment, every sin keeps humans from God and are equally bad.
One last thing; I heard a preacher at a charismatic church teach that where the Bible mentions cities, like the NT passages you brought up, God is speaking about principalities and powers, not specific humans.
Really glad this came up in my feed. I had just asked this question about the James verse on another of your video threads, because I often lean on that for certain purposes (not to justify my sin though)...this look at other verses help me out. Thanks🙏🏻
I see Christians (including social media influencers with large followings) saying that all sin is the same, then using that to essentially springboard into "So we shouldn't judge because we're just as bad as Them." We all sin, but you definitely can't tell me that stealing groceries is the same as genocide. The grace of Christ is enough to cover it all, thank God! But you definitely could never convince me that sin is qualitatively the same. Thanks for this video.
Since sin is not imputed to believers in Christ this is an important topic, but all sin ultimately leads to death, which is where a lot of Christians are coming from. This is important to Christians because it deals with the gain or loss of rewards in heaven and how Christians are disciplined for their behavior in Christ.
There is not even (one) occasion inter old and new testaments, where we see a clear demonstration of a man getting in trouble with God for the specific reason of taking an additional wife to himself.
The concept of man cheating on his first wife, to take another wife to himself doesn't even exist in scripture
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Exodus 21:10 KJV
bible.com/bible/1/exo.21.10.KJV
lordboston05 When we repent our PAST sins are forgiven. But sin can still be “imputed “ to us . Now the sins we are unaware of or have repented( from the heart) of but are still trying to fully overcome are CONTINUALLY being cleansed by the blood of Jesus IF we are walking in the light(which is following Jesus)1John1:6-9,John8:12. BUT if we are sinning WILLFULLY (highhandedly)/knowingly holding onto sin and have not repented of it then we are WALKING IN DARKNESS. At this point we are breaking fellowship with the Father and at some point may not be under the blood. God gives us time to repent and will disprove those HE lOVES but will never force us to do anything. HE IS NOT A RAPIST AND WILL NOT FORCE US TO LOVE HIM. When God reveals our sins we must turn from them or we put our souls in danger.
God bless u friend
To keep my response in the spirit of Mikes channel I would have to disagree. If you are a true believer in Christ you are always covered by the blood of Christ. Sin is no longer imputed to you. God now deals with us as children. We do wrong and if we do not repent of it we are chastised/corrected/punished. Our disagreement may lie in external security? I hold to it.
We are not under the law if we are in Christ.
Romans 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. (Rom 5:13 KJV)
1 John 3:4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
lordboston05 sorry if you think I’m picking a fight. I am only speaking what I believe to be truth in Love for the purpose of edification and growth and perseverance. Thank you for your honesty and respect. I know many(even most) hold that view and I do believe it is dangerous to think sin cannot destroy our relationship with Christ and so i speak an opposing view that I believe can be backed up by scripture to stimulate further thought and study. I think we must realize that Satan is always at work perverting doctirne and keeping us from a full understanding of scripture (which I in no way claim to have) but I feel an urgency to speak against doctrines that I believe are causing harm to the church and endangering souls .
If you are a friend of Christ then you are my brother regardless and I love you.
I comment to provoke discussion or debate NOT division which is why I always try to speak blessing at end of posts to those who may feel opposed.
I think it’s beneficial to have such discussions. Others read these comments and I do not want others to simply go with the mainstream thought without weighing other arguments.
So if you’d like to respond why you believe that, I believe we can have a discussion without attacking one another and in love as I see you have a loving Spirit. I don’t agree with all Mike says but he teaches me MUCH and is a beloved brother to me.
God bless u my friend.
I don't buy it , the consequences on earth differ but not before God . If you are guilty of breaking one commandment then you are guilty of breaking them all Guilty where ? Before God
RE: 911 suicide question. Keep in mind that in places on the Twin Towers the fire temperature was significantly hotter than let’s say a a fire in a fire place (about 1000 degrees or so). Our bodies will do everything it can to get away from the fire and heat. A lot of those people who jumped, never made any kind of choice at all. Their bodies just fled the fire. Remember, we can’t keep our hand on a hot stove. God bless their them and their families. And God bless the military that keeps us safe.
41:45. Amazing, I just read your comment just as that question was asked. Good answer.👍
I believe the first argument can be refuted. The differences in punishment in the Old Testament law was for maintaining the order of society, giving justice between PEOPLE, and not for the punishing of sin. The punishment for any sin is death. The practical destructive capability of sins is different.
Are you saying pedophilia and stealing a pen are the same? Does that make much sense to you?
Straw man argument. No-one is implying that any sin won't separate us from God - it will. Incidentally, you claim that some punishment is for reasons of my maintaining social order between persons, but if we sin against another person are we not sinning against God himself? As David said when he sinned against another individual "Against you alone have I sinned." Sin against men is sin against God, but not all sin against God is sin against men. If you can't comprehend that sins have different moral weight, then I'm very worried indeed. I hope you're never called to do jury duty! 😂
@@DG-mv6zw I’d change things a year later, but I’d still say that the first argument isn’t enough evidence. I don’t believe Israel’s laws represented God’s justice, but rather a specific form of governance he viewed as beneficial at the time. I know this because there’s no one righteous, not one and yet he didn’t say to kill everyone. God’s standard is overwhelming. Loving God with ALL your heart, mind, soul, and strength. I don’t necessarily disagree that hell might be hotter for some people, but intentions, knowledge, opportunity, etc… will likely play a lot heavier a role than the defined sin by itself. I believe you should be careful in reading what someone is saying. You assumed and attacked me for something I never said. First argument, not his whole point. Sadly you remind me of someone who’s come to Christ for moral and intellectual superiority. Not an ounce of pure intention was felt behind your post, especially with your last mocking remarks.
I believe it is true. Let me explain why. The way I took it was not simply in the way that many understand it, that there are no differences between sins. But I was told on a personal level, to fight against our propensity to look down on others because many like the idea of being Christian so they feel better than others since they are "saved".
So it helps us if we recognize ourselves in others. Our sins may have been overcome, through Christ, so it becomes easy to look down on them because we lack empathy because we have not done what they do or did.
I understand where you are coming from too. Most people can recognize there is a difference between their sin of stealing from someone vs if their sin were murdering someone.
Thus, we are told by Jesus, for those who live by the Law, rather than Grace, to show how it was impossible for men to live by the law. That was why Jesus came to fulfill it. We are told if we break one law (even if it's the "least"), we're guilty of breaking all of them.
No one will be justified by the Law.
"I only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel". ~Jesus Christ in Matthew 15:24
"Redemption was only for those who sinned under the first covenant". ~Apostle Paul in Hebrews 9:15
"Jesus came only to redeem those under the (Old Covenant) Law". ~Apostle Paul in Galatians 4:5
"The ADOPTION into Sonship, the GLORY, the COVENANTS, the giving of the LAW, the WORSHIP and the PROMISES only BELONGED to (ancient) ISRAELITES". ~Apostle Paul in Romans 9:1-4
I was hoping you would talk about 1 John 5:16-17 because it clearly shows that there's a difference in sins because some sins among brethren can "lead to death" and some sins do not.
Now we know that the wages of sin is death, so the sins that "do not lead to death" are possibly sins done unintentionally by the "brother". And then there are sins that can lead to the death of the brother and we are told not to pray about that. Do you have any thoughts on this Mike?
On a side note, I personally do not believe in Once Saved Always Saved but I think those that do just interpret the death to be physical death like the Corinthians who "many sleep" because of their irreverent way of taking the Lord's supper; meaning they died for their sin of taking the Lord's supper in an unworthy manner. But either way 1 John 5:16-17 clearly says when a believer sees a brother sinning a sin not leading to death; and this shows that not all sins are the same.
Thank you for your valuable hint!
Pagan idol worship leads to death according to John!
Such as Jeremiah 10 reads.
Why anyone would teach people to follow Christmas and Easter is far beyond me.
Turn many to righteousness and you will be blessed.
Teach man to do evil is not good.
Acts 15 is so simple to understand and life changes so much when we obey. 😊
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@Mike Winger Bro was getting that computer notification because he was speaking too much facts (16:35). 😅🙏🏼
Got to disagree:
1. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone..."
2. God is infinite, all powerful, eternal a hierarchy of sin would be meaningless to such a being.
3. Heirarchy of punishment is an aspect of hell not salvation.
4. Exodus 21 is a list of ordinances God told Moses to set up for man judging man, not God judging man because men can not know anothers heart and soul to render real judgment. We cannot assume God would judge this way.
5. Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for following the laws but not believing and prefers sinners.
6. Only God knows the complete context of our sins, He alone knows our souls our history and circumstances. Only He can possibly evaluate. It may be entirely possible that God sees all sin equally with the fullness of His sight. Jesus takes on our sin, "becomes sin". All sin could be viewed as a spirit of evil, like antiChrist.
7. Jesus uses comparisons of sins to drive home the level of sinfulness and therefore need for salvation. He came not to condemn but save.
8. Hierarchy of sin leads to hierarchy of men's holiness, like the elect, some more deserving of salvation, some not.
9. A "small" sin like a lie can have very evil consequences.
10. Jesus quickly saved Barrabus.
We cannot know how God will judge but we dont have to if we are saved. At the same time all sin should hurt us deeply as we grieve God.
But all sin is deserving of death no matter if it's stealing a pencil or killing 1000 people it's still Rebellion against God and that's what makes it sin
All sin remains if we fail to learn from God's law (word). We perk up when we hear that phrase "unforgivable sin". Here's what David said... I lay up your word in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. The unforgivable sin is like 'killing the messenger' [and even worse before he divulges the message]. You ever wonder why salvation is not extended to the devil? How can he be enticed by what he already rejected? What we are promised he had already been created into and he rejected it. Heaven was already his home. We are NOT gods! Which of us could have traversed the path that Jesus did? First of all Jesus was with God while Adam carried us into condemnation by sin. We did not know God's word... Jesus IS God's word. We are made joint Heirs with Jesus by his will through adoption.
You are completely mixing up crimes/sin of the Old Testament (The Law) and the New Testament (Saved by Grace). Sin is not based on crime per the Old Testament. Crime is handled by courts and man. All men are born into sin. Jesus is not talking about crime but sin. There is a difference. Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected so man can also be delivered from sin through Jesus by Repentance, Baptism (In full immersion) and sealed with the Holy Spirit. That being said, there is only one sin that cannot be forgiven and that's Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit or denial of the Holy Spirit. Old testament law is about living under the Commandments ( Gods Law) which man (Flesh) could not do and the New Testament living through Jesus Christ (Walking in the Spirit). Sin and moral decay is not the same thing. If you deny Jesus He will deny you before the Father. Spiritual sin and mans immorality through crimes are completely different. A man who murdered a person and asks to be forgiven and is Born Again will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. A man that loves his family and works all his life without saying a curse word but denies Jesus will not be going to Heaven. What was the first sin? "Pride". Lucifer committed the first sin through pride. Is pride a sin? Only when it is enmity against Jesus. Pride cometh before the fall so a man in the world has pride he will eventually stumble and fall but that's not sin. Not accepting Jesus is sin.
I love your videos!! You are a great teacher! I agree with you that all sins are different. I also believe that punishment in hell is different as well. I agree with most of your video but not too sure on the smoking issue. You feel it is fine for a person to have a cigarette a year for a celebration. I guess if they are Christian the best thing they can do is thank God and not put tobacco in their body even if it is only the one cigarette. I have never known a person to have one cigarette a year. Although know people who would drink alcohol once a year. This is coming from a person who used to be a very heavy smoker but gave up years ago. I smoked as a non-Christian and gave up smoking as a non-Christian. However, I know only a couple of people who are Christian that smoked. I never thought they were sinning. That thought would never have crossed my mind. Just addicted. Food for thought I guess.
So it sounds like the conclusion you ultimately came to was that all sin is the same _to God_ in terms of eternal offense, but have different earthly consequences. What sprung to mind for me was a verse that went something to the effect of Jesus saying (regarding those who would hinder the little ones from coming to him) "it would be better if a millstone were attached around his neck and to be thrown into the sea". And this makes sense because there should be a measurable differences between damning your own soul to Hell and taking somebody else down with you. See Satan, where this concept is taken to its greatest extreme.
On an angle that a Christian channel and audience might not consider, there's the game theory argument. ("Game theory" is a behavioral field of study wherein, under the premise that all beings operate logically to maximize their own benefit at minimized cost, optimal behavior can be calculated.) If given the conditions that (1) all have sinned, (2) the wages of sin are an infinite punishment, and (3) all sin is equal before God (the premise in question), game theory dictates that the logical response is to essentially revel in the most destructive sins possible to get in as much earthly joy as you can. You're _already_ subject to infinite punishment. What's God going to do? Punish you infinitely _twice?_ And why be good when you're already a sinner? So your punishment is essentially infinity minus ten, which is still infinity. (This same idea is actually hoisting woke culture by its own petard right now, which stole a significant amount of its tenets from us, most notably original sin, except that _they_ are the offended God and _you_ are the offender. If you're a racist no matter what, why _not_ be as outrageously offensive as possible? Unlike ours, their "God" has no concept of forgiveness or grace, only punishment. Even "allies" whom they proselytize are treated as second-class citizens, meaning the only choices available to the victims of their prejudice are bondage or war with "God"... which is actually more in line with _Islam,_ apparently.)
There are numerous passages of scripture (such as the "millstone" passage above) that seem to indicate that, though we aren't exactly positive on what form the punishments of Hell will take relative to one another, I think we _can_ be reasonably confident that God, who is literally _the_ Logos according to John, has considered this and will judge accordingly. I'm not sure if this _necessitates_ a sort of Alighieri-esque "ironic Hell" where the punishments are twisted reflections of the crimes, though. Most of the times I read about the Bible's description of Hell, the idea I get is this outlying wasteland surrounding Heaven on all sides wherein the condemned are perfectly aware of their irreconcilable separation from God. If we _perfectly_ understood who and what God is, what fire or worm could compare to that? But that's just _my_ speculation.
I biblical teacher dude litedrally told me that stealing a pencil is just as bad as murdering a family of 4. like bro no way! i never heard this view and when hje explasined it to me i was like no way man!@
It's not relevant!.
If you have repented, been baptised, been filled with the Holy Spirit and are walking in Christ then, according to Scripture, God no longer sees your sin.
Alternatively, if you have not repented, been baptised, been filled with the Holy Spirit and are not walking in Christ, your goose is cooked, regardless of your lifestyle!
I shouldn't by surprised by your thoroughness, you literally addressed my objection in your next point: "Any sin is a terrible violation of the glory of God."
Regards-
Not only is not all sin the same, but motivation for the same sin are treated differently. If I steal to feed my family, but you steal (the same items) to see if you can get away with it, God treats those two identical thefts differently.
Both Mary and Zechariah asked the same question, “How will these things be?” But Mary was believing, Zechariah wasn’t. And they experienced different responses from the angel. Both Mary and Martha stated the same thing, and were treated differently by Jesus because their motives were different.
Why establish that one's eternity separated from God might differ from another's based on just punishment for different sins, when what's important is recognizing that sin causes that spiritual death. The wages of sin is death.
A hierarchy of sins and punishment doesn't cushion the fact that the punishment is death.
This whole discussion seems like a teaching in how to have a better hell in your future...rather than how to avoid hell through righteousness, where the measure of sin is irrelevant.
I'm open to correction, and honestly haven't listened to the whole message yet. But didn't want to forget my first objection.
I appreciate your biblical approach to all subjects. I haven't seen such honest exegesis is years. God bless you and to God be the glory.
All smoking is a sin. If the person smoking a cigarette once a year to celebrate something, has the time to smoke that cigarette, then they have the time to worship the Lord instead for giving them breath. Besides, we all know smoking is harmful for the body. Remember like you said earlier in the video, quality matters. And even one cigarette a year is one too many. As far as the pipe goes, if the person is not even inhaling the smoke, (but knows it's a harmful substance regardless) then it's still a sin. I've struggled with cigarette addiction for eighteen years, since I was 15 years old. I wouldn't recommend that anyone dips their toes in the water on that one. I do believe that it is a sin, an offensive and repulsive thing that God hates very much. It's unclean, even if just "once a year". I know that this video is old and maybe you've learned more about how you might feel nowadays on that subject. But I'm just including this comment for some insight coming from someone whom the Lord has dealt with harshly on the smoking thing.
Another one I remember hearing often about fornication is, "We're going to get married when we're old enough, so it won't be a sin any more." That was something I often heard during my high school years. And then later, continue to hear even from young adults that they're going to marry later, so it won't be a sin any more.
So just to point out to any young people who may be thinking that way:
Only Jesus can forgive your sins and wash away your sins. If you sin before marriage, that sin is still there after you marry. You can search and search through the Bible and you will never find anything that says you can do anything to change your own sin into not being a sin any more.
What a sad way to begin a new life together, to begin it based on sin. And then there are many that end up not marrying after all. Which is really not surprising. Because if they were really that sure of their desire to marry, they could easily have just married sooner.
All things considered, a pretty good coverage of the subject. But I don’t remember you ever saying, or reminding us of one really important detail: My sins are forgiven. Great and small. They are covered under the blood of Jesus.
Smoking is a sin. It doesn't matter how often you smoke. What does 'do everything for the glory of God' mean? How is smoking glorify God? Whether you eat or drink..Also, isn't our body the temple of God? Why would you even think of that? Once we are saved we no longer belong to ourselves....If eating a meat would stumble my brother let me not eat meat forever. So smoking would bring people to Christ? 'It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.' or 'Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.' think we are easily tempted to these kind of worldly and trash stuffs cauz we do not know nor understand the reason of our calling and the glory that awaits us...just saying.
Because God is holy all sin is still an abomination to him. The danger of putting sin in a sort of hierarchical system is that some people may start to think stealing 3 pencils as apposed to stabbing someone is not that bad. Both sins will send you to hell deservedly! I think we as humans will differentiate between sins to make ourselves feel better. It wont help anyone to stand before God and argue the difference between their sins. All have sinned and fall short. There wont be levels of punishment after death. Eternity without God will be unbearable wether you have stolen 3 pencils or stabbed someone. God giving us different punishments for different sins is just A holy God communicating grace to a fallen people. Its not how things will roll after death. In christ = saved. Stealing 3 pencils without christ = Hell. All sin s Not the same when dealing with EACH OTHER.. But not when dealing with God. theres my 10 cents :)
You can't use the premise of Levitical law to defeat the law applied not by men but by God. Jesus said this... It was said previously in the law thou shall not kill but I (Red Letter scripture) say unto you that he that hates his brother without (just) cause hath committed murder already in his heart. That's Jesus saying he is going to apply the law differently than was afforded between men.
Amen! You stated the clearest verse: John 19:11 where Jesus told Pilate the Jews and Judas were guilty of a greater sin.
"11Jesus answered, * * * "Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
I wanted to share your video until you mentioned Doreen Virtue.....her Christ has no Stigmata....please check whom you mingle with.
mercy is not given to remove the truth and continue in sin, it is given to repent and trust in the Lord to overcome..
So saying sin is sin according to God can be dangerous in what you are promoting. The corruption that enters a heart is what we reap when we practice sin.
it is not to allow sin to continue or to continue in your ways, and say hey we all sin, dont judge. So as they continue in their walk, they are like hey all sin is sin in Gods eyes.
If you are in leadership, and someone becomes prideful and comes against Gods Word in how things should be; mercy is not given to enable this to continue, but rather be corrected in what is right.
First off, if pride is the issue, enabling the pride to continue is to give in for pride to continue.
This is not forcing them to do what they do not want to do, this is standing on the Word of God with mercy and love to come to the truth. A movement i see in many churches that are mission minded, is the one your leading to Christ, do not offend them as the main priority. There is many truths in Gods Word but priority to stand with God is the greatest priority.
we have the understanding they do not understand, but to allow the weakness to be priority, is the wrong we need to be aware of.
I understand to be gentle and kind, but not continuing in the truth is not teaching them anything. If this offends them, then they are offended by the truth. They have the right to deny it, and you have the right to not be moved in the truth of God. Grace opens the door for repentance, not for continuing in it, to not offend them.
I see churches that use disney characters and smurfs to bring children into church. They said, hey as long as we get them in church. I went to a bible school that used biblical characters as hero's in the bible, that submitted to God and did His will. You may say hey, what is the big deal. Well when the comparison comes to being a hero, it is those that submitted to God rather than those that have nothing to do with God.
you are not using something secular to understand God and make analogies to the truth of God. You are using those that submitted to God. If church becomes entertainment for the people, rather than truth and repentance and worship..then you may understand Charles Spurgeons comment: One day instead of the shepherd feeding the sheep, you will have clowns entertaining stubborn goats.
Humbleness and humility to the rebellious, and truth in hope in God to the little ones, as well as the rebellious, is not popular today. Surrender instead of what is in it for me, or i dont like this church they are boring, is the priority that has to be made in the evangelical churches that practice such things in the name of mission.
Video totally wrong contept
Because Jesus paid for all sin on cross of all ungodly people and he died for all
People go to heaven or hell based purely on belief in him/accepting him as saviour, if they do they are sealed with Holy Spirit if they don't they commit blasphemy against Holy Spirit.
People don't burn in lake of fire for theft , murder and so on , it was paid for alredy by Christ on cross.
They all go here who rejected him.
So yes all sin is equal in value and was paid for by Christ.
beyond being able to prove it using scripture which is obviously where you start in order to prove that certain sins are way differently... beyond scripture, it just makes intuitive sense... adultery is going to weigh more on a person's heart then stealing a candy bar. Christian Church it's failing so many... I read recently that divorce rates in the church have surpassed national average... men and women are simply not being held accountable this... if you want to get divorced, okay, just know that you can't be a part of this church or this small group... we will pray for you but, adios, back into the desert you go. and by the way, we're going to let the church down the know too so you're going to walk for a while to find repentance... marriage is a sacred covenant and your inability to maintain that should reflect negatively on you.
It's interesting that the scripture says tooth for tooth when a newborn doesn't have teeth, so it seems to also be referring to the mother.
I understand it's more about proportionality, but I just thought it was interesting because I always read it having more to do with the baby.
Sexual sin is sin against ones own body and is very serious. I believe it all comea down to whether we are saved or not. A saved person that steals a pencil can be forgiven just as someond that curses. Did they both repent ? Saul had murdered and so did David . They were forgive and so was the thief on the cross .hmm
Hi Mike ! I just found your channel after wanting to get more info about WMSCIG. I wanted to tell you, you should really consider doing this as a podcast as well. Because I would love to listen without necessarily having to watch a video. I appreciate the work you do and the content you provide, it's been very helpful. God bless you !
Hi Yeraldyn, I actually do have a podcast with this content on it. Search for “Bible Thinker” and it should come up.
Mike Winger thank you!
@@MikeWinger Thanks too let me search that podcast
What about some sins being >similar< to other sins ??
Like hate being likened unto murder. And so on
I don’t mean to say it’s okay to physically murder them because of hate towards them, but that they’re equal, no?
Every sin carries the same potential sentence of death (/condemnation). Why? Because not all have murdered... Not all have been put in the same position to face the same test. You have to remember this... we are intentionally placed in condemnation so that we all need Christs salvation. We were all made subject to this condemnation by he who did the same in hope. That is God who hoped that through Christ we can be reconciled to himself. What God has hope? Cannot God have his own will? This is his will that we be reconciled to him through Christ. That is the predestination. It pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe (hear his word and obey).
Sins (plural) are not the same and have very different consequences both spiritually and physically. However, sin (singular) is the same. That’s the distinction that most people have trouble making when the Bible speaks of sin. When John wrote that there was a sin not unto death and a sin unto death he was speaking particularly of sins and varying consequences they may have. Paul also addressed this when he said to the Corinthians that some of them were sick or had died because of how they were treating the Table of the Lord. All sin separates one from God, but particular sins effect us and our relationships more than other sins.
Just using common sense, everyone knows deep down inside that all sins are not the same. Sexually violating a child isn’t the same as stealing a snickers candy bar. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the most severe of all punishment. Jesus obviously made a distinction in this case. Jesus said, all sins can be forgiven but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven in this age or the one to come. I hear pastor trying to diminish the severity of the sin of homosexuality. They claim it’s no different than any other sin and that’s not true. It’s an abomination to God, and in the OT, this sin carried with it the death penalty.
I think Hebrews 2:2 is talking about salvation and that Jesus' crucifixion is the just retribution of the sins that have happened and will happen but in this context specifically what had happened, and though I don't necessarily disagree with you but it's like with good what is a better good to save 10 lives or to save 1 life, to rescue multiple people from death? Or to give money to the poor? Now everyone I believe would say that saving multiple people is better but that's not the point, the point is that good was done, for sin yes there is a sin that is greater than other's but in God's eyes the punishment is the same which is death now Jesus saved us from that punishment but not from the Justice of each sin and his Justice is discipline so that we can remove that sin, that's what I've always thought when I said "all sin is equal" because sins have different consequences however a sin is a sin
I figure you probably don't read comments on 2 year old videos, but this is actually the first video of yours I've seen that I disagree with. While I agree that in the court of man, different crimes are worse than others. But Jesus himself stopped the Pharisees from killing a prostitute. By the old law, they were in the right to kill her for her adultery, however Jesus stops them with his quote of "Let he without sin throw the first stone."
God bless you immensely. Biblical sounds teaching. Thank you very much.
Hey Mike! Not sure if youll see this on such an old video, and I havent finished it yet so perhaps you talk about this anyway: would you say the reverse is also true? Are some works greater than others?
God knows our heart. We can see a glimpse of a heart by the severity of sin.
Committing adultery vs stealing a pencil.
I’m sorry but using inherently problematic Mosaic law as a basis for this is bizarre. One of the things Jesus came to fix was the inconsistency of the Mosaic law
This was a one that really cleared some things up for me! Thanks for doing this Mike!
Have you ever thought about talking about the dialogues in Job? I’ve been wondering if those would be considered all truth, or that the truth is that someone said “...”. Because I think it can be hard to discern whether it’s truth or just a recording of speech.
an Israeli is a citizen of the modern state of Israel, Jew or Arab, Muslim or Christian or nonbeliever. Mike is thinking of "Israelite."