After several weeks looking at the law and its purpose in the life of the believer, this week our Catechism focuses on the definition of sin.

What is sin?

Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law—resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.

1 John 3:4

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

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