Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
Is there a common denominator to all sin? The law of God would suggest that there are ten varieties for there are Ten Commandments; but is there one root beneath them all?
The classic definition of sin is: “the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4, KJV). But the actual Greek word goes much deeper in concept—anomia, two words in one, “a” means against, and “nomos” means “law.” In physics, “anomia” would mean rebellion against gravity or against any of the natural laws that make life in a cosmos possible. Sin is therefore heart resistance to what is fundamentally righteous. And what is fundamentally right of course is God’s love, agape, demonstrated in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.
Sin is therefore hatred of God and of all that He is; and “God is agape” (1 John 4:8). Sin loves to eradicate God by crucifying Him on a cross. Sin hates agape, and loves to hate anyone whom God loves and favors.
Total rebellion against God and life in general would permeate the world were it not for the presence of the Holy Spirit here. He is a gift by virtue of Christ leaving the world at His ascension, who said, “It is expedient for you that I go away:.... if I depart, I will send [the Holy Spirit] unto you. And when He is come, He will reprove [convict] the world of sin” (John 16:7-9). The “great controversy between Christ and Satan” would have been long ago finished with total victory for the Enemy if it were not for the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world. (Nobody would drive on the proper side of the road, for example; there’d be mayhem everywhere. We have a million reasons to say “Thank You!” to God that we seldom think of.)
The idea of “Elijah” being “sent” is a last-chance ministry of that Holy Spirit; “Elijah” is “turning hearts”—as miraculous as water running uphill (Mal. 4:5, 6). He will do it for you if you’ll cease your constant “a” resistance.
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