Sin is our biggest problem. Sin is our eternal problem. Sin drives people to do evil, think evil and speak evil every day. Sin is the foundational word that is used to describe any and all forms of evil. In the Old Testament, the most common Hebrew word for sin means missing the mark. In the New Testament, the most common Greek word for means means not measuring up. So whose mark do people miss and whose standard do people not measure up to? God is perfectly righteous and sinless. There is no sin in our creator. So when God created, he presented the rules of righteousness. If people followed God’s path then they would be righteous. When people depart from God’s righteous way, that is called sin. Sin is any deviation from God’s righteousness. Sin is pure evil.
So when God created Adam and Eve, they were given one rule. Obey that rule and they would remain perfectly innocent and righteous for all eternity. Disobey that one rule and they would sin. The penalty for sin back then and today is death: physical death and spiritual death. God then chose Abram and from his child Isaac, Jacob was born and from Jacob the twelve tribes of Israel were created. These twelve tribes were given God’s instructions on how to live righteous lives. These instructions were called the Law. Centuries of law breakers were born and some of the most evil rulers in the ancient world turned their back on God’s law and his righteousness. The result was that 10 tribes were taken away by Assyria and never heard from again. 2 tribes were taken away by Babylon and returned after 70 years. It was obvious to even the most casual observer that people, in their own power, with their own desires and their own will, could not keep God’s Law.
In the fullness of time, God fixe all this by sending his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus was born of a virgin, without sin. He lived a perfect life, keeping every aspect of the Law, never sinning once. Finally, Christ was nailed to a cross by the Romans and his blood was shed for the sins of the world.
Part of the Old Testament Law was to sacrifice sheep and goats and bulls to gain temporary and limited forgiveness from God the Father. Using that same system of justice and mercy, God accepted the blood of Jesus Christ as atonement, as payment for the sins for all who believe.
So as the world is going through a moral revolution that glorifies and codifies sin, however, there is still a righteous way. That way is called the New Covenant and it n\is not based on Law, but on the life and blood of Jesus Christ. God will take Christ’s perfect righteousness and impute it, or place it on you. Nothing you earn, nothing you are worthy of and with this imputed righteousness of Christ, God the Father will accept you as a righteous child of his. All sins are forgiven all penalties have been paid for all eternity. Sin is the worlds biggest problem. Jesus Christ is our biggest hope.
#Thoughts on Sin#
So when God created Adam and Eve, they were given one rule. Obey that rule and they would remain perfectly innocent and righteous for all eternity. Disobey that one rule and they would sin. The penalty for sin back then and today is death: physical death and spiritual death. God then chose Abram and from his child Isaac, Jacob was born and from Jacob the twelve tribes of Israel were created. These twelve tribes were given God’s instructions on how to live righteous lives. These instructions were called the Law. Centuries of law breakers were born and some of the most evil rulers in the ancient world turned their back on God’s law and his righteousness. The result was that 10 tribes were taken away by Assyria and never heard from again. 2 tribes were taken away by Babylon and returned after 70 years. It was obvious to even the most casual observer that people, in their own power, with their own desires and their own will, could not keep God’s Law.
In the fullness of time, God fixe all this by sending his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus was born of a virgin, without sin. He lived a perfect life, keeping every aspect of the Law, never sinning once. Finally, Christ was nailed to a cross by the Romans and his blood was shed for the sins of the world.
Part of the Old Testament Law was to sacrifice sheep and goats and bulls to gain temporary and limited forgiveness from God the Father. Using that same system of justice and mercy, God accepted the blood of Jesus Christ as atonement, as payment for the sins for all who believe.
#Thoughts on Sin#
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