WHAT IS SIN?
INTRO: DO YOU EVER ASK THAT QUESTION?
1: IS THIS A SIN, IS THAT A SIN?
A) IS IT A SIN TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND LOSEN UP EVERY NOW AND AGAIN?
B) IS IT A SIN TO FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT SOME ISSUE OR CIRCUMSTANCE IN YOUR LIFE?
C) IS IT A SIN TO HAVE A BAD DAY AND JUST FEEL LIKE GETTING AWAY FROM EVERYONE?
D) IS IT A SIN TO ALLOW MY EMOTIONS TO SHOW FROM TIME TO TIME?
POINT: WE SEEM TO HAVE A RELIGIOUS STANDARD ON WHAT SIN IS, THIS IS GOOD THIS IS BAD. TRUTH IS A LOT OF THINGS WE ARE THOUGHT AND BELIEVE HAVE NO BIBLICAL BACKING WHATSOEVER. GOTTA SING OUT OF THE HYMNAL, GOTTA ONLY READ A CERTAIN BIBLE. YOU CAN ONLY PRAY IF YOUR IN A CERTAIN MOOD. YOU GOT TO ALWAYS LOOK AND ACT YOUR BEST, THERE ARE TIMES AND OCCASSIONS FOR EVERY EMOTION AND FEELING YOU EXPERIENCE.
2: JAMES 4:17
A) THEREFORE TO HIM
B) THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD
C) AND DOETH IT NOT
D) TO HIM IT IS SIN
POINT: SIMPLE AS THAT KNOWING GOOD AND BAD TRUTH AND LIES LIGHT AND DARKNESS. HELPFUL AND HURTFUL. TO KNOW WHAT IS GOOD AND TO DO THE OPPOSITE IS SIN.
BODY: HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT IS GOOD?
1: WHAT IS GOOD?
A) IS GOOD ONLY WHAT MAKES US FEEL RIGHT
B) IS GOOD WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HELP
C) DOES GOOD HAVE A LIMIT AND A LABEL
POINT: GOOD HAS NO LIMIT IT HAS NO LABEL, GOD IS GOOD AND GOD IS GOOD TO ALL HIS CHILDREN, TURNING FROM THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IS SIMPLY PUT AS BEING REBELLIOUS.
2: JOHN 10:27
A) JESUS SAYS HIS SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE
B) AND THEY FOLLOW HIM
C) KNOWING GOOD IS KNOWING THAT JESUS IS CALLING FOR YOU
POINT: TIMES AND PLACES IN OUR PAST WE CAN SEE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE CALL OF THE LORD OR NOT BEEN ABLE TO HEAR IT BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS IN OUR LIVES BUT IT STILL DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE IS CALLING TO US.
3: JOHN 10:10
A) HE COMES TO GIVE LIFE
B) THOSE WHO ACCEPT RECEIVE AND RECEIVE IN ABUNDANCE
C) JOHN 10:28 HE GIVES ETERNAL LIFE
D) NO ONE CAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF HIS HAND
POINT: YOU GET DOWN YOU GET DISCOURAGED, UPSET FED UP WHATEVER REMEMBER THE WHOLE THING IS SO MUCH GRANDER AND LARGER THAN ANYONE OF US, HE GIVES US A BLESSED RICH LIFE TO LIVE IN THE BODY THROUGH THE SPIRIT, AN DPROMISED US A NEW BODY AND HOME FOR ALL ETERNITY WHEN WE LEAVE THIS WORLD!!!!!!
CLOSING: SIN REVEALED
1: DO WHAT’S RIGHT
A) EVEN IF YOUR UPSET
B) EVEN IF YOUR FED UP
C) DISCOURAGED OR DAMAGED
POINT: YOU KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT YOU KNOW WHAT’S WRONG, IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO YOU WHEN YOU WERE CREATED, YOUR CONCIOUS MIND TELLS WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG, GOOD AND BAD
2: SIN IS PLEASURABLE
A) IT’S FUN TO START WITH
B) IT CAN BE ENERGIZING AND INVIGORATING
C) IT WILL PROMISE YOU ALL THE RICHES OF THIS WORLD
POINT: THERE IS ONLY PLEASURE IN SIN FOR A SEASON, DON’T BE FOOLED RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE WHAT SIN REALLY IS AND COMBAT IT WITH THE EVER SO SOFT AND SWEET VOICE OF JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR HEART.
DO GOOD AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN
