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Dec 12, 2023 · Shackled by our depraved nature, we naturally opposed the Law, and we found that God’s life-giving Word served only to sentence us to death. It is because of this that Paul can refer to the Law as the “law of sin and death.”
- 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 ...
It is the result of sin. New Testament Definition of Sin? In the New Testament, the Greek word for sin is harmartia. Therefore, the study of sin is called hamartiology or the Doctrine of Hamartiology. In Romans 3:23, it is referred to as missing the mark. 1 John 3:4 reveals that sin is a violation of God’s laws.
Sep 6, 2023 · The substitutionary atonement refers to Jesus Christ dying as a substitute for sinners. The Scriptures teach that all men are sinners ( Romans 3:9-18, 23 ). The penalty for our sinfulness is death. Romans 6:23 reads, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”.
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It is called "sin" (Romans 6:12, 14, 17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" (Galatians 5:17, 24), "lust" (James 1:14, 15), the "body of sin" , "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" (Ephesians 4:18, 19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is still downward to deeper and deeper corruption, there remaining ...
The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and God, as the Sovereign Ruler of His creation, has every right to execute that penalty—or allow it to occur—on anybody at any time He deems appropriate. And in so doing He is perfectly just. On some occasions in the Bible, God executed the death penalty with dramatic and terrifying suddenness.
It is called "sin" ( Romans 6:12 Romans 6:14 Romans 6:17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" ( Galatians 5:17 Galatians 5:24), "lust" ( James 1:14 James 1:15), the "body of sin" ( Romans 6:6), "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" ( Ephesians 4:18 Ephesians 4:19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is ...
