DOES THE BIBLE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN ?

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 MORTAL SIN VS VENIAL SIN

To avoid being judgmental, some Christians insist that all sins are alike in God's eyes that no particular sin is worse than another, But the bible clearly teaches otherwise

Many of God's laws for the ancient Israelites, along with the punishments prescribed for breaking those laws, are found in Leviticus. The sanctions various sins they punished. For example, if someone tried to defraud another person, the punishment was the restitution of what had been stolen or unjustly held, plus a portion of the object's value (see 5:20-24). But if someone committed a grave sin such as incest, adultery, or idolatry the death penalty was prescribed 

No doubt Christians are not subject to all of the old Testament laws. Nevertheless, these and other biblical passages demonstrate that the degree of guilt incurred through sin can vary -that some sins are indeed more serious than others. Of course, our modern legal system and even common sense assume the same reality: The legal consequences of a petty theft are not nearly as serve as those of a murder.

In the New Testament as well, Scripture offers numerous examples of differential reward and merit, which implies varying degrees of sin. Jesus, for example, distinguishes between those who "shall be beaten severely" from those who "shall be beaten only lightly" (see Lk 12:47-48)  

No sin is ever a good thing, of course. Yet not all sins are equally evil in God's eyes. Otherwise, we would face an absurd scenario: A momentary pang of lust or jealousy would be the moral equivalent, before God, of rape or murder

More specifically, Scripture teaches that not all sins lead to spiritual death that is, damnation. This is the basic distinction between mortal sins and venial sins: "There is a such a thing as deadly sin... All wrongdoing is sin, butthere is sin that is not deadly". The Church's teaching that certain conditions may lessen the guilt of even a serious sin is rooted in scripture as well 

(refer: "What is original sin" in the previous post)

https://everything-to-know-buff.blogspot.com/2021/05/what-is-original-sin.html 

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