What is sin?
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· 5 viewsSin is a fundamental relationship; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.
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Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law—resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law—resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
CSB Study Bible: Notes Chapter 3
3:4 Sin is a grave matter because God has revealed his moral character in his holy law, and sin is lawlessness. It is a personal offense against God.
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:
1 John
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Most people today think that because they have some good works or were baptized or went to church, they are good enough to get into heaven. But at the final judgment God will raise all of these unbelievers who rejected Jesus Christ’s offer of salvation. And He will say, “Okay, you want to be judged by your works? Let’s get out the books, and we will look at your works.”
Despite our constant demand to get “What we deserve” God chooses to rescue us instead.
Sin is a fundamental flaw; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.
Sin is a fundamental flaw; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.
All other religions of the world, deal with sins (Plural). Only Christianity deals with sin (Singular).
All other religions of the world, deal with sins (Plural). Only Christianity deals with sin (Singular).
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
The first thing Jesus Christ faced in men was the heredity of sin, and it is because we have ignored this in our presentation of the Gospel that the message of the Gospel has lost its sting and its blasting power.
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1 John 8:
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Walk off a cliff.
One very important way of understanding sin is that sin is rebellion against God’s law.
One very important way of understanding sin is that sin is rebellion against God’s law.
It’s not doing what he requires of us, not living as he has called us to live, and, therefore, never fully being who God created us to be.
It is missing the mark.
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 3
3:4 Lawlessness (Gk. anomia) is activity bereft of God’s guidance and in violation of his law. sin is lawlessness. Even Christians sin (1:9; 2:1), so it may seem like a trivial matter. But to disregard sin’s grave implications is disastrous.
Sacrificial System
Sacrificial System
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Did they know that for centuries of the sacrificial system they’d been rehearsing the slaughter of the Messiah?
The sacrificial system was instituted under the established truth that to dwell in God’s holy presence requires perfection.
The sacrificial system was instituted under the established truth that to dwell in God’s holy presence requires perfection.
Sin is filthy; therefore, sinners are filthy. God will not allow us to belittle his name by assuming our dirty hands are clean enough for the purity of right standing before him.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 56). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 60). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
The sons of Aaron try to draw near to him, and he kills them. The Ark of the Covenant starts to fall over and a man grabs it and God kills him. This was because you cannot be sinful and get near God. It doesn’t work. God’s holiness will incinerate you. (Note his severity.) God essentially says, “No one can come near me without blood. Somebody’s got to pay for all of mankind’s belittling my name.” Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness, remember (). Thus the sacrificial system.
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 60). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 60). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Leviticus is basically an outline of all the ways God pronounces the atonement equation: “If you commit this sin, this is what it costs.” Maybe two doves, maybe a lamb, maybe a goat, maybe a bull, depending on what your sin is. And in the tent of meetings and in Jerusalem, blood was always flowing. Blood constantly coursed out of slashed arteries and flowed from the temple. Can you imagine the stench in Jerusalem? Can you imagine hundreds and thousands of people regularly carrying a goat, a lamb, a chicken, or a dove into the place of sacrifice and cutting its throat and draining its blood? A river of blood is flowing out of the temple.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 61). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (pp. 60-61). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Psalms 24
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
Picture this, describe the sacrificial scene.
The answer to the question might as well read, “Nobody.” But there is somebody. Jesus picks up the cup of God’s wrath and says, “The old covenant is fulfilled. Drink this, the blood of the new covenant.” And Jesus becomes the Lamb of God.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (pp. 61-62). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
The iniquity of man is placed upon the head of Jesus so that, at his physical death, the iniquity of mankind would be carried away. This is what is meant when John the Baptist proclaims his gospel: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.”
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 62). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
When we truly understand what sin has done. How awful it is, we cannot remain ambivalent about what Christ has actually done. If we do remain ambivalent, we just aren’t clear on the facts.
To present the gospel, then, is to place a hearer in an untenable position. The heart of the hearer of the gospel must move, either toward Christ or away from him.
To present the gospel, then, is to place a hearer in an untenable position. The heart of the hearer of the gospel must move, either toward Christ or away from him.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 63). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
God created Adam and Eve to be the centerpiece and the pinnacle of creation.
God created Adam and Eve to be the centerpiece and the pinnacle of creation.
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
When they sinned, their disobedience of God’s loving law not only had implications on their lives, it also had implications on the entire world.
When they sinned, their disobedience of God’s loving law not only had implications on their lives, it also had implications on the entire world.
Paul writes that “the wages of sin is death” (). Sin leads to death. And yet the gospel is that Jesus Christ experienced death so that we could live. In some ways he was disintegrated on the cross, spiritually torn apart, so that we could be made whole. He died for our sin, so that we could be made alive. He experienced death and disintegration. He paid the penalty for our sin, so that we would not have to.
The New City Catechism Devotional (Gospel Coalition) . Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
sin; plural noun: sins
an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
"a sin in the eyes of God"
sin; plural noun: sins
an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
"a sin in the eyes of God"
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/sin/
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noun: sin; plural noun: sins
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an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
"a sin in the eyes of God"
We each stand from birth on the precipice between life and death. Because we are stained with sin from conception, we are rushing headlong into the fires of hell before we can even walk. Jesus lays his body across the path; there is no ignoring him. If it’s headlong into hell we want to go, we have to step over Jesus to get there.
We each stand from birth on the precipice between life and death. Because we are stained with sin from conception, we are rushing headlong into the fires of hell before we can even walk. Jesus lays his body across the path; there is no ignoring him. If it’s headlong into hell we want to go, we have to step over Jesus to get there.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (pp. 63-64). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (p. 64). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Romans %;12-21
Sin separated us from God
Sin separated us from God
Chandler, Matt. The Explicit Gospel (Re:Lit) (pp. 63-64). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Christ reconciled us to God by conquering sin.
Christ reconciled us to God by conquering sin.