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The Question<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the difference in a fault, mistake and sin? Does a fault\/mistake keep you from going to heaven?<\/p>\n

JF From Alabama<\/p>\n

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The Answer<\/b>
\n<\/span>Part 1: Missing the mark
\nPart 2: Remedy
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Missing the mark (Part 1)<\/h2>\n

Perhaps if we look at the word sin from its Bible definition roots the differences of the other words will better fall into place. Then we can talk about what can keep you from going to heaven.<\/p>\n

In the New Testament the Greek word translated as \u201csin\u201d is HAMARTIA and it means, \u201cmissing the mark.\u201d The Old Testament has several Hebrew words for sin but one of them, CHATA, is similar in meaning: \u201cto miss, go wrong.\u201d I think these roots give us a powerful idea of sin. So how is sin missing the mark? What is the mark?<\/p>\n

Isaiah had a firsthand experience that helps us. He had a vision of God\u2019s throne room and the creatures standing continually in his presence. \u201cAnd one called out to another and said, \u2018Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.\u2019 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.\u201d<\/strong> (Isaiah 6:3-4) So first of all, the mark is God himself, his holiness and perfection.<\/p>\n

Now watch what happens next. \u201cThen I said, \u2018Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.\u2019\u201d <\/strong>(Verse 5) Being in God\u2019s presence made it abundantly clear to Isaiah how far off the mark he was. It is the same way any of us would feel if the holiness of God actually became real to us. The Bible says, \u201cAll of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way.\u201d <\/strong>(Isaiah 53:6) We all miss the mark!<\/p>\n

Perhaps about now you\u2019re thinking I\u2019m not really answering your question in a way that is helpful to you. How does all that stuff help you know which things\/activities are sins and which are not? Is that what you really want to know? Well I\u2019d like you to look at sin a different way. It\u2019s not so much the individual things we do or don\u2019t do. Rather, it is by admitting the truth of who we are in comparison to God and his righteousness that understanding comes. With that comes the possibility of a remedy.<\/p>\n

Remedy (Part 2)<\/h2>\n

I like the way The Message<\/em> puts Isaiah 64:6 in explaining our common condition of sin. \u201cWe\u2019re all sin-infected, sin-contaminated. Our best efforts are grease-stained rags.\u201d<\/strong> You\u2019re a sinner and I\u2019m a sinner and Isaiah was a sinner. One person may steal and another lie but all humankind is really in the same place. So as far as going to heaven, none of us deserve it.<\/p>\n

Is there any help for us then? Any chance? Yes. God realizes how hopeless we all are so he sent his Son Jesus to pay the price we could never pay. Jesus covered our sin so we could stand comfortably in the Father\u2019s presence (that\u2019s heaven in a nutshell).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go back to Isaiah 6 for a minute and the scene in the throne room. After Isaiah cried out that he was ruined something happened for him. \u201cThen one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs. And he touched my mouth with it and said, \u2018Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> (Isaiah 6:6-7)<\/p>\n

Notice that Isaiah did nothing but acknowledge the truth of his condition. It was at God\u2019s initiative that his sinfulness was wiped away. This is a perfect picture of the cross of Christ. We acknowledge our condition and God himself wipes away our sin because of the shed blood of Jesus. Again, his initiative.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ll answer the second part of your question about what can \u201ckeep you from going to heaven.\u201d What can keep you from going to heaven is never acknowledging your condition and therefore never receiving God\u2019s provision to cover sin. The gift of being in right standing with God and therefore eligible for entrance to heaven sits there but you may refuse it.<\/p>\n

I realize I went in a very different direction in answering this question than you probably anticipated\u2014or desired. I\u2019d like to redeem myself and end with some practical advice about sin. I also know I didn\u2019t differentiate between sin, faults and mistakes. Well, here\u2019s a way to look at any of them.<\/p>\n

What if we defined sin this way: sin is anything you\u2019d be ashamed to do if you were standing in God\u2019s throne room like Isaiah did. When making choices about what to do\u2014what not to do, picture yourself there. If your head starts to hang in shame and you start to say to yourself, \u201cWoe is me\u201d then DON\u2019T DO IT. That is sin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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