Do you think God rates sin or are they all the same in his eyes?
I believe that sin, is sin in God's eyes. He says:
For God shows no partiality.
Romans 2:11 ESV
and
For there is no respect of persons with God.
Romans 2:11 KJV
God doesn't view one man's sin as any worse than any other man's sin. God doesn't hold one man as any better than any other man. There is no partiality, or respect with regards to one man over any other. There is only God's infinite grace.
I think this answers the question. Does God rate sin are they same in His eyes? (take notice that I was in agreement with the previous argument too.) Both are correct, however you may be thinking..."how can it if each one apparently contradicts the other"...the answer is they don't. Its seems from the latter argument (from brother allinall and I think Nana), that you are implying a stance against the previous argument. Likewise from the previous argument (aiden, marv, tim) that the latter argument is implying a stance against your argument. However there is no contradiction between these two.
The previous argument proposed that people will face the consequences of their sins and that different sins will have different consequences. So would that mean there is a degree of righteousness and sinfulness? Yes. Job was a good example. He was a righteous man and he was richly blessed by God. His riches and blessings were consequence of his righteousness. Likewise, there are bad results consequence of sinfulness. Thus there is a rate of sin that can be apparently seen in the present life.
The latter argument proposed that God sees that all sin are the "same." A better way to but this is the following:
Jam 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.
"We ALL have sinned and fell short of the glory of God" (romans 'somewhere') but God sees that ALL are worthy to be redeemed through Jesus blood. What James 2:10 means is that if we have broken one law (just one single law) throughout our entire life, then we are guilty as a sinner.
God sees each Man as the same, a sinner. God does not show partialty to anyone- for anyone, absolutely ANYone, can believe in Jesus Christ and have eternal life. However, is one sin the same as another sin because this is true? No, this is the fallacy as I mentioned before. There are different sins with different consequences. There are different severities for different sins. We can witness the severity and consequences of such sin. Likewise, for righteouness, we can see the same thing. We see this take place in our present life.
Again, however, there is nothing too severe that can seperate us from the Love of Jesus Christ.
So, to answer the question: Do you think God rates sin or are they all the same in his eyes?
Sins have always had a rating and, thus, they will yield different results. This is the same for righteousness.
They are not the same in God's eye because God does see the righteousness and sinfulness of Man's life.However, God could not find any single person sinless. Thus, we are all sinners. God sees that. Because God loves us and wants to redeem us, He allowed that we be cleansed of all sins through FAITH in Jesus. God will see if you have faith or if you dont. This will determine whether you will be clean from your sins.
In this manner, God sees that no matter how much you've sinned, that the blood of Christ will wash it away.
It is in this way that God sees that 'righteous' man who has faith in Jesus and a 'sinful' man who has faith in Jesus are the same.