什么是罪？我又没杀人放火。
What is sin? I've never killed anyone or committed a crime.
简答 Short Answer
罪不仅是外在的行为，更是内在的态度——以自我为中心、脱离上帝而活。罪的本质是拒绝让上帝做上帝，自己做自己的主宰。
Sin is not just external actions but an internal attitude — living self-centeredly, apart from God. The essence of sin is refusing to let God be God and making yourself your own lord.
详细解答 Detailed Answer
威斯敏斯特小要理问答说：罪是不遵行或违反上帝律法的任何思想、言语或行为。罪不仅是你做了什么坏事，也包括你应该做而没有做的好事。
但在更深的层面，罪是一种关系的破裂。上帝创造我们是为了与祂相交，但我们选择了自己做自己的神——自己决定什么是对错，自己赋予生命意义，自己掌控一切。这种自我中心就是罪的核心。
这就是为什么「好人」也需要救恩——不是因为你犯了多少错，而是因为你的整个生命方向可能都偏离了被造的目的。就像一支箭，无论它多漂亮，如果没有射中靶心，就是偏离了。
The Westminster Shorter Catechism states: sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. Sin includes not only bad things you've done but good things you should have done but didn't.
At a deeper level, sin is a broken relationship. God created us for fellowship with Him, but we chose to be our own gods — deciding right from wrong, assigning meaning to life, controlling everything ourselves. This self-centeredness is the core of sin.
This is why 'good people' also need salvation — not because of how many mistakes you've made, but because your entire life direction may be off course from its created purpose. Like an arrow — no matter how beautiful, if it misses the target, it's off the mark.
📖 经文引用 Bible Verses
📚 推荐阅读 Related Readings
- •The Holiness of God Ch.6 (R.C. Sproul)
- •Mere Christianity Book 1 (C.S. Lewis)