“Sin” Part 1

“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4

We want to take a look at sin because sin is the most devastating thing to happen to mankind since creation. Sin separates man from God because sin is breaking of Gods law. I am afraid that mankind and even some Christians have reached the point that we no longer fear God in our sinning. I think mankind has reached the point where they no longer understand the depth of sin. I think that sin has become such the norm for mankind that the severity of it has been lost; and not just by the lost but also by Pastors and church members. Simply put mankind and a lot of Christians also have devalued sin to the point it is tolerable. However I must differ with that thinking because sin is the reason God kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden and condemned all mankind, sin is the reason Cain became a fugitive and a vagabond, Sin is the reason the world was flooded and all people and other creation was killed except what was on the Ark, Sin is the reason Jesus Christ the only one to never having sinned had to die, and Sin will be the reason God will once again destroy the world and condemn mankind to eternal hell. With this in mind we as Christian may need to rethink the value of sin. Let us not allow some preacher whose only goal in life is building a “super church” devalue the horribleness of the very thing God hates and that is sin. Folks it is not “ok” to sin, sin is the dirtiest thing mankind can do against God. Sin is breaking Gods law and God is never happy when one breaks His holy laws. The severity of the sin or how big or small it is doesn’t matter, sin is sin.

Sin is a state with mankind or in other words sinners are who we are. Sin is part of our nature, and because it is we are totally depraved. It is because of sin that there is nothing good in man. While we look at the morality of man God looks at the heart of man and this is what God sees in every single man "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9 some preachers will say “you have to look for the good in man” however God says without Jesus Christ in their hearts there is none that are good and none will ever seek God. Folks it is sin that keeps us from ever seeking God on our own. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (11.) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God." Romans 3:10 – 11

Sin affects us all, all mankind are sinners and all mankind are condemned to eternal hell. It is only by Gods grace and mercy that a remnant of mankind will not be punished in the eternal lake of fire. “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke 13:3 Folks man must understand that without Jesus Christ in their heart they will spend eternity in hell. "I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." John 8:24 Mankind can invent all the different ways of salvation they want but salvation is only in Jesus Christ and none other, not by works, not by church membership, or not by baptism, it is only in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We would like to conclude this article with the understanding that sin has separated us all from God; that sin has condemned us all to hell, and that sin keeps us from being good people. Folks, let us look what God said about mankind, "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." Ecclesiastes 7:20 folks if sin has this much affect on us then why would we want to sin or attempt to excuse it? "But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe." Galatians 3:22