Bible Pearls

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Sin is one of the most familiar words in the Bible - but what does it actually mean? Is sin simply breaking a religious rule, doing something morally wrong, or does the Biblical concept reveal something more?

One of the words translated as "sin" carries the idea of missing the mark. But that immediately raises a much bigger question: if sin means missing the mark, what exactly is the mark we are supposed to hit?

Understanding what Scripture means by sin changes the questions we begin to ask. Before deciding what is - or is not - sin, perhaps we first need to discover what the Biblical mark actually is.