Is there an excuse for sin? I submit to you that I believe there is no excuse for sin. The definition I am using for sin is the Biblical definition as stated in 1 John 3:4, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” Also, in James 4:17 it says, “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” Sin is clearly a choice we make, and we are responsible for choices we make. 1 John 2:1 says, “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.” I thank God that there is a remedy for sin! “And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous…” (1 John 2:1b), and “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
(1 John 1:9)