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Originally Posted by Aquila
I believe you're exactly right. Sinning is "missing the mark". However, I was in the military. Before one can "miss the mark" a mark must be set. What is that "mark"? I believe that "mark" is the moral Law of God. Every command in the Torah can be categorized under one of the Ten Commandments of God's Law. When the ceremonial law is set aside, when the civil and judicial laws of Israel found in the Torah are set aside, when the Levitical laws of the priesthood are set aside, you have the moral Law of God, the Ten Commandments. In short the commandments can be divided into two categories. The first shows us how to honor God. The second shows us how to honor our neighbor.
If something breaks God's Moral Law (one of the Ten Commandments) it is sin. Nothing more... nothing less.
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You have to remember that the law was summed up as follows:
In Matthew, Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Mark, And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
In Luke, And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
And you also have to remember that there are far, far, far more than 10 commandments that were given. You can't weigh against those and exclude the rest.