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As tturt has demonstrated, the Bible contains various descriptions and lists of sins. They are necessary, as Paul wrote,
Romans 7:7
7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
However, you are a "new creature in Christ: old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17) In Christ, you have been redeemed, justified and sanctified (1 Corinthians 1:30), made a joint-heir with him (Romans 8:17), united with him in his death and burial and raised into "newness of life" in him (Romans 6:1-11). You are "dead to sin," as a born-again believer, and your life is hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). These are the truths, these are the facts about yourself as a child of God, that ought to occupy your attention, not lists of sin (necessary though they are). When you're looking for the boundaries between righteousness and sin, you're not looking at Christ. But it's only in keeping your heart fixed on him that you will be changed into his image. (2 Corinthians 3:18; Hebrews 12:2-3; Romans 8:29)
Romans 7:7
7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
However, you are a "new creature in Christ: old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17) In Christ, you have been redeemed, justified and sanctified (1 Corinthians 1:30), made a joint-heir with him (Romans 8:17), united with him in his death and burial and raised into "newness of life" in him (Romans 6:1-11). You are "dead to sin," as a born-again believer, and your life is hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). These are the truths, these are the facts about yourself as a child of God, that ought to occupy your attention, not lists of sin (necessary though they are). When you're looking for the boundaries between righteousness and sin, you're not looking at Christ. But it's only in keeping your heart fixed on him that you will be changed into his image. (2 Corinthians 3:18; Hebrews 12:2-3; Romans 8:29)
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