What
is a sinner? Who qualifies to be a sinner? Well, first of all, sinners
commit sin. Anyone who sins is a sinner in the same way that a person
that tells a lie is a liar. So, what is sin?
1
John 3
[4]
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
What
law? God's law! To make this point even cleaer, let us look at a more
basic deifinition of sin.
Sin
is.....
1)
...doing what God says not to do.
OR
2)
...NOT doing what God says to do.
All
of us at some point have failed to do what God requires of us and ALL
of us have PURPOSELY done things that our conscience told us was wrong.
Ever told a lie? Ever stolen anything? Ever disobeyed your parents?
We have ALL "sinned and fallen short of the glory of GOD";
therefore, WE ARE ALL SINNERS.