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THE BIRTH OF SIN

INTRODUCTION

TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SIN ORIGINATED FROM WE MUST BEGIN IN THE BOOK GENESIS.

GOD HAD COMMANDED ADAM NOT TO EAT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, BUT WHEN GOD CREATE EVE FOR ADAM, IMMEDIATELY THE SERPENT TEMPTED EVE TO GO AGAINST WHAT WAS GOOD.

THIS IS HOW SIN WAS BIRTH, NOT ONLY DID EVE EAT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, BUT HER HUSBAND WITH HER ATE AS WELL.

THIS BIRTH A GENERATION OF DISOBEDIENCE.

SO MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED TO SIN, GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF IT. GOD’S CHARACTER CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL.

NOW GOD WILL PUT US TO A TEST TO STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH, BUT HE WILL NEVER ENTICE US TO TAKE PART IN SIN.

BUT IF WE CAN BE STEADFAST WHILE WE ARE BEING TEMPTED BY EVIL, GOD CAN GIVE US SPIRITUAL SUCCESS AS WELL AS LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.

JAMES 1:14 BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED, WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST, AND ENTICED.

SIN IS BIRTH IN US WHEN OUR OWN HEARTS ARE CARRIED AWAY WITH FLESHLY DESIRES, WHICH MAKES US SUCCUMB TO SIN.

MANY OF US ARE NOT WILLING TO OWN UP TO OUR OWN MESS, BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE ADAM AND EVE READY TO ACCUSE SOMEONE ELSE. WHEN THAT HAPPEN IT IS HARD FOR US TO TURN TO GOD.

THE REASON WHY MANY OF US STRUGGLE WITH SIN IS BECAUSE OUR HUMAN WEAKNESS AND OUR INABILITY TO OBEY GOD’S WORD.

1 JOHN 2:16 FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD , THE LUST OF THE FLESH, AND THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE, IS NOT OF THE FATHER, BUT IS OF THE WORLD.

JAMES SEES SIN AS A CONCEPTION, MEANING TO GIVE BIRTH TO SIN. WHEN YOU YIELD TO THE TEMPTATION IT RESULTS IN THE BIRTH OF SIN.

THE MORE SIN PROGRESS THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO GOD’S JUDGEMENT OF DEATH.

ROMANS 5:12 WHEREFORE, AS BY ONE MAN SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD, AND DEATH BY SIN; AND SO DEATH PASSED UPON ALL MEN, FOR THAT ALL HAVE SINNED:

SIN NOT ONLY AFFECT US , BUT IT AFFECT THOSE WHO THE CLOSE TO US.

SO HOW DO WE OVERCOME TEMPTATION ? FIRST WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS COMMON TO BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD HAS ENABLED US TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD, AND IN THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO TURN OUR BACKS TO SIN, BUT DRAW CLOSE TO GOD.

JAMES SAID COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU YE FALL INTO DIVERS TEMPTATIONS.

NO MATTER WHAT PARTICULAR TEMPTATION YOU MAY EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN DETERMINE IN YOUR MIND AND HEART THAT I WILL HAVE JOY WHILE I AM GOING THROUGH IT , BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.

TODAY IF YOU HAVE BEEN ALLOWING THAT DEVIL TO SETUP TRAPS FOR YOU TO FAIL, LET THAT DEVIL KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.