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What basis is there for defining sin as "rebellion"?

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Many popular Protestant gospel explanations and frameworks define the essence of sin as rebellion against God. [Two Ways to Live:](https://twowaystolive.com/box2.html) > The sad truth is that, from the very beginning, men and women everywhere have rejected God by doing things their own way. We all do this. We don’t like someone telling us what to do or how to live—least of all God—and so we rebel against him in lots of different ways. We ignore him and just get on with our own lives; or we disobey his instructions for living in his world; or we shake our puny fists in his face and tell him to get lost. > > How ever we do it, we are all rebels, because we don’t live God’s way. We prefer to follow our own desires, and to run things our own way, without God. This rebellious, self-sufficient attitude is what the Bible calls ‘sin’. [Knowing God Personally:](http://4laws.com/laws/englishkgp/default.htm) > "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Man was created to have fellowship with God; but, because of his own stubborn self-will, he chose to go his own independent way and fellowship with God was broken. This self-will, characterized by an attitude of active rebellion or passive indifference, is an evidence of what the Bible calls sin. [Christianity Explored:](http://www.christianityexplored.org/what-is-christianity) > But many people rejected Jesus. They thought they’d be happier making their own rules and living outside his kingdom. This rejection of the King is something we all do. Jesus called it sin. But the [Hebrew](http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2398.htm) and [Greek](http://biblehub.com/greek/266.htm) words for sin have the senses of failure, error, and evil. What basis is there for defining sin as "rebellion"? - Is there any lexical support for such a definition (either through a sub-sense of those words, or through other words)? - Are there any passages which define or equate sin and rebellion?
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Dec 24, 2015, 03:40 AM
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