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PDA Introduction (Why are we doing this?)
What is the purpose of this series?
The most important thing for you to remember from this series and practice during it is not how to defend your argument, but how to do it with love.
In other words, your goal is not to win the argument.
Your goal is always to win the person.
Sometimes both are not always possible.
Rules:
I will open by stating my argument with a little bit of fuel.
My argument must come from the Bible.
After I present my argument, you’re allowed to start defending Christianity.
Your argument must come from the Bible; you’re allowed to have notes, but those notes must be from a source that uses the Bible.
I’m allowed to lie to you; but if you ask me if I’m lying I’ll tell you honestly.
**The truth is never afraid to be questioned.
A lie never likes to be challenged.**
If the majority either wishes to give up, y’all win, or we run out of time, I will open a Q & A for any of you.
If I feel an argument is at a dead end, either by me losing or you going silent, I’ll open a new one and we’ll address the old one during the Q&A.
To make things more efficient, I will only pick those who raise their hand.
If you have a thought to add, raise your hand.
Any questions?
Let the game begin.
Opening Argument
So what is it that causes someone to go to Hell?
The fall of man?
Not trusting in Jesus?
Sin?
What is the one thing that causes us to go to Hell?
What is it that causes one to earn eternity in Hell?
Sin.
But which sin causes eternity in Hell?
All of them.
Any sin, no matter how small, is enough to earn you a one way ticket to eternal damnation.
Therefore, what it sounds like to me is that all sin equal in God’s eyes.
Counter for OT Law
Well that was only the law for us.
For people.
I’m arguing that sin is equally bad in the eyes of God.
The OT Law laid out differing levels of punishment for us because it’s the laws for a nation.
Answers
OT Law Counter Answer
So how should we interpret James 2:10?
If we view the law as a series of individual commandments, we could assume that disobedience of a particular commandment incurred guilt for that commandment only.
But, in fact, the individual commandments are part and parcel of one indivisible whole, because they reflect the will of the one Lawgiver.
To violate a commandment is to disobey God himself and render a person guilty before him.
Picture a large window with a small target on it.
You’re standing in front of this target with a hammer and you hit the window on the small target, but the whole window shatters.
Should you pay for the small piece of glass that you hit or are you responsible for the entire window?
Why would someone say that all sins are equal?
There’s two occasions where someone will say that all sins are the same.
The individual is trying to equate their sin to a ‘small sin’ to ease their conscience.
The individual will claim that the sin of their lifestyle (such as homosexuality, alcoholism, or pride) is called out more compared to other sins (such as gluttony).
To say that all sins are equal, so why is my sin more persecuted.
So if all sins are not equal in the level of how evil they are, does that mean that there is a hierarchy of sin?
Hierarchy of sins
While the Bible doesn’t have a detailed numbered list of which sins are the worst, it does give hints.
From just a short amount of time, I would put at the top:
The Unforgivable Sin
So what is the unforgivable sin?
Maybe we’ll do a lesson on it.
Seven things the Lord hates
Capital Sins
Murder (Exodus 21:12-14; Leviticus 24:17, 21)
Attacking or cursing a parent (Exodus 21:15, 17)
A Lifestyle of Defiance (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
Kidnapping / “Manstealing” (Exodus 21:16)
Refusal to restrain an animal who was known to kill (Exodus 21:28-29)
Witchcraft and sorcery (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 13:5; 1 Samuel 28:9)
Human sacrifice (Leviticus 20:2-5)
Sex with an animal (Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:16)
Doing work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14; 35:2; Numbers 15:32-36)
Incest (Leviticus 18:6-18; 20:11-12, 14, 17, 19-21)
Adultery (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22)
Homosexual acts (Leviticus 20:13)
Prostitution by a priest’s daughter (Leviticus 21:9)
Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14, 16, 23)
False prophecy (Deuteronomy 18:20)
Perjury in capital cases (Deuteronomy 19:16-19)
Disobeying a court order of a judge or priest (Deuteronomy 17:12)
False claim of a woman’s virginity at time of marriage (Deuteronomy 22:13-21)
Sex between a woman pledged to be married and a man other than her betrothed (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)
These sins have no sacrifice.
That’s why David was so heartbroken.
David was known as a man after God’s own heart?
Why?
There was no sacrifice to cleanse what David did.
He committed adultery and murder.
Both capital crimes!
Sexual Sins
The Bible tells us that sexual sins are a higher category than most sins.
Why?
Every other sin is committed outside of the body, but a sexual sin is committed against one’s own body.
What makes that so much worse?
You were bought at a price!
What price?
The death of Jesus.
Why is it so important for us to know the magnitude of sin?
Have you ever rinsed your mouth with Listerine?
Anti-septic mouthwash?
It’s strong, isn’t it?
It burns, right?
What would happen if I started adding water to it?
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