“She said, ‘No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.‘” John 8:11

The devil has no power to divert you from your true destiny; for the psalmist says, “My times are in your hand…” Psalm 31:15. However, he can lead you to self-alienation by tempting you to do things you should avoid. Remember that when the devil wants to prevent you from reaching the goal set by the Father or the positive goal you have set for yourself, he will irresistibly push you to commit sin.

The origin of the word “sin” has taken many forms and meanings in the Old Covenant as well as in the New due to cultural, historical, or even religious reasons. Knowing that Jesus Christ spoke Aramaic and that the first writings were in this language, many years later, with the emergence of linguistic experts, many Aramaic texts were translated into Greek or Hebrew for better understanding.

The word for sin was pronounced “Kata,” meaning “to miss the mark,” and was addressed to archers when their arrows missed the target. When the Bible was transcribed into Greek, the word used was “Hamartia,” meaning “error, fault, violation of divine law in thought or act.”

In God’s mind, those who sin miss what they were created for. Sin is thus like a bug in a computer algorithm that produces incorrect or unexpected results. A bug is an error or defect in a computer program, often due to a mistake in the program’s design or its source code.

A tool that removes the bug from a computer system is called debugging, and it has the ability to rewrite the computer program in the original thought of its designer. Thus, the final program will continue to function and achieve the purpose for which it was created.

I have just explained, using scientific language, in a single paragraph, the error committed by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and the sacrifice made on the cross by Jesus Christ to bring humanity back to its original state.

“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned… For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.” Romans 5:12-15

The best way to grasp the revelation contained in Romans 3:23, which announces that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, is found in this text from Romans 5:12-15. If seeing the Lord is the goal pursued, if resembling Christ is the objective to be reached, then you must accept being stripped of the nature that leads you to miss this goal.

If Adamic blood had overturned the reality of spirit, soul, and body, making all of humanity filled with carnal men and condemning you to miss the goal according to God’s thought, the blood of Jesus Christ, on the other hand, has restored the order of spirit, soul, and body by offering you the grace to grasp the objective.

My prayer for anyone trying to find true meaning in their life, and for you as well, is that you may be in constant contact with Jesus Christ to be the person you are meant to be. Do not live without Christ; entrust your life to Him and pray in your heart:

Lord Jesus, thank you for accepting to die for me on the cross. Thank you for this precious gift of Your life. Today I make the decision to accept You as Lord and Savior of my life. I choose to walk with You. I decide not to live in sin anymore. I desire to move forward; lead me on the path of truth, for You are the Truth. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray,

Amen…

This text is an excerpt from the book “HOW DID THE HEROES FALL?” written by Paul Zozo Minu.

We invite you to read the next article, “Indiscipline.”