The Sin That “Leads to Death”

Sin that leads to death” isn’t a spooky Bible phrase meant to keep tender consciences on a leash. It’s a covenant warning. In Torah categories, death isn’t only a pulse stopping—it can be karet, being “cut off,” a rupture from the life-stream of God Himself. And the dividing line isn’t “big sins” versus “small sins.” It’s repentance versus refusal.