The Word Sin
Introduction
Declaration
1. Why do we need a solution to our sin?
A. We all are born in sin “For all have sinned”
B. We all continue to sin “and come short”
C. We all have a standard to meet “the glory of God”
Legal righteousness forms the starting point.
2. Where is the solution to be found?
A. There is a confidence through the Old Testament
Under the Old Testament Law, righteousness came by man behaving; but under the Gospel, righteousness comes by believing.
B. There is a commonality to everyone
C. There is a change before the Justice of God
D. There is a choice for the sinner
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan was trying to explain “free salvation” to a coal miner, but the man was unable to understand it. “I have to pay for it,” he kept arguing. With a flash of divine insight, Dr. Morgan asked, “How did you get down into the mine this morning?” “Why, it was easy,” the man replied. “I just got on the elevator and went down.”
Then Morgan asked, “Wasn’t that too easy? Didn’t it cost you something?”
The man laughed. “No, it didn’t cost me anything; but it must have cost the company plenty to install that elevator.” Then the man saw the truth: “It doesn’t cost me anything to be saved, but it cost God the life of His Son.”