The Mean Monkey

How would you define sin? As doing something bad, mean, hateful, mischievous, or just plain wrong? 
Watch the following video: Mean Monkey 


Was that a sin? If it were a human would it be considered a sin? 


The Hebrew word ḥāṭā’ most often translated as the verb form of "sin" is defined by Strong's as "...to miss the mark, to wrong, to sin, to lead to sin..." In the Greek, there are two main words that define sin. Hamartanō, meaning, "To sin, to miss a mark on the way, not to hit the mark. One who keeps missing the mark in his relationship to God...", and hamartia: "Sin, missing the true end and scope of our lives, which is God. An offense in relation to God with emphasis on guilt." 


Sin is not doing something mean or wrong. It is missing the mark in your relationship with God. Yes, one way is by ignoring His commands to love one another, but the issue is in the relationship to God - not in the act between two people. 


Have you been missing the mark?