God hates sin, but if you compare different religions you find that the view of sin and the payment for sin is different than the Christian teaching. Other religions only go skin deep, while Jesus Christ goes down to the root of the problem.
Islam teaches that Allah weighs your good deeds and your bad deeds. If your bad deeds outweigh the good then you are eternally punished in the fires of Jahannam (Hell).
Buddhist teach that sin is anything that transgressions against the universal moral code. But some Buddhist disagree saying that there is no such thing as sin. Your actions, whether they are good or bad have their own inevitable result for good or bad towards you.
Hindu’s are trying to achieve union with Brahman. Once this is achieved the cycle of life, death and rebirth ends. Then they are finally released from the suffering of this world. To attain this union with Brahman they must lead moral lives. When they commit any acts of sin or good it affects their Karma which determines their future incarnation.
All three of these and other beliefs have one thing in common concerning sin. Each act of sinning is paid for by the individual in some way. Not sinning is the only answer to attain any type of salvation.
Christianity does not deal with just the individual sins, but goes to the source of sin. Jesus Christ’s death is the solution to the Sin Nature and not just payment for our sins.
The old man, our sin nature, died on the cross with Jesus. It is destroyed so that we no long have to serve sin. Sin no longer has the power over us it once did. We only sin when we decide to rebel against God. All other religions leave you powerless against that sin nature. They deal only with the sins of man and not the sin within the heart. Only in Christ is there victory.
Photo Credit: SEVEN SINS TO BE AVOIDED IN LIFE by Diganta Talukdar
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