@bethany and I were discussing the question, "are there different degrees to sin?"
Jesus said that sinning in your heart makes you guilty of sin, but are all sins a felony or there spiritual misdemeanors? Both felonies and misdemeanors are law breakers, but have different consequences.
I am studying this question today.
Is lust in my heart equal to the act? Will the sin of rape or murder reap the same as lying to my grandma about her pie being good if it isnt?
thoughts?
@sinbach @bethany These following two verses suggest to me that some sins are worse than others:
Luke 17:2
"It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble."
1 Corinthians 6:18b
"Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body."
So I would say there is, to an extent, different degrees to sin.
