I run across this idea all the time. What do you think? Does God consider white lies equal to murder? Is cheating on a spelling test as a child the equivalent of cheating on your wife twenty years later?
NO. All sins are NOT the same in God’s eyes.
The confusion seems to come from a misunderstanding of the cliché, “the ground is level at the foot of the cross.” The ground IS level. ALL are separated from God by sin. ALL need Jesus. “There is none righteous, no not one” Romans 3:10.
Our souls may be equal; our sins are not. The actual sins we commit are not equal in their severity. Some sins have more severe consequences.
We know rape is worse than catcalling. Armed robbery is worse than cheating on your taxes. Kidnapping is worse than blackmail. Insurance fraud is worse than stealing a library book. Some sins are worse than others. God knows that better than we do. He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, for example. Why not destroy every other city on earth? Every person in every other town was also a sinner. But Sodom’s sin was more severe. And Paul gives instructions for dealing with moral failures in the New Testament church. But is not every member of the church a moral failure in one way or another? We ALL sin, right? But no—we do NOT all sin in the same degree as the immoral Christians in the Corinthian church. All sins are NOT the same.
“There are six things the Lord hates, in fact, seven which are detestable to Him: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble between brothers” Proverbs 6:16-19.
All sins are not the same. Examine your habits and eliminate sins, beginning with those having the most severe consequences.
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