Assertion: sin | /r/HasProperty | serious
Facets:
value: especially
type: MANNER
value: against god
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the offense
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Sin is serious, because it thwarts life.
text: The sin against the Holy Ghost and the sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance are considered especially serious.
text: Why and to what degree is sin a serious matter in the offense it commits against God and in its effects on man?
text: We've already established that sin is a serious problem.
text: Because sin is serious rebellion against God and it is totally opposed to Christ, true Christians do not live in sin (3:4-7).
text: Sin is a serious enough problem for God to have sent His Son into the world to die.
text: Like the Orthodox Churches, however, the Eastern Catholic Churches do make a distinction between sins that are serious enough to bar one from Holy Communion (and must be confessed before receiving once again) and those which are not sufficiently serious to do so.
text: To be mortal, a sin must be (1) serious; (2) committed with full knowledge of its sinfulness, and of the gravity of its sinfulness; (3) committed with full consent.
text: Because sin is serious and it is opposed to the reasons why Christ came, Christians do not and cannot live in sin.
text: 3:4-7 3:8-10 3:4: Sin is serious because it is rebellion against God.
text: 3:8a: Sin is serious because it originates with the devil.
text: Just as 3:4 makes the point that sin is serious because it is rebellion against God, so 3:8 shows the serious nature of sin:
text: The sins against the Holy Ghost and the sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance are considered especially serious.