As long as we are humans we all know that at one point in this life we'll sin. Parents tell us, teachers tell us, preachers tell us... but what they all fail to tell us is what really is a sin?
The word derives from old English, while the stern may be related to that of Latin's sons, sont - guilty. In Classical Greek, it means "to miss the mark" or "to miss the target" which was also used in Old English archery.
In the Aramaic Language and culture that Jesus taught in, the terms for "sin" and "evil" were archery terms. When the archer shot at the target and missed, the scorekeeper yelled the Aramaic word for sin. It meant that you were off the mark, so you should take another shot. Sin is when you are operating from inaccurate information and thus a perceptual mistake. Where the arrow fell when it missed the target was referred to as evil.
Which makes you wonder... Should we really pity and despise our sins that much, feel embarrassed and do our best to forget all about it, or should we learn the lesson, focus on what we want to achieve and "shoot" one more time, doing our best.
I never understood the necessity of continuously begging for forgiveness for your sins, what's done it's done! Learn something from it, learn to be a better person. I think it's much more meaningful to say a sorry after you did something wrong and then prove that you have changed your ways, than beg for forgiveness while doing the same mistakes over and over again.
In my opinion, a sin should be perceived as feedback rather than fault. You know that what you did wasn't what you intended in the first place, "you missed your target" and instead of complaining and starting to blame all those around you that made it impossible for you to shoot how you wanted to, just consider it feedback. You know you missed, identify the real reason why you missed and adjust your behavior to succeed next time.
The word derives from old English, while the stern may be related to that of Latin's sons, sont - guilty. In Classical Greek, it means "to miss the mark" or "to miss the target" which was also used in Old English archery.
In the Aramaic Language and culture that Jesus taught in, the terms for "sin" and "evil" were archery terms. When the archer shot at the target and missed, the scorekeeper yelled the Aramaic word for sin. It meant that you were off the mark, so you should take another shot. Sin is when you are operating from inaccurate information and thus a perceptual mistake. Where the arrow fell when it missed the target was referred to as evil.
Which makes you wonder... Should we really pity and despise our sins that much, feel embarrassed and do our best to forget all about it, or should we learn the lesson, focus on what we want to achieve and "shoot" one more time, doing our best.
I never understood the necessity of continuously begging for forgiveness for your sins, what's done it's done! Learn something from it, learn to be a better person. I think it's much more meaningful to say a sorry after you did something wrong and then prove that you have changed your ways, than beg for forgiveness while doing the same mistakes over and over again.
In my opinion, a sin should be perceived as feedback rather than fault. You know that what you did wasn't what you intended in the first place, "you missed your target" and instead of complaining and starting to blame all those around you that made it impossible for you to shoot how you wanted to, just consider it feedback. You know you missed, identify the real reason why you missed and adjust your behavior to succeed next time.
Just imagine all of your sins were just arrows missing the target, forget 'em. You have plenty more arrows and more wisdom to shoot right this time. Stop worrying about the enormous luggage you carry around named "past" and focus on the future. Work towards becoming who you know you can be, and whenever you do something wrong... or you sin, remember to make it up to those you've hurt and learn lessons from what you did wrong. If all of us would just change our actions instead of changing our words, this world would be a much better place.
Wishing you the best,
Rachel
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