Sin Separates Us
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INTRO
INTRO
Tonight we are continuing our series, Sharing the Good News
We are continuing make our way through The Four
Heart - God Loves You
Division Sign - Sin Separates You
Cross - Jesus Saves You
Question Mark - Will You Trust Jesus?
Each week we are taking a look at each of these statements in depth so that you understand them yourself and you are able to explain them to others
Two weeks ago we talked about the Heart Symbol: God Loves You
We looked at what scripture had to say about what it means that God loves us and we saw that
God’s perfect love is perfectly displayed on the cross
Tonight our focus is the Division Sign: Sin Separates You
And I want to begin by asking you the question:
Who taught you to disobey?
Maybe you hear that question and immediately think:
my brother
my sister
classmate
teammate
But if we really think back to our earliest memories, did anyone really ever teach us to disobey our parents, family members, teachers, or coaches
TENSION
TENSION
I think of my son, Walker
a crazy 2 year old
I have never sat down with him and told him how to disobey me
when daddy says to do this, you should do the complete opposite
when daddy ask you to do something you should yell “no”
when daddy tells you to stop doing something you should keep doing it anways
Now here’s the thing… nobody had to teach Walker to disobey me
And nobody had to teach you either.
It’s built into us
We have this nature that just leans toward doing what we shouldn’t
But where does that come from?
The Bible tells us the answer
It goes all the way back to the very first people God created, Adam and Eve in the garden
TRUTH
TRUTH
So turn in your bibles to Genesis 3 (page 2)
Context:
Adam + Eve in the Garden as God’s people
have dominion
be fruitful and multiply
don’t eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”
“No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan’s tactic is simply… question God
“did he really say”
“you’re not really going to die”
“God is holding out on you”
“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
They sin…
Disobey God’s word
shame (cover up)
guilt (hide)
God then begins to tell them the consequnces of their sin
birth will be painful
marriage will be hard
growing crops will be difficult
But the worst of all is last
The Lord God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.
God is a holy God… He cannot be near sin
So he has to kick Adam and Eve out of the garden
Sin has separated them
But how does Adam and Eve’s sin effect us??
why are we separated from God because of their sin?
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.
For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners…
Paul makes it clear it is through Adam that we are sinners
Adam was our representative
Because he fell into sin; we are born into sin
It is now past down to every descendant of his
including us
You may be thinking: Thats not fair…
I don’t even get to be my own representative
But the reality is that you wouldn’t have done any better…
See Adam had an advantage
Adam was able to sin or not to sin
Test
We do not have that choice…
scripture is clear that because we are born into sin it is all we can do
Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?
as it is written:
There is no one righteous, not even one.
There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
All have turned away;
all alike have become worthless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.
Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Sin isn’t just something we do…
it’s who we are
it has inflitrated every part of us and we can’t escape it
And because of that sin we are separated from God like Adam and Eve
and just like them there is nothing we can do to get back in on our own
Division Sign
So what hope do we have?
Our only hope is Jesus
Why?
Becasue Jesus is the greater Adam
See Jesus was both fully God and fully man
Jesus was miraculously conceived by the HS and born of a virgin which means He was born without Adam’s genes
in other words he was born without a sin nature
Jesus was able to sin or not to sin just like Adam
and even though he was tempted in every way we are he never sin
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
Jesus lived the sinless/perfect life you and I couldn’t, yet He died a sinner’s death
And He did this for you and I… even though Jesus lived a sinless life when He was put on the cross to die He took the punishment and paid the price for our sins
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus being without sin yet took on ours and died so that we could be freed from it
But Jesus didn’t just die on the cross for us and stay dead… No, He rose from the dead!
Proving He was who He said He was and can do all that He said He can do
But also, His resurrection was Him crushing the head of Satan because He now has the final victory of sin and death
Now Jesus can be the better representative
So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is justification leading to life for everyone. For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
By putting our faith in Jesus, He can become our representative rather than Adam
No longer are we sinners separated from God
But forgiven and made righteous with God
right standing
Bottom Line: Sin separates, but Jesus saves
Bottom Line: Sin separates, but Jesus saves
APPLICATION
APPLICATION
But what do we do with the knowledge?
First, is put your faith in Christ
recognize that you are a sinner in need of a savior
that savior is Jesus
lived the sinless life you couldn’t
died the death you deserved for your sins
and rose again
Tonight go from being separated to saved
But if you are already a Christian tonight I want you to remember and apply these 3 things
Freedom is in Christ
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus,
Paul in chapter 5 said through Adam’s sin all were condemned but not he makes it clear that all those in Jesus are not
Condemnation is a big word that just means guilty
Paul is saying:
if you are in Christ the verdict has turned, Christ has paid your price, and their is not more guilt on your account
it isn’t a license to sin but a reminder that all our sin has been paid for, we are free
2. Life is in Christ
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires. And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
You have been freed from your sin and made alive in Christ
sin no longer rules you
you are no longer a slaved to it
So stop freakin act like it
live in the freedom you have been given
Stop putting the chains of sins you’ve been freedom from back on
because your BF/GF “loves you”
because everyone else is doing it
because giving into the temptation is easier
You have been given freedom from your sin in Christ, Live in that freedom
3. Forgiveness is in Christ
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
While we have been saved from our sin we are not perfect…
we are going to fall back into it
The good news is that our Savior isn’t someone who doesn’t understand
he knows how temptation feels
he is not a stranger to our feelings
So when we fall in to sin
when we lump condemnation on ourselves
when we don’t live in the freedom we’ve been given
We can go boldly to the throne to a Savior who understands
and where we will receive grace and mercy
not shame, guilt, or punishment
Bottom Line: Sin separates, but Jesus saves
Bottom Line: Sin separates, but Jesus saves
