Failure to acknowledge sin is deliberate betrayal and disloyalty To God, betrayal is the most devastating loss a person can experience.1John 3:4: The one who practices sin is of the devil. If people call themselves Christian, they are required to follow Christ and live as He did..1 John 2:6 He kept The Sabbath, God's food laws, God's appointed times, and all the commandments. This also is a Deliberate betrayal by living your lives opposite to Christ whom you claim to love.

 

1 John 3:4: The one who practices sin is of the devil

 “Sin is the transgression of the law that separates the sinner from God.

 

1. Sin is what happens when you violate God's law;

2. Transgression is the actual act of violating the law

3. Iniquity is a wicked act and immoral conduct or practice. when you've engaged in sin by transgressing God's law

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1 John 3:9   No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.​

 

Key examples of betraying God:

• Ignoring God's laws and choosing to practice sin: Engaging in actions considered morally wrong according to Scripture. 

• Hypocrisy: Presenting oneself as devout Christian while acting contrary to one's beliefs. 

• Putting worldly things first: Prioritizing material possessions, career success, or personal pleasure above spiritual growth. 

• Not actively practicing faith: Failing to regularly pray, study scripture, or observe the Sabbath.

• Misinterpreting scripture: Twisting the meaning of religious texts to suit personal desires. 

• Failing to stand up for what is right: Not speaking out against injustice or immoral behavior when appropriate. 

• Lack of compassion and love: Not showing kindness and generosity towards others, which is a core tenet of most faiths. 

• Building "kingdoms" outside of God: Focusing on creating personal power or status rather than serving a higher purpose. 

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…23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming.

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Warnings against Sin

1 Listen! The LORD’s arm is not too weak to save you,nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.

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2 It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.Because of your sins, he has turned away

and will not listen anymore.

3 Your hands are the hands of murderers,and your fingers are filthy with sin.Your lips are full of lies,and your mouth spews corruption.

4 No one cares about being fair and honest.The people’s lawsuits are based on lies.They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

5 They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs.Whoever eats their eggs will die;

whoever cracks them will hatch a viper.

6 Their webs can’t be made into clothing,and nothing they do is productive.All their activity is filled with sin,and violence is their trademark.

7 Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder.They think only about sinning.

Misery and destruction always follow them.

8 They don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and good.They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.

9 So there is no justice among us, and we know nothing about right living.We look for light but find only darkness. We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.

10 We grope like the blind along a wall, feeling our way like people without eyes.Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark.Among the living,we are like the dead.

11 We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves.We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.

12 For our sins are piled up before God and testify against us.Yes, we know what sinners we are.

13 We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,carefully planning our deceitful lies.

14 Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found.Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.

15 Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.The LORD looked and was displeased to find there was no justice.

16 He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.

17 He put on righteousness as his body armor and placed the helmet of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.

18 He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.

19 In the west, people will respect the name of the LORD; in the east, they will glorify him.

For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the LORD.a

20“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,”b says the LORD.

21“And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

 

 

When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”verse is from the Bible, specifically Isaiah 59:14-16, which says: "So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance;

 

truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.". 16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.…

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Meaning: This passage describes a society where truth and honesty are so absent that they are practically non-existent, to the point where someone who tries to live righteously is vulnerable and becomes a target. It portrays a severe moral decline where justice is not pursued and evil is widely accepted. 

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“All liars will have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone” is a quote from the Bible,

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The lake of fire is a symbolic place of punishment for the wicked after death. The phrase "fire and brimstone" is an idiom that refers to God's wrath. "Brimstone" is an old-fashioned term for sulfur. 

The lake of fire appears in both ancient Egyptian and Christian religions. In ancient Egypt, it was an obstacle on the journey through the underworld.