Willful sin is a great study. Here are a few references where you could start:
* Numbers 15:27-31
* Psalm 19:13
* Hebrews 10:26
* Numbers 15:27-31
* Psalm 19:13
* Hebrews 10:26
Numbers 15:30
Strong's Concordance
rum: to be high or exalted, rise
Original Word: רוּם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: rum
Phonetic Spelling: (room)
Definition: to be high or exalted, rise.
Psalm 19:13
Strong's Concordance
zed: insolent, presumptuous
Original Word: זֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: zed
Phonetic Spelling: (zade')
Definition: insolent, presumptuous
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zud
Definition
insolent, presumptuous
arrogant (9), arrogant men (1), presumptuous (1), proud (2).
In BOTH instances it's the idea of arrogant, prideful, unrepentant sin that is being described.
This translation shows the true meaning of what kind of sin "willful sin" Is:
Psalm 19:
13 Keep back thy slave also from pride and arrogance; let them not have dominion over me; then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of the great rebellion.
King David wrote that. He was the king of willful sin.
He watched Bathsheba naked, bathing. He thought about having sex with her. The lust grew in his heart and mind. He formulated a premeditated plan to get her husband murdered. He put his wicked plan in motion. Her husband was murdered. He faked being upset that one of his trusted, mighty men, Uriah, Bathsheba's husband, was killed in battle. He took Bathsheba and had sex with her.
A case can be made that king David willfully sinned, breaking ALL 10 commandments.
Isn't King David lost? He unequivocally SINNED WILLFULLY! He is forever cut off!
No. He isn't lost.
KING DAVID IS A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART!
King David sinned willfully, and there was grave consequences for his sin. But he did something else too. He humbled himself. Did NOT make excuses for his sin. Confessed his sin and had Godly sorrow over it.
The Lord forgave him and restored him, and a child of King David and Bathsheba is a blood descendant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
YOU, have the entirely wrong idea of what "willful sin" is.
Please trust solely in Jesus' completed work. And if you are trusting wholely in Him, you can be sure He will NEVER fail you.
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