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If you were blind...

Acts-dicted Posts: 9027 **3/6/17 6:39 am**

THE BLIND HAVE NO SIN

"Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains." Jn 9:40,41

Unbelief is a sin you do not have, cannot have, until you see the Father in the word of Christ, the works of Christ.

"Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves." Jn 14:9-11

Jesus came to a world where "no one has seen God at any time" to give recovery of sight to the blind...to explain the Father and show us the Father so we could see the Father and believe (Jn 1:18).

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well." Jn. 14:22-24

There is a sin you "would not have" if Jesus hadn't "spoken" and "done among them the works which no one else did". He spoke and worked, showed us the words and works of the Father, so we would see Him and believe.

The sin you have when you "have both seen and hated" Jesus and His Father is unbelief.

If you were blind, you have no sin.
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Old Indian...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6042 **3/7/17 7:33 am**

And old Indian asked a missionary, "If you had not told me these things were wrong, they would not be sins?"

"That's right," said the missionary.

"Then why did you tell me?"

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Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6385 **3/7/17 4:34 pm**

c6th...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6042 **3/7/17 5:23 pm**

Unfortunately (for those who might seek a loophole), there is still the law in our hearts that Romans speaks of. It is the law for those without the law.

It may not be SIN in the most literal sense, but God punished Cain even though there was no law then.

It's hard to figure, tell you the truth.

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Acts-dicted Posts: 9027 **3/8/17 9:17 am**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **3/8/17 9:38 am**

Maybe Aaron is referring to Cain's murder and not his offering?

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 16646 **3/8/17 9:43 am**

Had a law regarding murder been given to Cain?
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Acts-dicted Posts: 9027 **3/8/17 10:11 am**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **3/8/17 10:42 am**

Agreed that he did not get the eye for an eye punishment. However, I'm reading "cursed from the ground" not as "cursed BY the ground" but essentially as cursed with respect to your interaction with the ground.
NIV reads this way:
"Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand."
Cain's response shows him to understand the punishment as being from God:
"Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid;"