If, after making a total and unconditional commitment to God, we deliberately choose to return to the ways of the world, showing disregard for God’s ways, then we are in danger of the sin that leads to death. Willful and deliberate sin leads to death And it is possible for someone to willfully decide to reject God’s way without receiving the Holy Spirit (such as the beast and false prophet of Revelation 19:20).
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Is there a sin that can be classified as unpardonable and can lead to eternal death? Yes, it is possible for someone who has received the Holy Spirit to deliberately and willfully decide he or she no longer wants to follow God’s way of life. But if we do not repent, we remain under the penalty of death. The essential difference, as explained throughout the Bible, is what happens after we sin. So, how can there be a sin that does not lead to death? The Bible does not separate sins into “mortal sins” and “venial sins.” Each time we break God’s law, we earn the death penalty.
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The Bible states that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), so how can there be a sin that does not lead to death?The Bible states that the wages of sin-all sin-is death (Romans 6:23 see “ What Is the Meaning of Romans 6:23?”). Read more about God’s law in our section on “ The 10 Commandments and God’s Way of Life.” The wages of sin is death Sin is always ‘lawlessness,’ whether committed by a child of God or anyone else” (p. Phillips renders this verse, “Everyone who commits sin breaks God’s law, for that is what sin is, by definition-a breaking of God’s law” (emphasis added throughout).Įxpositor’s Bible Commentary (Revised Edition) says: “Our status as ‘children of God’ does not change the basic definition of sin, nor does it alleviate our moral responsibility. The Bible states that sin “is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4, KJV). (Read more about this in our booklet Is the Bible True? and our article “ Contradictions in the Bible?”) What is sin in the Bible? If we recognize the authority of the Bible as being the inspired Word of God, then we can have confidence that seeming contradictions can be sorted out. John 10:35 clearly says, “The Scripture cannot be broken.” Since the Bible was inspired by the Creator, there can be no errors or contradictions in the Scriptures He originally inspired. We have to go to the Bible to find the answers. The Bible: key to understandingĪs we review these scriptures, we will come to understand that the answer is not as difficult as it first appears. William Barclay in his Daily Study Bible states: “There is no doubt that this is a most difficult and disturbing passage” (comments on 1 John 5:16-17). All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death” (1 John 5:16-17). I do not say that he should pray about that. Here is the passage in the New King James Version: “If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. But he added a distinction that has confused people for hundreds of years, between “a sin unto death” and “a sin not unto death” (King James Version). The apostle John encouraged us to pray for sinning Church members.