04/06/2026
Let's Talk About Sin...
Humans generally trivialize their own sins. Meaning they dont see sin as a BIG DEAL. They see sin more as a weakness instead of a wickedness. They see sin as a misstep, a mistake, rather than pure rebellion.
Sin entered humanity in the Garden of Eden, and man fell. Man did not fall out of Heaven. It was Lucifer who fell out of Heaven. Man fell from a relationship with God. Yeshua came to redeem man from the fall. Yeshua came to bring us back into the relationship with the Father.
Two (2) problems that condemn man.
1. Man has sin nature.
2. Man has a record of sins because of his sinful nature.
Question: Is a man a sinner because he has sinned, or does man sin because he is a sinner? Answer: He sins because he is a sinner. Man stands condemned before God because of his sinful nature and his record of sins. He deserves Hell.
The penalty of SIN is death:
Romans 5:23 - "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"
That is spiritual and physical death. Spiritual death means eternal separation from God.
Why do we not see the wickedness and evil in our own sins?
1. We compare our sins with sins of others.
2. We refuse to see ourselves for who we really are.
E.G: "All my sins or most of them were lusts but I did not act upon those lusts" - Excuses.
We look at the very things we did wrong, and we compare it to our motive, and we go like, "Well, I know that was really bad, but I didn't mean to be evil"
3. We don't distinguish between the sin of commission and the sin of ommission.
Sin of commission - We look at things we are told we may not do, like "do not kill", then we go like "well, I haven't killed so I'm not a sinner"
Sin of ommission is not doing the things you were told to do.
Example: Mark 16:15 - And He said to them "Go into the world and preach the Gospel to every creature"
Our sins are against God.
When a husband does not love his wife like Christ lived His Church (Ephesians 5:25). Not only does he sin against her, but he sins against God.
So we sin because we don't know who God is. Romans 3:23 - "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
How did the fall of man affect human beings? How did it affect us?
1. They have eyes, but those eyes cannot see the truth (Jeremiah 5:21)
2. They have ears, but those ears cannot recognize and hear the truth (Ezekiel 12:2)
3. Fallen mind thatbis enmity with God. His mind sees God as an enemy (Romans 8:7; Ephesians 4:17-18; Ephesians 4:22; John 3:19)
To be continued...