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 1 LawGod,2 |         the darkness of stubborn sin, is often called "unconscionable."
 2 LawGod,2 |      This is not good, this is a sin."~In a tight bond with this
 3 LawGod,3 |                    The Nature of Sin~All Orthodox Christians
 4 LawGod,3 |    purity in the first fall into sin in paradise. The toxin of
 5 LawGod,3 |          upon the inclination to sin inherited from our ancestors,
 6 LawGod,3 |         for a single day and not sin." Only our Lord Jesus Christ
 7 LawGod,3 |          is absolutely free from sin. Even the righteous, God'
 8 LawGod,3 |    righteous, God's saints, bore sin within themselves and, although
 9 LawGod,3 |        are sinners, tainted with sin.~Sin is a spiritual leprosy,
10 LawGod,3 |       sinners, tainted with sin.~Sin is a spiritual leprosy,
11 LawGod,3 |        in his soul and his body. Sin has damaged all three of
12 LawGod,3 |      What is even more harmed by sin is man's heart - the center
13 LawGod,3 |        been bound in the mire of sin; it has lost the ability
14 LawGod,3 |       sinner, "Whoever practices sin is the slave of sin," although
15 LawGod,3 |    practices sin is the slave of sin," although to the sinner,
16 LawGod,3 |        the sinner, alas, serving sin often seems to be freedom
17 LawGod,3 |        to be slavery.~How does a sin develop in one's soul? The
18 LawGod,3 |          the following stages in sin: The first moment in sin
19 LawGod,3 |         sin: The first moment in sin is the suggestion, when
20 LawGod,3 |          and at once rejects the sin, he does not sin, but defeats
21 LawGod,3 |     rejects the sin, he does not sin, but defeats sin and his
22 LawGod,3 |        does not sin, but defeats sin and his soul will experience
23 LawGod,3 |          the suggestion stage of sin that it is easiest of all
24 LawGod,3 |       clear, conscious desire to sin. At this point, one already
25 LawGod,3 |         begins to be inclined to sin of a given type. Even at
26 LawGod,3 |       one can avoid giving in to sin and refrain from sinning.
27 LawGod,3 |       point, one has fallen into sin. The reproaches of the conscience
28 LawGod,3 |     eliciting a revulsion to the sin. The former self-assurance
29 LawGod,3 |         at this point, defeat of sin is not entirely difficult.
30 LawGod,3 |     difficult to struggle with a sin when, through frequent repetition,
31 LawGod,3 |          Thus, the struggle with sin which has become a habit
32 LawGod,3 |          more dangerous stage of sin is vice. In this condition,
33 LawGod,3 |         vice. In this condition, sin so rules a person that it
34 LawGod,3 |     against it. He is a slave to sin even though he may acknowledge
35 LawGod,3 |      that even a seemingly minor sin such as gossiping, love
36 LawGod,3 |        soul.~The lowest stage of sin, in which sin completely
37 LawGod,3 |    lowest stage of sin, in which sin completely enslaves one
38 LawGod,3 |       man can no longer hate his sin as he can with a vice (and
39 LawGod,3 |      them). Rather he submits to sin in all his experiences,
40 LawGod,3 |          and destructive type of sin. This is blaspheming against
41 LawGod,3 |    uselessness of prayer for the sin of blasphemy against the
42 LawGod,3 |    Christ Himself says that this sin - the blasphemy against
43 LawGod,3 |          for all those who would sin mortal sin: by an obdurate
44 LawGod,3 |       those who would sin mortal sin: by an obdurate and conscious
45 LawGod,3 |       But the very nature of the sin is such that it makes it
46 LawGod,3 |       seduction, a temptation to sin, appears in man, it usually
47 LawGod,3 |      inclinations. The ancestral sin - this inclination towards
48 LawGod,3 |         this inclination towards sin, a heritage from the sin
49 LawGod,3 |         sin, a heritage from the sin of our progenitors and our
50 LawGod,3 |       little ones to stumble and sin, it were better for that
51 LawGod,3 |    undoubtedly a fetid source of sin and seduction.~But the main
52 LawGod,3 |          main and root source of sin is, of course, the devil,
53 LawGod,3 |          says, "He who practices sin is of the devil; for the
54 LawGod,4 |         The complete opposite of sin is virtue. Its rudiments
55 LawGod,4 |          own sinful flesh. Since sin is the main enemy and obstacle
56 LawGod,4 |       and help, struggle against sin in all its aspects. It is
57 LawGod,6 |         evil, between virtue and sin, Christianity declares that
58 LawGod,6 |       action, and weeps over his sin, clearly acknowledging that
59 LawGod,8 |          peace with that evil of sin, which so stains both himself
60 LawGod,9 | entangled finally in the nets of sin, hungers spiritually, suffers
61 LawGod,9 |         is a complete serving of sin and passions. Finally, there
62 LawGod,9 |     words of Apostle Paul, where sin has multiplied, an abundance
63 LawGod,9 |      firmly decides to part with sin and go with repentance to
64 LawGod,10|      corruption of the ancestral sin, and it washes away the
65 LawGod,10|       Nevertheless, the seeds of sin - sinful habits and desires
66 LawGod,10|        habits and desires toward sin - remain in one and are
67 LawGod,15|       impotence to struggle with sin and do good: "The good which
68 LawGod,15|        will in the struggle with sin. A vow is a personal promise
69 LawGod,15|         to commit one or another sin, to struggle in the most
70 LawGod,16|        without a doubt it is the sin most dangerous for youth.~
71 LawGod,16|          which follow after this sin, like an inseparable shadow.
72 LawGod,16|      with the temptation of this sin? The answer is simple: first
73 LawGod,16|    degree and this brings him to sin. An Orthodox Christian,
74 LawGod,16|      with each other in praising sin and describing it in the
75 LawGod,16|        no longer perceives their sin and harmfulness. Various
76 LawGod,17|         and drug addiction. This sin is very wide-spread now.
77 LawGod,17|  struggle with the temptation of sin when it has not yet become,
78 LawGod,17|          There is another carnal sin which, at first glance,
79 LawGod,17| extremely dangerous. This is the sin of love of money. The apostle
80 LawGod,17|         made well - see that you sin no more so that nothing
81 LawGod,18|        man is God's image...Hate sin, but love the sinner," St.
82 LawGod,19|   dangerous to view lightly this sin which is now encountered
83 LawGod,19|       vice of drunkenness or the sin of suicide. The Apostle
84 LawGod,20|      revenge is, beyond doubt, a sin and, for a Christian, it
85 LawGod,20|      Lord did not forbid it as a sin except for anger "in vain."
86 LawGod,20|      Apostle says, "Be angry and sin not," thus indicating that
87 LawGod,24|       national pride - that very sin against which Christianity
88 LawGod,24|   exclaimed, "Forgive them their sin, and if You will not, then
89 LawGod,25|              One can, of course, sin and sin greatly while participating
90 LawGod,25|          can, of course, sin and sin greatly while participating