Sin
Sin is lawlessness,
that is, a state or condition of rebellion against God. From the time sin
entered the human race through Adam and Eve, humanity has been under its
yoke -- a yoke that can only be removed by God's grace through Jesus
Christ. The sinful condition of humanity is manifested in the tendency to
choose self and self-interests over God and God's will. Sin causes
alienation from God, and suffering and death. Because all humans are
sinners, all humans need the salvation God offers through his Son. 1 John 3:4 - Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned Romans 7:24-25 - What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Mark 7:21-23 - For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man `unclean.' " Galatians 5:19-21 - The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 3:23-24 - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. |
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