Knight said:
Yes your definition is good, but you are also right in that it is not the ONLY definition of sin.
Sin has several connotations which is one more reason that Sozo's dogmatic claim "Christians cannot sin" fails.
Oh yes, it is the only "definition" but there are many ways that sin is "described" in the bible and they are sin, each and every one. At the heart of each description is the single common thread; the offense against the person, character and plan of God. Sin opposes all that God is. Sin stands in opposition to the very essence of God. Do you agree that there is a difference between being in opposition and and offending. I can offend without being in opposition. I do not oppose you but I am sure that I have offended you on occasion. If my offense causes you to lose your faith then I have also offended Christ because you are His. For this I shell receive chastening from the Lord. The problem is when the Greek word "hamariano" is translated, the translator makes no such distention so translating the word as sin in all occasions of its appearance.
Hebrews 12:5 *And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 *For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 *If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 *But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews 12:5 *And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 *For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 *If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 *But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.