Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1John 3:4 (KJ)
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness 1John 3:4 (NI)
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 1John 3:4 (INV)
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.1John 3:4 (NKJ)
Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matt.7:21-23. What is iniquity?
Iniquity= Sin= Lawlessness= immoral or grossly unfair behavior. What is Lawlessness?
Lawlessness= Sin=a state of disorder due to a disregard of the law of God
Sin is the transgression of the law of God. The one who had done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord was guilty of sin; and in order to be free from sin, he must bring an offering, that by seeing the innocent victim die for his sins he might more fully comprehend how the innocent Lamb of God could offer his life for the sins of the world. If the sinner was a priest, filling that holy office where the influence of his wrong course would cause others to stumble, then he was to bring a bullock, an expensive animal, as a sin-offering; but if he was one of the common people, he could bring a kid or a lamb. The value of the animal to be offered was determined by the position held by the transgressor.
The sin offering was brought into the court of the sanctuary, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The Cross and its Shadow Page 123
1) The sinner, with his hands laid upon the head of the lamb, confessed over it all his sins, and then with his own hand he killed it. The Cross and its Shadow Page 123
2) Sometimes the blood was taken into the first apartment of the sanctuary by the officiating priest, who dipped his finger in the blood and sprinkled it before the Lord.
3)The horns of the golden altar, the altar of incense, were also touched with the blood. The priest then came out into the court and poured all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.
4) The bodies of the animals whose blood was taken into the sanctuary, were burned without the camp. “Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. The Cross and its Shadow Page 123
5) The sinner, by confessing his sins over the lamb, in type and shadow transferred them to the lamb. The life of the lamb was then taken instead of the life of the sinner, typifying the death of the Lamb of God, who would offer his life for the sins of the world. The blood of the animal was powerless to remove sin
6) But by shedding its blood the penitent revealed his faith in the divine offering of the Son of God. Every sin-offering was to be without blemish, thus typifying the perfect sacrifice of the Saviour. The Cross and its Shadow Page 123
7) In some offerings the blood was not taken into the sanctuary, but in every sin-offering all the blood was, poured out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering in the court. When the blood was not taken into the first apartment of the sanctuary, a portion of the flesh of the sin-offering was eaten by the priest in the holy place. The Cross and its Shadow Page 123