Anarcho-pantelism

The definition of sin seems to vary much based on what variety of Christianity you profess and follow. Some Christians will tell you that same sex marriage is sin, others will say it isn’t. Some will tell you that all murder is sin, others will say that killing another in defense or in war is God-allowed. Some will tell you that watching TV or dancing is sin, others will say that it is A-OK with God.

Anarcho-pantelists define sin very easily: Sin is falling short of God’s demands. If you believe that God has demands for all mortals, sin very easily is part of the lives of everyone because no man is perfect. Yet the anarcho-pantelist does not believe that sin exists any longer because God’s demands for us were fulfilled completely by the Messiah, Jesus the Christ.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, God gave man His Ten Commandments — a simplistic way to live life based on God’s demands. Yet God also passed on hundreds of smaller laws and rules for followers, laws and rules that were also difficult to live by. Because of these laws and rules and Commandments, all mortals were sinners — no one was able to abide by all the laws, rules, regulations and Commandments. Sin wasn’t just doing evil, sin was even doing good things but not good enough!

Yet part of God’s Plan was to show man over generations that mortals alone can not meet God’s expectations. God’s Plan included reconciliation with the Loving God, closure to the God that demands and punishes. The Bible (Old and New Testaments) includes many different examples of what God did to mortals who fell short of perfection. But the Bible story ends with God’s ultimate Plan for men — reconciliation through the fulfillment of all His laws, regulations, rules and Commandments.

In the New Testament Book of Matthew, Jesus the Christ speaks a line that seems to many Christians as Christ saying that the Laws and Commandments of the Father are still around (Matthew 5:17-18): “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. It would seem that Christ is saying that God’s law will not disappear until His Plan is achieved. As we will discuss in later articles, it is the Anarcho-Pantelist’s view that God’s Plan was completed — and perfectly fulfilled — in the Messiah’s life, Resurrection, Ascension and Return to vanquish sin once and for all.

If God’s Plan was fulfilled completely, if Revelation has occurred in the distant past, that would mean that sin no longer exists. Since God’s expectations and demands were fulfilled perfectly by the Christ, and the Christ also redeemed man by offering His blood to the demanding God, we could say that God no longer has demands or expectations of mortals. Instead, God has created each mortal with certain skills and bodies to make God’s world better for everyone else. This leaves God only to Love everyone equally — without concern for their actions or their hearts.

If sin IS gone, why is there still evil? Humans were created evil — even Adam and Eve showed this and were evicted from the Garden of Eden. Yet evil is not sin — the only definition of sin is to fall short of God’s expectations and demands. Since God’s expectations and demands are fulfilled, they don’t exist for us any more. Therefore, no expectations, no demands, no sin. Evil will continue to exist because we mortals desire more than we have and more than we are worth to others. This doesn’t lessen God’s Love for us, it doesn’t lessen the fact that God created us just as we are and enabled us to better ourselves through hard work and servitude to others. Evil is not sin, evil is just the lack of good. Don’t confuse your desires and your wants with sin — they may be evil, they may be good, but the only way to know is to utilize your conscience (the Holy Spirit, which resides in ALL men including unbelievers!) to discern what is right and what is wrong. No one else can tell you what is right for you or wrong for you — only you can discover that on your own.