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He is a Violator of the Law |
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| "For whosoever
shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all" (James 2: 10). This is difficult for many to accept because they
have accepted the idea that those who violate the law somehow are not
really guilty of anything, can "plea bargain," hire a lawyer and
get away with whatever they have done. Justice, truth and evidence has
little place in the nation's present judicial system. One does not have to
lie, steal, murder, rape, kidnap and other crimes to be guilty of criminal
behavior. Murder alone makes that person a criminal and violator of the
law.
When a person violates God's law he becomes a sinner. He does not have to violate every precept to be classed as a sinner. Sin is a transgression of the law (1 John 3: 4). Sinners must seek forgiveness or else suffer for their sins, either now or the hereafter, and very likely both, but certainly the hereafter. |
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