One Sin Taints the Whole Person, Part 1 (TMF:1985)

Friday, November 18, 2022
Peace to Live By: One Sin Taints the Whole Person, Part 1 (TMF:1985) - Daniel Litton
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       Continuing in James, he says, “For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law” (ESV). The concept behind what James says here really is the whole foundation for the doctrine of the fallen nature of mankind. So, God considers that if we sin just once, even if we didn’t sin anymore, we are completely guilty and deserving of his everlasting punishment. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? Well, it’s not for God. We are looking at the commandants of God independently of one another. That understanding, though, is foreign to God. When we sin, the entirety of ourselves becomes tainted. Think of it like this. If we get a disease in our blood, all of our blood is tainted with that disease, not just part of it.