- The
Nature of Sin – Romans 6:12
- Sin
is: – Rom. – 6:16
- Sin
is a Fact – Gen. 4:7
- A fact of experience. – I experience it in my own heart.
- A fact of observation. – I see sin in others
- A
fact of revelation. – Sin is revealed in the Bible – Genesis
6:5,6
- The policeman pursues it.
- The physicians prescribes because of it.,
- The law discovers it.
- Conscience condemns it.
- God punishes it.
- Nobody likes to say “Commit it.”
- Sin
may be defined but cannot be explained. – John 8:34
- To explain sin is to explain it away.
- Sin had no place in the original creation.
- Sin is a parasite that sucks the soul dry.
- Sin made its appearance in a garden of delights.
- Sin
is: – John 16:8 – “And when he is
come, he will reprove the world of sin.
- A Cheat. – It promises pleasure and pays off in pain.
- A deceiver. – It promises life and pays off in death.
- A destroyer. – It promises profit and pays off in poverty.
- Moses looked at sin and chose to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
- Sin
is a Fact – Gen. 4:7
- Sins
True Definition:
- “Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of the law of God.”
- “Sin is any lack of conformity to the law of God, whether in act, disposition, or state.”
- The Apostle John: “Sin is the transgression of the law” – I John 3:4b
- Sin is violation of the moral law of God and cries out for just retribution.
-
Sin
is: – John 16:9
-
Missing
The Mark.
- Missed the Mark in rejecting the Son.
- Missed the Mark in serving after salvation.
- Missed the Mark in faithfulness.
- Man turning aside. –Isaiah 53:6
-
Competition
with God.
- In authority – you bought with a price. – I Peter 1:18,19
- Adam and Eve decided to become independent of God and create their own law.
- They rejected the law of God and became a law unto themselves.
-
Missing
The Mark.
-
Sin
is Certain.
-
The
Reality of Sin
- Ask Adam if sin is real in his loss of Eden.
- Ask Cain if sin is real in his cry – “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Ask David when we hear him say – “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.”
-
The
Potentiality of Sin
- The sin committed reveals a heart of rebellion.
- The sin committed reveals a mind bent to the world.
-
The
Reality of Sin
-
Sin
Forgiven through a Mediator. – Romans 5:15
- Sin is God’s competitor
- The Savior is God’s Mediator –
- The First Adam Competed with God for Sovereignty and ruined us all. – I Corinthians 15:45
- The last Adam, Jesus Christ, cooperated with God for our salvation.
- The first Adam said – “I will.” – Genesis 3:6 – “He did eat.”
- The last Adam said – “Not my will, but thy will be done.” – Matthew 26:39
- The last Adam said -: I delight to do thy will, O God.” – Psalm 40:8
- God’s will led Him along the rough road of suffering through gloomy Gethsemane to bloody Calvary where Jesus cried – “It is Finished.” – John 19:30
- Sin
is: – Rom. – 6:16
Romans – 6:11-14
UNDERSTANDING GREED
William Andrew Dillard
Parson to Person
Greed is the universal requisite of natural man. It is his sinful nature, manifesting itself repeatedly, and often.
Greed may be likened to the grease that keeps the wheels of insatiable desire turning. It is the sinful motivation of natural man to create an elusive, indefinable, apex of life that cannot satisfy or be perpetuated due to the deterioration of all things, and the brevity of earthly life. Greed is soundly condemned in the pages of Holy Writ. From its description of ultimate selfishness in Psalm 17:12, and Proverbs 1:19 to its marked prohibition in pastors and deacons in I Timothy 3 to the woes pronounced upon the perishing in Jude 1:11, the Holy Word underscores its wickedness.
Dreamers of an ultimate, human heaven on earth of their own making have led men far afield from the best government ever experienced on earth: Theocracy! The Hebrews knew this in their liberation from Egyptian slavery, the wilderness wanderings, and possession of the Promised Land. But greed led them to reject their government. They wantonly lusted after the monarchial form established by godless nations around them, with the human glory and personal gain it could bring.
So, over the millenniums of time men ever searched onward for their zenith of a utopia on earth. From monarchial, to oligarchical, to fascist dictatorship, to communism and socialism they dream and work on. It is somewhat interesting though that there is a form of government that stands out as superior to them all. It is capitalism! Communism and socialism purport to equalize the standards of men, stifling the baseness of greed. Only trouble is, it does not work because all men are greedy. So the populace is forced into poverty while the rulers bask in luxury; the ill-gotten product of their greed. Soon the system breaks down as history consistently shows.
On the other hand, Capitalism plays to the greed of men, allowing a free market place and a republic form of democracy restricted to protecting those tenants. It works well for all because it encourages entrepreneurship. Men may work and enjoy the fruits of their labors. Is it a perfect form of government? No, by far, it is not, but it is the best the world has to offer as its continued success testifies. Is greed good? Certainly not, but greedy is what sinful men are.
One day, heaven will rule on earth. Then and only then will men realize their fullest potential, and appreciate what a perfect government can do and be for them. But sadly, even the millennial reign of Jesus will ultimately be rejected by sinful men to their own eternal punishment. What follows is a new heaven and a new earth; a new city of complete perfection for God’s people. Now that is what should be the desire and preparatory work in the heart and mind of everyone.
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