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Apr 5, 2021 · Sin is cosmic—prior to human existence, from nonhuman personages who are involved in human affairs today. In the Bible, evil exists prior to human existence: Sin begins with a deceptive serpent ( Gen 3:1–7 ), opposed to God’s will. The serpent is nonhuman, created by God, highly intelligent ( Gen 3:1 ).
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NOTES. Mark Biddle, Missing the Mark: Sin and Its...
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This text, Ephesians 2:13–17, speaks of reconciliation...
- Cosmic Sin
W.T. Purkiser in his book, Conflicting Concepts of Holiness,4 he suggests that we test our definition of sin by taking the verses of the Bible that speak of sin as an act, and inserting our definition in place of the term "sin." If our definition makes sense in place of the word, it is likely a good definition.
- Introduction
- The Explanation of Sin
- The Entrance of Sin
- The Extent of Sin
- The Effects of Sin
- The Expiation For Sin
Any treatment of Christian doctrine would be incomplete if the biblical statement concerning sin were omitted. Modern Philosophy denies the existence of sin, but any such denial is part of a false philosophy. All refusal to admit the existence of sin can neither be controverted nor challenged. The Bible declares sin’s existence and the human heart ...
What is sin? When one seeks the answer to this question in the many and varied definitions of men he is left somewhat confused. There is a difference between the way God describes and explains sin, on the one hand, and the way, on the other hand, that men describe and explain sin. A certain minister excused bad behavior by accounting for it in term...
With respect to the entrance of sin in the human race we are confined to God’s revelation to us in His Word. Philosophers and some theologians have no reliable explanation of sin’s entrance into the world. One well-known preacher wrote, “It may be that there are evil entities in the universe who have mysterious access to the lives of men.” But the ...
The Bible teaches that sin entered the human race with Adam’s transgression. “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” (Romans 5:12). Adam was the doorway through which sin entered to all of his posterity because the “one man” in Paul’s statement is Adam. Adam...
The consequences of sin are doubtless more numerous than we will attempt to consider in this brief study. We will ponder only two at this time. Look first at the matter of guilt. I mean real guilt, that feeling of having done wrong because I know I did wrong. Sometimes a person is plagued with pseudo guilt, a guilt feeling arising from emotional ca...
Expiation is the act of making satisfaction or atonement for a crime or fault. God, because of His nature, not only demands that sin be punished but He also has provided for the sinner’s restoration to fellowship with Himself. It is at this point where the death of Christ enters the scene. God could not be satisfied until sin had been fully atoned ...
Mar 17, 2010 · The Evolution of Sin. Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity. In the version of the Lord's Prayer ...
May 25, 2004 · The Gap Theory. 1) Genesis 1:1 – An original perfect creation of all things (except man). 2) A gap of undetermined time during which Satan fell, a flood and the Ice Age destroyed life, thus creating the fossil record. 3) Genesis 1:2 and following – Six days of “re-creation” including Adam and Eve. Problems:
Feb 19, 2018 · Abstract. This essay offers an introduction to the study of sin as a concept in the Hebrew Bible, first via an overview of past scholarship, then through a discussion of four salient issues in sin's definition based on the biblical texts. Previous approaches can be broadly classified by their emphasis on the terminology of sin in Biblical ...
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Feb 24, 2023 · The biblical authors explore more of the relational consequences of sin with the Hebrew word pesha, often translated as “transgression.”. Pesha refers to ways that people violate the trust of others, like the betrayal of a relationship. Take for instance a law in the Hebrew Bible about theft (e.g., Exod. 22:7-9 ).
