Sin is unavoidable.
When Adam and Eve was tempted to eat the forbidden fruit, sin entered the world.
Sin is defined in the Bible as the transgression of the law. We transgress when we disobey the law. We disobey because we know the law but do not follow them. 1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
According to the Bible, there is no one not even a just man, who ever does good and did not sin against God. Ecc 7:20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
Everyone sins. There is no one who was born without a sin. Except of course with Jesus Christ who was conceived by the Holy Spirit. He is not a man like us. He manifests Himself into flesh to fulfill everything that was written in the book of the Prophets. Nonetheless, He sinned not because He is not a man. 1Pe 2:22 He who did no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth,
Heb 7:26 For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens,
Is there anyone else who has not sinned against God?
Many people believe that the mother of Jesus, Mary was sinless, born without sin and pure in all things. They use the verse in the Bible that says Mary is full of grace.
Luke 1:28, 30 - Angel said to Mary she was: “full of grace, and that she found favor with God”
Luke 1:48 - In Mary Song, she prophecies, “all generations will call me blessed”
Luke 10:40 - Elizabeth said to Mary that she was, “the most blessed among women”
We also believe that Mary is a blessed woman and a servant of God. Indeed, she was blessed by the almighty God to conceive Jesus Christ. And as a woman called Jesus, she says that blessed is the womb that bare Him (referring to Mary – who is indeed truly blessed), but Christ answers back, “blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
In the eyes of the Lord, everyone is equal. If we obey His will, we will all be called blessed. Just like Mary, if we obey God, we too, get blessed by God.
Luk 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. Luk 11:28 But he said, Yea rather,blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
If we try to look on Luke 1: 28 – we can not found that Mary was full of gracebut according to the King James Version, a version taken from the original manuscript, it says,
Luk 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Luk 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
Every one who found favor from the Lord, is considered to be blessed by God. Christ says, Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. (Mat 24:46 ). A servant, like Mary, who patiently waits for the Lord, and does the will of God is considered to be blessed too.
Some people may explain that the verse in Ecclesiastes 7:20 is only for the Old Testament time when Mary was not chosen yet. But Apostle Paul mentions in his letter to the Romans, that all people sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
And Apostle John mentions that if we say that we sinned not, we are only deceiving our selves.
1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
In the book of the Revelation, it says,
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This verse not only talks about the blessedness of those who become part of the first resurrection because of their triumph in life, but also it discusses about what will not happen to them. Because they are blessed, they will escape the the power of the second death (refers to hell).
The doctrine of some churches that there is someone or anyone who does not sin at all is a lie and a teaching not according to the will of God. They can break the words of God through their philosophical way of explaining the Bible, but nevertheless, the truth will come out, and no one escapes from sins.
Since no one can escape from sinning, we need to come to God and ask for His help to overcome these sins. There are many ways mentioned in the Bible on how to avoid sins.
