Terry, how do you know when you have "missed the mark"? izzy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Clifton Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and the rest of us
ShieldsFamily wrote: >FYI, I agree with David's perspective on this completely. We are not born >guilty of sin, but with a fleshly bent towards sin. No one except Jesus has >lived sinlessly. I still wonder how He did it--so amazing. > >Question for DM or Debbie, or anyone on TT. How would you define sin? izzy > > ===================================================================== Ah so. How soon we forget. Sin is a word used by archers way back then. It means to miss the mark. They did not have a bulls eye target in those days. Just shot their arrows at a mark on a tree trunk or some such. As adopted by those who wrote scripture, sin means to miss the mark set for us by God. Terry ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
