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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Have We Redefined Sin?
Description: Some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts… “Who can forgive sins but God alone?”Mark 2:6-7These men were right. The only person who can forgive is the one who has been offended. If you set fire to your neighbour’s house, your neighbour can forgive you. But if someone else sets fire to your neighbour's house, you cannot forgive them. The only one who can do that is your neighbour.
The teachers of the law knew that sin, biblically defined, is an offence against God. Therefore, by definiti...