Effects of sin
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· 11 viewsSin affects every level of human existence, including the sinner’s relationship with God, with other human beings and with the environment.
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The effects of sin on individuals
The effects of sin on individuals
Lack of peace of mind
Lack of peace of mind
But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
See also Job 15:20–35; Ps 38:5–8; Pr 13:15–22; La 1:20–21
Bondage to a continuing habit of sin
Bondage to a continuing habit of sin
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.
See also Pr 5:22; Ro 6:16; 2 Ti 2:16
Physical death
Physical death
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
See also Ge 2:17; Ge 3:19; Pr 21:16; Ro 5:12–14; Ro 6:21–23; 1 Co 15:22; Jas 1:15
The sinful life is equivalent to death
The sinful life is equivalent to death
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
See also Ro 7:9; Ro 7:13; Ro 8:10; Col 2:13
The effects of sin on the sinner before God
The effects of sin on the sinner before God
Uncleanness
Uncleanness
We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
See also Ps 106:39; Is 6:5; Je 2:22; La 1:8; Mt 15:18–20
Guilt
Guilt
Ezr 9:6 The prayer of Ezra.
See also Ge 3:10; Ps 38:3–4; Ps 44:15; Is 59:12–13; Je 3:25; Je 14:20
Separation from God
Separation from God
but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
See also Dt 31:18; Is 1:15; Is 64:7; Eze 8:6; Ho 5:6; Mic 3:4; Eph 2:12
The effects of sin on Israel
The effects of sin on Israel
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
See also Jos 7:1–16 Achan’s sin; 1 Ki 8:33–40 the consequences of sin for Israel; Is 1:4–9 the plight of Judah; Ro 1:21–32 the condition of humanity
The effects of sin on the world
The effects of sin on the world
The ground cursed
The ground cursed
And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
See also Je 12:13; Ro 8:20–22
The land polluted
The land polluted
and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
See also Ge 4:10–12; Nu 35:33–34; Ps 106:38; Is 24:4–6; Je 3:1