SIN –what is it?
To chose against ADONAI, the GOD of our Fathers. What is meant here is that We are given HASHEM’s Laws and Teachings which we are to Obey. When we decide that in any manner that negates or is opposition to what ADONAI has commanded, we SIN.
Three Short Examples:
1) Eve blames snake, Eve ate of the tree with full knowledge that the LORD, who walks in the Garden with them(Adam and Eve) said not to touch or eat, A painful child birth and desire for her husband is our punishment.
2) Adam blames the woman the LORD gave him, but gets punished for choosing against GOD. The texts says “Gen. 3:17 …Because you listened to your wife and did eat of the tree about which I TOLD YOU . . . .” Adam chose not to listen to GOD, but did listen to Eve, SIN.
3) Moses “Numbers 20:12 . . . .”Because you did not Trust* ME enough to give ME the Glory before all Israel, you therefore will not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them . . . .”
My comments:
There are many, many more examples of sin and out creative ways to SIN in the Torah and Tanach. I chose to use these because they seem easy to understand. In examples One and Two, each knows what GOD has said, and yet, without much or any consideration they did exactly what GOD said not to do. They chose against GOD in their actions.
Number Three is more obtuse**, In the first two examples above the going against GOD(sin) is very direct and observable. We will need more foundation with the Moses event.
My simple statement(which for me is unusual) is, “The more knowledge YOU have about the Existence of GOD, the more YOU are expected to demonstrate that knowledge before those not so blessed. To do any less is a Wrong(not explicitly stated as sin but the punishment seems greater for those with knowledge which choose to go against GOD).”
We should define three words which are used by many as interchangeable, and you can prove this by doing a simple search on a web search engine with regard to any of these three words.
{*http://dictionary.reference.com/
Trust and Belief are used in the translation of the Tanach/Torah/Old Testament, below are the dictionary found at this web page. I prefer the word trust as for me it requires the most evidence, while belief should be based on evidence and faith is more “Do it and don’t ask questions, just do it.”
trust [truhst] Show IPA noun
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
be·lief [bih-leef] Show IPA noun
1. something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
faith [feyth] Show IPA noun
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another’s ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
For more see
http://truthintorahbb.ask-james.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61&sid=ef12f11ed99b78dc6ba2437085a8c4a7
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{**http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obtuse
ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos] Show IPA adjective
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound. }