What is sin?
It is anything we do, say, think which offends God and go against His will, person, authority, word, moral standard. Whether this offense is done consciously or unconsciously, does not matter. When it happens, we have sinned.
The Bible has several terms to express the range of our offense to God. Sin is therefore missing the mark, going astray, transgressing, rebelling and being in a godlessness state (i.e: utterly wicked).
The result is total death and eternal separation from God.
It is anything we do, say, think which offends God and go against His will, person, authority, word, moral standard. Whether this offense is done consciously or unconsciously, does not matter. When it happens, we have sinned.
The Bible has several terms to express the range of our offense to God. Sin is therefore missing the mark, going astray, transgressing, rebelling and being in a godlessness state (i.e: utterly wicked).
The result is total death and eternal separation from God.
The sinner therefore is whosoever that has that natural inbuilt capacity and ability to sin.
Rom. 3:10-12, 23. Bad news!
Rom. 3:24-26. Good news!
The discourse that expound on the two above mentioned realities (Bad news and Good news) is what we refer to as the Gospel Message. This message is destined for every single human being on the face of the earth.
It is therefore imperative that we understand and recognize that man is not a sinner because he sins but he sins because he is a sinner.
In other words it is not our bad deeds that turn us into sinners deserving God's wrath but rather our fallen nature and total depravity which compel us to carry out bad deeds and dishonor God, that is what earn us the qualification of Sinners.
We are born this way... Fallen creatures! One may as well say that it is over for us even before we could start. True! But thank be to God for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! He is our open door to mercy and grace.
Kiss the Son and Live!!!
Amen.
We are born this way... Fallen creatures! One may as well say that it is over for us even before we could start. True! But thank be to God for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! He is our open door to mercy and grace.
Kiss the Son and Live!!!
Amen.
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