SIN
INTRO: HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SIN IS?
1: WHAT IS SIN?
A) PROVERBS 21:4 A PROUD HEART AND A HIGH LOOK
B) PLOWING OF THE WICKED IS SIN
C) PRIDE IS ONE MAIN INGREDIENT IN SIN
2: JAMES 4:17
A) KNOWING WHAT’S GOOD AND NOT DOING IT
B) RIGHT AND WRONG CHOOSING WRONG OVER RIGHT
C) PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL
3: WHAT SIN IS.
A) 1 JOHN 3:4
B) SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW
C) DOING WRONG
D) SIN IS A REPROACH UNTO THE PEOPLE OF A NATION
POINT: IF WE KNOW WHAT SIN IS, AND WHAT IS SIN. THEN WHY DO PEOPLE SIN? WHY DO PEOPLE BREAK THE LAW, WHY DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT AND WRONG AND STILL CHOOSE THE WRONG? ANSWER: PLEASURE, LEISURE, PRIDE, LAZINESS, GREEDINESS.
BODY: WHAT DOES SIN DO?
1: JAMES 1:15
A) SIN BRINGS DEATH
B) THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
C) SIN WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD
POINT: THERE IS A VOICE THAT SAYS GO AHEAD NO ONE WILL KNOW YOU AIN’T HURTING NO ONE IT’S ALRIGHT, JUST ONE TIME, EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE NEVER HURT ANYONE. THE WHOLE TIME THE VOICE NEVER TELLS YOU THAT GOD IS ALWAYS PRESENT AND KNOWS ALL. AND EVEN WHAT WE THINK IS SMALL IS STILL SIN TO GOD.
2: SIN DWELLS IN US
A) ROMANS 7:17-23
B) OUR FLESH IS WHERE SIN STAYS
C) WE HAVE A DAILY STRUGGLE WITH IT
D) IT WILL MAKE US DO WHAT WE HATE AT TIMES
POINT: THE BETTER WE UNDERSTAND AND THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT SIN, HOPEFULLY THE EASIER IT CAN BE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. HAVING IT PRESENT IN US ALL THE TIME IS TRYING BUT WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US AS WELL.
3: WHAT COVERS ALL SINS?
A) PROVERBS 10:12
B) LOVE COVERETH ALL SINS
C) THELOVE OF CHRIST COVERS AND CLEANSES US FROM ALL SINS
POINT: THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS WHAT SAVES US FROM OURSELVES. DAY TO DAY WE BATTLE AND EACH DAY WE AWAKE TO JESUS CHRIST’S LOVE IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND ACCEPT IT AND USE IT.
CLOSING: WE ALL SIN AND COME SHORT
HE STILL LOVES US
NOT AN EXECUSE TO SIN FREELY BUT IT IS REASSURING TO KNOW WE HAVE A FAITHFUL AND MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST IN JESUS CHRIST WHO LOVES AND UNDERSTANDS US.
