SIN (gr. hamartia)
Defined:
·
Voluntary
rebellion against God’s rule
·
“missing
the mark” that God has set for us
·
Transgressing
God’s law
·
Committing
a wrong; breaking God’s law +
·
Act
of wrongdoing + and disobedience
·
State
of alienation from God
·
Rupture
of personal relationship with God
·
Betrayal
of trust God places in us
·
State
of enmity (hatred) with God
·
Malignant,
personal power that holds a person in its grasp
·
A
disease, a poison
·
Ruthless
power that controls and enslaves us
·
Power
of evil and wickedness
·
Anti-God,
anti-righteousness, anti-life, anti-freedom, anti-creation
Discussion:
1. Origin of Human Sin -- Born into sin -- Genesis 3; Romans 5:12,
18; Psalm 51:5
2.
Nature of Sin – All have sinned -- Romans
3:23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Isaiah 53:6;
7:14-23
but see 1 Peter 2:22; Heb. 4:15; Isaiah 53:9—Jesus’ sinlessness
3. Denial of Sin -- If you deny you have sinned -- 1
John 1:8-10; James 3:2
4.
Acts of “Sinful
Nature”
-- Sin attitudes –
1 John 2:16;
Examples
of Sin – Galatians
5:19-2;
1 ( vs. 16-18) 1 Corin. 6:9-20; Romans 6:7-9;
5. Consequences of Sin -- Wages
of Sin is death -- Romans 6:23; 8:6-8
6.
Victory over Sin – Freed from sin
-- 2
Corinthians 5:17; Romans 12:1-2; Colossians
2:13-15; Colossians 3:12-17;
Galatians 5:22-26 and see Romans 8:1-17;
See also escape from Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13