The BIG Picture (Q&A)

Consider this practical analogy.  Both a pig and a sheep can fall into a mud hole. The pig remains perfectly content in the mud because it is its nature to roll in the mud. The sheep is not content to roll in the mud because it is contrary to its nature. It wants out as quickly as possible because living in mud is uncomfortable, unpleasant and weighty when the mud saturates its wool. Similarly, if a believer truly possesses the divine nature within them, they will be uncomfortable around sin, and sin will be unpleasant and feel weighty on their spirit because it is contrary to their new nature. Dealing with the inevitable question: What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Shall we sin knowing that we are entirely justified through Christ in the sight of God? Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more , 21 so that as sin reigned in death, ...

Depending on the context of the verse, there was a marked difference between the word "Sin" and the word "Sins". One might think that the plural means more than one sin, right? Well, that is not always the case! In the King James Bible, it can mean something else as well. First, the word "Sins" (plural) Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins , that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins , according to the riches of his grace; The word, "Sins" (plural) refer to countless acts of sinning as the fruits or result of the sin nature within us. This is very different to the singular "sin" which we will look at shortly. Of course, if I commit a single wron...