Actual sin is all evil thoughts and desires, words and acts, springing from original sin.
106. Is neglecting to do good as sinful as doing wrong?
Yes, indeed; to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
James 4:17.
107. Do the children of God always live according to the will of their heavenly Father?
They hate sin, and heartily strive to keep the law of God; but it is their experience that they sin every day, and that the new life within them is weak.
Ps. 19:12. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults?
Rom. 7:19. The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
108. How do the children of God feel and act when they find that they have sinned?
They are deeply grieved, they ask their heavenly Father to forgive them, and earnestly strive to put off sin.