Going back to the Sin topic for this one. I thought of something else I wanted to cover.

One of the things I see a lot, especially recently as of this writing, is the redefinition of sin. I've spoken of the ways of saying sin has changed and no longer applicable. What I am referring to here is more like expanding what sin is.

A mainstream example would be alcohol. Growing up it was taught in many churches and from many church goers that even having a drink was a sin. There is no reason to drink alcohol at all.

This isn't in Scripture though. The Bible says to not be a drunkard, but never says to never drink. In fact in 1 Timothy 5:23 Paul states to not just drink water, but have a little wine.

The recent examples I see are when someone is pointing out origins of worship practices. When stating that a tradition really came from a pagan religion to worship their gods and it isn't something we should be doing for the God of the Bible, the retort usually states something along the line of "well then you can't use cellphones, cars, electricity, etc..."

The problem with this argument is it is comparing apples to broccoli. They aren't even in the same food group that's how different these concepts are. Doing things that the pagans were doing to worship their gods is not at all in the same league as what the world does commonly.

Cars were invented as a form of transportation that took over horses and chariots. We have the later in the Bible. There is no command to not use forms of transportation. This is an example of something common.

There is also the other side of the coin though where people that are trying to keep the commands cast a wider net that what Scripture gives. The most common is looking at the animals it says to not eat and looking at what those animals have in common with each other. Then look at characteristics of other animals and associate them with the animals that aren't supposed to be eaten. An example often used is pigs, as they will eat just about anything, and chickens, which will also eat just about anything.

However, the Bible doesn't say do not eat the pig because it will eat just about anything. It says to not eat it because it is an abomination to eat it. We can't make our own definitions to define sin. We need to let the Father, through His Word, do that defining for us.

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