glad that I could say I believed this or that because it says in the
Bible thus and so. I didn't believe it because someone else said it, but
because God had said it. This is the way I want you to know it.

There is one thing that I had when I began my search, that was the Holy
Spirit as my teacher. The Bible tells us definitely that "the natural
man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned." I Cor. 2:14. Since the Bible was written by
"holy men of God" who "spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" and
it is not "of any private interpretation," then we need to have the Holy
Spirit to reveal, or help us to understand all of the Word of God. (II
Peter 1:20,21). Yet there are a lot of the basics that we can know. I do
hope that you will understand what I write to you by the help of the
Holy Spirit.

First, let us know what sin is. In other words that would be what is
wrong. When we find out what is wrong then we can know what is right.
Sin means "Willfully breaking religious or moral law." (Web. Dic.) The
Bible also gives us the definition of sin. In I John 3:4 it says,
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth [or breaks] the law [of God];
for sin is the transgression [or disobedience] of the [God's] law." Then
in James 4:17 we read, "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to him it is sin." We see that sin is either a direct
disobedience of God's Word or a willful failure to live by its
requirements. It is a serious thing to disobey God's law because it
involves the destiny or end of our soul. It means living in either
eternal torment or eternal bliss. To commit sin is a terrible thing and
a very serious thing. That is the reason we need to search the
Scriptures to find out how to live pleasing to the Lord in this world.