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What Is Sin?

What Is Sin?. Introduction. J. W. McGarvey once said, “I would esteem above every other gift that could be bestowed upon me as a preacher the power to adequately conceive what sin is and to adequately set it before the people.”. Introduction.

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What Is Sin?

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  1. What Is Sin?

  2. Introduction • J. W. McGarvey once said, “I would esteem above every other gift that could be bestowed upon me as a preacher the power to adequately conceive what sin is and to adequately set it before the people.”

  3. Introduction • Why was this ability so important to brother McGarvey? • Because of the consequence of sin • Is. 59:1-2 • Rom. 6:23

  4. Sin Is A Violation Of Conscience • Rom. 14:23 • Faith here refers to the persuasion or confidence of a person • We must be fully persuaded that what we are doing is lawful or otherwise it will be sin if we do it

  5. Sin Is A Violation Of Conscience • Our conscience must be educated by God’s Word • Acts 23:1 • The conscience is not an infallible guide • Jn. 16:2

  6. Sin Is A Violation Of Conscience • Do you have any doubts about playing a certain game, going to a certain place, participating in a certain function or following a certain habit? • If there is any doubt- don’t do it!

  7. Sin Is Knowing To Do Good But Not Doing It • Js. 4:17 • Sin is not only wrong doing, it is also a failure to do what is right-failing to do good • Gal. 6:10 • Eph. 2:10

  8. Sin Is Knowing To Do Good But Not Doing It • The good Samaritan was a doer of good • Jesus went about doing good • In Js. 4:17 we find the sin of unused knowledge, the failure to do what is right, the sin of knowing how to live right and not doing it

  9. Sin Is Knowing To Do Good But Not Doing It • “I know what’s right, but…” • “I know I should teach the lost but…” • “I know that I should not forsake the worship assemblies but…” • “I know what I should be doing, but…” • Lk. 12:47-48

  10. Sin Is A Violation Of God’s Law • 1 Jn. 3:4 • Sin is breaking God’s law • God tells us not to lie-if we lie we sin - Eph. 4:25 • God tells us not to forsake the assembly-if we do we sin - Heb. 10:25

  11. Sin Is A Violation Of God’s Law • “1 Jn. 3:4 teaches us that sin is a personal refusal to be governed by God”

  12. Sin Is A Failure To Keep God’s Commandments • 1 Jn. 5:17 • Ps. 119:172 • Those who obey God’s commandments are righteous, but those who do not obey are unrighteous • Here we find those who do not obey

  13. Summary Slide • Sin Is A Violation Of Conscience • Sin Is Knowing To Do Good But Not Doing It • Sin Is A Violation Of God’s Law • Sin Is A Failure To Keep God’s Commandments

  14. Conclusion • Acts 2:38 • Acts 8:22 • 1 Jn. 1:7 • Rev. 14:13 • Gal. 3:27

  15. References • Outlined from material by Tom Moore

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