It is the Roman Catholic church that have two classifications of sin,'mortal and venial',they see them as having different consequences. Most people don't talk about sin,even many preachers don't, and yet the bible speaks about sin often.Because most people are not Christians,they don't use the word sin,to them sin basically wrong doings, and are seen and judged on a human level .There main concern is the wrongs committed on humans by their fellow humans. Judgement only follows when people sin on human terms ,years ago when the death penalty was being passed,the judge would say,' and may the Lord have mercy on your soul'.and the good news is, He will ,if we call upon Him,and accept Christ as our Saviour. It is David Prior who has some instructive things to say about sin. He writes,'all sin is the same before God we may speak of people being more wicked,or more righteous than others,but with God there is no distinction since all have sinned and come short of the glory of God ( Romans 3 v23). All sin is heinous to God , and all sin will be judged eternally,by a holy God ,which will mean, eternity in hell.
'The good news is ,Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners.'
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