...tremendous thing in us — this antagonism to God ? this enemy to the universe ? If so, what is it ? " Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God."* The sum of all which God requires of man, and prohibits, is comprehended in the ten commandments, every...

...that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." " Sin," say the Westminster divines, " is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God." The laws of God are ordained unto life, and are only found to be unto death unto those who break them....

...vii. 29. God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions. 14. Q. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.* * 1 John iii. 4. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law ; for sin is the transgression...

...at least anticipated in its terms by A Compendious Catechism,i by JF, published in London, 1645). " Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God." " Christ as our Redeemer executeth the offices of a Prophet, of a Priest, and of a King, both in His...

...were the judge. She had learned the Westminster catechism in childhood, and she knew that sin was " any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God." What she did not know was that sin at its worst is indulgence in selfishness, is deliberate unkindness...

...storm," and must be handled accordingly. This is sentimental nonsense. There is such a thing as sin; and sin is "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God." Sin involves guilt; and unless some just and rational mode of deliverance is provided, it must logically...

...Hegelian philosophy. Certainly that can not be Christianity which has no place for sin as consisting in "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God"; which cannot admit of the incarnation as resulting in the eternal union of God and man, two distinct...

...; it is for what you did not do that you are being punished." The shorter catechism defines sin as any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. The Church was a divinely appointed institution to proclaim the necessity of regeneration and an honest...

...The root idea of the word sin in the Hebrew and the Greek alike is this: "SIN IS A MISSING THE MARK." What is sin? "Sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God." In one word sin is disobedience. Disobedience of what? Of the "LAW OF GOD." The scene is the wilderness...

...Biblical idea of sin is succinctly expressed in the definition of the Westminster Shorter Catechism : " Sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God." 2. The Psychological Nature of Sin. — We have already unfolded the psychological nature of sin as...