Our Broken Bodies - Broken-Down House: The Sinfulness Of Sin (Part 6)

The Sinfulness of Sin ▪Spiritually Dead ▪Mind Sin ruins everything ▪Emotions ▪Desires ▪Conscience ▪Total Depravity Exercise equipment Photo: Amcbride Photo: Knuckles Originally, God made our bodies good Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness….” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Originally, God made our bodies good Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Originally, God made our bodies good Psalm 139:13-14 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Originally, God made our bodies good Psalm 139:15-16 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Human Development 3 weeks – 1mm – spinal cord, heart tubes, blood cells 4 weeks – 3mm – heart begins to beat regularly 5 weeks – 8mm – eyes, mouth, arms, legs, lungs Photo: The Human Eye Focus on 50 different objects every second Detects a candle flame over 2.5km away Optic nerve contains more than 1 million nerve cells Photo: che Sin brings death to our bodies Genesis 2:17 …but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. Sin brings death to our bodies Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death… Sin brings death to our bodies Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Sin brings death to our bodies 1 Corinthians 15:42-43 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 Sin brings death to our bodies Sin brings death to our bodies 2 Samuel 19:35 [Barzillai] I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 Sin brings death to our bodies 1. Your body is important to God. Summary 2. Death is coming. 3. The solution is Jesus. The Sinfulness of Sin