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Romans 4:15
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law

HAMARTIOLOGY: is, there is no transgression.

I John 3:4
The Study of Sin 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the
law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

2. Is a FAILURE TO CONFORM to God’s standard -

Text to “miss the mark”
Romans 3:23 Sin is anything (whether in thoughts, actions or
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; attitudes) that does not express or conform to the
holy character of God as expressed in His moral law.
Those actions and attitudes that miss the mark of
God’s moral law by which God has set for man.
I. Definition
Romans 3:22-23
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of
Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for
A. Hamartiology: there is no difference:
From Greek hamartia, “missing the mark, to err, 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
to sin;” and logia, “the study of.” of God;

B. Sin: 3. Is a REBELLION against God - “lawlessness,

rebelliousness and disobedience.”
1. Is a TRANSGRESSION of the law - “overstepping”
• There are sins of commission—doing what we
Sin is “overstepping” the nature, work, and will should not do.
of God or “breaking” God’s law. • There are sins of omission—not doing what we
should.
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James 4:17 5. Sin is anything done apart from faith.

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to him it is sin. Romans 14:23
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because
he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith
4. Is a WRONGFUL ACTS against God and man - or is sin.
any “ungodliness” and “unrighteousness.”

Romans 1:18
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who II. Origin of Sin
hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Where did sin come from? How did it come into the
universe? Sin did not begin with God, Who cannot sin.
• “ungodliness” - Violate commands 1-4
- You shall have no other gods before Me. God is perfect and incapable of sin.
- You shall make no idols.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. James 1:13
- Keep the Sabbath day holy. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted
of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
• “unrighteousness”. - Violate commands 5-10 tempteth he any man:
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not murder.
- You shall not commit adultery. 1 Peter 1:15-16
- You shall not steal. 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. in all manner of conversation;
- You shall not covet. 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Sin includes not only individual acts such as stealing

or committing adultery, but also attitudes that are A. The Bible does declare that sin is found in:
contrary to the attitudes God requires of us. The 10
Commandments command us not to commit adultery
but Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said the 1. The Fall of Satan
attitude of lust is the same as the act.
Ezekiel 28:15
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that
thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
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Satan, of his own free will, chose to sin. He said “I will” Jude 6-7
five times in his original sin of pride and rebellion: 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
Isaiah 14:12-15 everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the great day.
of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
which didst weaken the nations! about them in like manner, giving themselves over to
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I 3. The Fall of Man - First Sin of Adam and Eve
will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the The responsibility for sin in the world lies with
sides of the pit. Adam and Eve. Sin entered the human race in the
Garden of Eden through an attack of Satan, who led
• He became the author of sin and rebellion to God. Adam and Eve to doubt God’s word and trust their
• He became the father of lies and deception. own ability to discern good and evil (Genesis 3).
• He became the author of pride and self-
centeredness. Genesis 3:1-6
• He became the author of confusion and chaos. 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of
the field which the Lord God had made. And he said
1 John 3:8 unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil eat of every tree of the garden?
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
of the devil. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
2. The Fallen Angels 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die:
2 Peter 2:4 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains gods, knowing good and evil.
of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good They were drawn away by their own desires (James
for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a 1:14–15) and thus brought sin into the world (Rom
tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the 5:12). Unbelief (Rom. 14:23; Heb. 11:6), pride, and
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her selfishness lead us to think we know better than
husband with her; and he did eat. God and to try to put ourselves in his place. All
people, in their fallen condition, are indeed “lovers
• The first expression of human sin was that of Eve of self … rather than lovers of God” (2 Tim. 3:2, 4).
(Gen. 3:6).

• Eve’s sin was immediately followed by Adam’s

original sin (Gen. 3:6). B. All of us are sinners—no exceptions.
• The woman’s sin was accomplished under We are sinners by nature and by birth:
the mitigating circumstance of deception,
whereas the man’s sin was accomplished under 1. It is universal, affecting all humans.
full awareness and accountability (1 Tim. Romans 3:10
2:14). 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
one:

Satan’s strategy was to bring disorder to the created 2. It is something that has affected our nature.
order. Satan then questioned God’s goodness, Ephesians 2:3
wisdom, and care for Adam and Eve by suggesting 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
that God was a miserly legalist in his prohibition of times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires
the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the
Satan then simply lied, saying, “you will not surely children of wrath, even as others.
die” (Gen. 3:4). Such deception and rebellion against
God stem from a failure to trust him and be satisfied 3. It is inherited.
with him and his commands and arrangements. Romans 5:12
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
Satan and our first parents demanded autonomy world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon
and rejected God’s authority, and this has been all men, for that all have sinned:
the source and shape of human sin ever since. Their
rebellion against God was the entry point of sin
into this world and among their descendants.
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Psalm 51:5 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did into an image made like to corruptible man, and
my mother conceive me. to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

4. It is Adamic. 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and

1 Corinthians 15:22 worshipped and served the creature more than
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
be made alive.

2. You sin as a result of temptation in three

C. Every man is a sinner by choice major areas which are outlined in I John 2:15-
16. Jesus was also tempted in these three areas,
1. You sin because your old nature (inherited sinful yet without sin as stated in Hebrews 4:15.
nature from Adam) draws you into sin and
by choice you commited sin.
Hebrews 4:15
James 1:13-15 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed. • The lust of the flesh.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth a. Eve was tempted in this point in Genesis 3:6
death. when she saw that the tree was “good for food.”

Romans 1:21-23, 25 Gen. 3:6

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was
him not as God, neither were thankful; but became good for food...
vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart
was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became b. Jesus was tempted in this point in Matthew 4:3
fools, when the devil tried to get Him to turn stones into
bread.
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Matt. 4:3-4 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the
If thou be the Son of God, command that these Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
stones be made bread. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man came and ministered unto him.
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• The pride of life.

a. Eve fell to the temptation “to be desired to make

• The lust of the eyes. one wise.”

a. Eve was tempted here when she saw the tree

was “pleasant to the eyes.
Gen. 3:6
Gen. 3:6 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise...
eyes...
b. Jesus overcame the temptation to cast Himself
down to prove the angels would take care of Him.
b. Jesus was tempted when the devil showed Him
all the kingdoms of the world and promised to give
them to Him in exchange for worship.
Matt. 4:6-7
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give
Matthew 4:8-11 his angels charge concerning thee: and in their
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time
high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms thou dash thy foot against a stone.
of the world, and the glory of them; 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
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III. Consequences Of Sin Romans 3:9

9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no
wise: for we have before proved both Jews and
Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
A. The results of sin to humanity:

1. All have sinned.

2. We are all guilty
The extent of sin’s consequences is that it
Psalm 130:3
touches every human being that has or will live.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord,
The Bible affirms this in both the Old (Gen 6:5)
who shall stand?
and the New (Rom 3:23) Testaments. No one
escapes the tyranny of sin.
Romans 3:19
19 Now we know that what things soever the law
Psalm 14:1-4
saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world
They are corrupt, they have done abominable
may become guilty before God.
works, there is none that doeth good.
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the
children of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, and seek God.
3. All under a curse.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no,
Galatians 3:10
not one.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call
one that continueth not in all things which are
not upon the Lord. written in the book of the law to do them.

Isaiah 53:6
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have • To serpent
turned every one to his own way; and the Lord
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Genesis 3:14
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed
above all cattle, and above every beast of the
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field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust

shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 1 John 3:8-10
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the
devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose
• To woman the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
Genesis 3:16 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin,
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; because he is born of God.
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and
and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
he shall rule over thee. righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth
not his brother.

• To man
5. Stranger to the things of God.
Genesis 3:17
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast 1 Corinthians 2:14
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things
eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the him: neither can he know them, because they are
ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat spiritually discerned.
of it all the days of thy life;

6. Heart is deceitful.
4. All children of the devil.
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and
John 8:44
desperately wicked: who can know it?
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie,
he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the
father of it.
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7. Alienated from the life of God. 10. A slave to sin.

Ephesians 4:18 Romans 6:17

18 Having the understanding darkened, being 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the
alienated from the life of God through the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the
ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness heart that form of doctrine which was delivered
of their heart: you.

8. Mentally and morally corrupt. 11. Controlled by Satan.

Psalm 94:11 Ephesians 2:2

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according
they are vanity. to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now worketh in the children of disobedience:
9. Outward behaviors are vile and detestable.

Ephesians 2:3 12. Blinded by the god of this world.

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the 2 Corinthians 4:4
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded
nature the children of wrath, even as others. the minds of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
Colossians 3:5-7 image of God, should shine unto them.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate
13. Mind has hostility towards God.
affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry:
Romans 8:7-8
6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against
on the children of disobedience:
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye
indeed can be.
lived in them.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God.
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14. Man is a child of wrath. As soon as they sinned, Adam and Eve instantly
experienced spiritual death (Genesis 2:17),
Ephesians 2:3 because of our sin and unrighteousness, we are
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation accounted dead by a righteous and holy God
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the who can in His perfection no longer have any
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by direct contact with us (except on His own grace
nature the children of wrath, even as others. terms of salvation through our acceptance on
a non-meritorious faith basis of Christ’s saving
work on the cross).
15. Dead in trespasses.

Ephesians 2:1 2. Physical death.

1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins; Their bodies(Adam and Eve) were also instantly
rendered mortal. The process of decay and
degeneration began immediately upon partaking
of the fruit.

B. The penalty of sin:

(spiritual death, physical death and eternal death.) Even the restoration of their relationship
with God through their faith in His promised
Messiah would not erase this appointment
Death – the chief penalty of our sin. with physical death (Heb.9:27), but God had
promised them the Seed who would save
1. Spiritual death. them from eternal condemnation (eternal
death) through the sacrifice of Himself on their
• This is separation from God. The Holy behalf.
God cannot look upon sin or tolerate its The “coats of skin” with which the Lord God
presence. Thus, sin is a barrier to the clothed them (Gen.3:21) in preference to their
relationship between God and human own fig-leaf creations are a clear foreshadowing
beings. It brings them under his judgment of Christ’s work on the cross. In contrast to our
and condemnation. own pitiful acts of what we would call good
(fig leaves), God will only accept the blood of
• Sin so separates us from God, we become Christ as payment for our sins.
enemies of God (Rom 5:8-10) thus alienated
from Him.
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The animals slain, their blood spilt to clothe us As a consequence of their spiritual death, Adam
in our need, are pictures of Christ’s death in our and Eve were alienated from the life of God
place (and such animal sacrifices would remain (Eph.4:18, Rom.5:10, Eph.2:12).
the dominant symbol for His death on the cross
until the day of its fulfillment). Ephesians 4:18
As our first parents did, we too must stop 18 Having the understanding darkened, being
relying on the arrogant acts of our own tainted alienated from the life of God through the
“goodness” (Isaiah 64:6), and trust instead in ignorance that is in them, because of the
God’s solution, Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians blindness of their heart:
15:21-22).
Ephesians 2:12
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
12 That at that time ye were without Christ,
21 For since by man came death, by man came
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,
also the resurrection of the dead.
and strangers from the covenants of promise,
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
having no hope, and without God in the world:
all be made alive.
This is the extension and finalization of spiritual
death. If one comes to physical death still
spiritually dead, separated from God, that
3. Eternal death. (Eternal separation from God)
condition becomes permanent.
Matthew 10:28
Having sinned, and facing the inevitable end
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but
of temporal life, eternal death (or “the second
are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him
death”) was the inescapable sentence now
which is able to destroy both soul and body in
hanging over their heads (Rev. 21:8, Rev. 2:11;
hell.
20:5-6; 20:11-15), an outcome inevitably and
inexorably approaching – except for their
Revelation 21:8
acceptance in faith of God’s solution in the
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
Person of the promised Seed.
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
Romans 6:23
have their part in the lake which burneth with
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
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On the cross, Jesus forever defeated death.

The book of Romans says, “Who was delivered When Christ conquered death for us, He removed
for our offences, and was raised again for our the “sting of death,” sin (1 Corinthians 15:56)—
justification.” (Romans 4:25). that is, we will not be judged by God according
The grave could not hold Jesus; He defeated it to our sins; rather, we will stand before God,
from the inside out. He died to pay for our sins robed in Christ’s own perfect righteousness
and the proof that it worked is demonstrated in (2 Corinthians 5:21).
the fact that He rose from the dead.
That is why believers in Christ,
He rose and made a public spectacle of it. He
disarmed the powers and authorities that were • “will not be hurt at all by the second death”
agents of destruction and paraded them through (Revelation 2:11),
the heavenly realm as a defeated, conquered, • and “the second death has no power over
and powerless foes. He publicly shamed them, them” (Revelation 20:6).
conquered and crushed them. • Christ has received our death penalty for sin
and, through His death, has conquered
THE CROSS WAS A COMPLETE VICTORY! death (Revelation 20:14).

Philippians 2:8-11 2 Corinthians 5:21

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us,
humbled himself, and became obedient unto who knew no sin; that we might be made the
death, even the death of the cross. righteousness of God in him.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every
name: John 3:18
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, but he that believeth not is condemned
and things under the earth; already, because he hath not believed in the
11 And that every tongue should confess that name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
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IV. What to do with sin? John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
A. Be saved from sin.
God provided the Once And For All sacrifice of the
Salvation means to be “delivered or rescued” Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of the whole world.

Matthew 1:21 John 1:29

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,
call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
from their sins. away the sin of the world.

Romans 4:7 1 John 2:2

7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not
forgiven, and whose sins are covered. for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole
world.
1 John 2:12
12 I write unto you, little children, because your Hebrews 7:27
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then
We are all God’s creation. He knows us all from for the people's: for this he did once, when he
eternity past, and has always had in mind what is offered up himself.
best for us in every way. God does not desire the
loss or condemnation of a single human being – He Hebrews 10:10
wants all to be saved. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
2 Peter 3:9 all.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
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Luke 15:7
Through Adam Through Christ 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
1. Sin entered 1. Grace entered heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more
2. Offense transferred 2. Free gift offered than over ninety and nine just persons, which need
3. Condemnation 3. Justification no repentance.
4. Death reigns 4. Righteousness reigns
5. Disobedience 5. Obedience
6. Makes men sinners 6. Makes men righteous D. Confess your sin.
7. Sin abounds 7. Grace abounds
8. Death 8. Eternal life To confess means to agree with God’s assessment
of something.
It is not saying, “Lord, IF this is wrong forgive me”,
but, “Lord THIS IS wrong, you are right, forgive
me.”
B. Be sorry for sin.
1 John 1:9
Not being sorry that we were caught but sorry for 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
what we did. to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
Psalm 38:18
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry
for my sin. E. Forsake your sin.

Forsake means “to abandon.”

C. Repent of sin.
Proverbs 28:13
Repentance is a change of mind wrought in us by 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:
God that is so strong it leads to desire and efforts but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall
to change actions. have mercy.

Matthew 9:13 Isaiah 55:7

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will I7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return
to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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F. Hate sin. Colossians 3:8

8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath,
Psalm 97:10 malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of
10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth your mouth.
the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the
hand of the wicked. Ephesians 4:31
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
Proverbs 6:16-19 clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you,
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven with all malice:
are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
H. Lay it aside .
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet
It seems everyone has some particular besetting sin.
that be swift in running to mischief,
That one also should be set aside, the one we love
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
the most.
soweth discord among brethren.
Hebrews 12:1
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
G. Put off sin and put them away. with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
This is the picture of taking off dirty clothes and beset us, and let us run with patience the race
discarding them. that is set before us,
“Put away” is the same phrase used to describe
divorce. We need to divorce sin.

Ephesians 4:22-25
I. Resist sin.
22 That ye put off concerning the former
Resist means “to put up a fight against it”
conversation the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts;
Hebrews 12:4
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after
against sin.
God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every
Proverbs 1:10
man truth with his neighbour: for we are members
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
one of another.
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J. Reprove sin. Colossians 1:14

14 In whom we have redemption through his
Reprove means “to expose” blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Ephesians 5:11
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful C. Puts Them Behind His Back
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Literally, “Between the shoulder blades”
1 Timothy 5:20
20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others Isaiah 38:17
also may fear. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but
thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the
pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
V. What God Does With Our Sins?
D. Separates Us From Them as Far as the
A. Washes Them Away (Cleanses Us) East is From the West

The east and west never meet.

Revelation 1:5
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
Psalms 103:12
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath
the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and
he removed our transgressions from us.
washed us from our sins in his own blood,

B. Forgives Us From Them E. Cleanses Them Away

1 John 1:7
Ephesians 1:7
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
his grace;
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F. Blots Them Out I. Buries Them In The Deepest Sea

Isaiah 43:25 Some trenches in the ocean are considered to be 37,000

25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions feet deep. That is deeper than Mount Everest is high!
for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Micah 7:19
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us;
G. Remembers Them no More he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all
their sins into the depths of the sea.
Hebrews 10:17
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember
no more. J. Put Them All On Jesus Christ

Isaiah 53:4-6
H. Justifies Us From Them 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,
Justification is the judiciary act of God whereby God and afflicted.
declares the believing sinner not guilty, not only 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
erasing the penalty for the crime, but seeing the bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
believer as though he had never committed the was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
crime. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the
Romans 3:24-26 iniquity of us all.
24 Being justified freely by his grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Hebrews 9:28
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;
through faith in his blood, to declare his and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second
righteousness for the remission of sins that are time without sin unto salvation.
past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: 1 Peter 2:24
that he might be just, and the justifier of him 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body
which believeth in Jesus. on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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VI. As a believer, how does God look at C. God will allow you to reap according to
what you have sown.
my sin?
Galatians 6:7-8
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever
A. Your sin was judged by God at Calvary. a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
II Corinthians 5:21 reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him.

VII. What things can I do to overcome

B. If you continue in sin, God will chastise
you as a father chastises his son. sin?
Hebrews 12:6-8, 11 A. Your sin is your own fault, not anyone
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
else’s. You must accept responsibility for
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you your sin. You will never correct anything
as with sons; for what son is he whom the father until you face up to responsibility.
chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all Genesis 3:9-13
are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to him, Where art thou?
be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and
yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
them which are exercised thereby. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded
thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and
I did eat.
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13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is D. Realize that you are dead to sin in Jesus
this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Christ. Dead men cannot sin.
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Romans 6:6-8
Proverbs 28:13 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have henceforth we should not serve sin.
mercy. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him:

B. Do not allow sinful thoughts to control Colossians 3:1-4

your mind. 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
II Corinthians 10:5 hand of God.
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high 2 Set your affection on things above, not on
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of things on the earth.
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
the obedience of Christ; God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then
shall ye also appear with him in glory.
C. Do not make provision for the flesh.

Romans 13:14
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not E. Judge your sin. Agree with God that it is
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. sin.

1 Corinthians 11:31-32
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not
be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of
the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.
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F. Confess your sins to God. Hebrews 4:15-16

15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
1 John 1:9 touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne
unrighteousness. of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.

G. Hide God’s Word in your heart to battle

sin. I. Walk in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:19-25
Psalm 119:11
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
not sin against thee.
lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
Jesus Christ overcame His temptation by wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
quoting Scripture. 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also
The only sure way of overcoming sin in your life told you in time past, that they which do such things
is through the power of the Word of God as you shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
hide it in your heart and apply it to your life. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no
H. Trust God’s promises to cleanse you and law.
to fight your battles for you. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
II Corinthians 7:1 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, Spirit.
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God.
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Romans 8:5-6 B. It hinders the will of God in your

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things life.
of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
things of the Spirit. 1 John 2:1
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be 1My little children, these things write I unto you,
spiritually minded is life and peace. that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous:

VIII. Reasons Not To Sin

C. It will make you do things you do not
Often we continue in a particular sin because we want to do.
have no motivation to stop. We enjoy it. It gives us
a temporal pleasure each time we participate in it. Romans 7:17,20
It gives pleasure for a season (Hebrews 11:25). But 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that
all sin brings forth death. It kills our joy, zeal, love, dwelleth in me.
devotion, desire for God, and burden for souls. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I
that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
May the following reasons motivate us to give up
all sin:
D. It will withhold good things from you.
A. Sin disrupts fellowship with God. Jeremiah 5:25
25 Your iniquities have turned away these
Isaiah 59:1,2 things, and your sins have withholden good
12 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it things from you.
cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear: But your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your sins have E. It causes a victim to be harmed.
hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Romans 14:7
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man
dieth to himself.
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Matthew 24:12 J. It will cause painful consequences that

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of one must live with.
many shall wax cold.
It can cause unpleasant emotions such as guilt,
shame and embarrassment.
F. It causes death in the believer.
Galatians 6:7-8
Romans 8:13 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:... whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
G. It affects our prayer lives. flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Psalms 66:18
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will
not hear me: K. It will bring chastisement.

1 Corinthians 11:32-33
H. It reminds God of the death of His own 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened
Son. of the Lord, that we should not be condemned
with the world.
Hebrews 6:6 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto together to eat, tarry one for another.
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the
Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
L. It will affect future generations.
I. It will surface eventually. Exodus 20:5
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
Numbers 32:23 serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find children unto the third and fourth generation
you out. of them that hate me;
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M. It will give occasion to the enemies of 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
God to blaspheme. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them.
2 Samuel 12:14
14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given
great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to B. Avoid things that could lure you into sin
blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee such as improper T.V. viewing, improper
shall surely die. music, poor publications, etc.

Proverbs 4:14
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not
IX. Basic questions in the way of evil men.

How do I keep the influences of a sinful world

from affecting me? C. Separate yourself from the ways of the
world and follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
A. Do not involve yourself with sinful activities. II Corinthians 6:14
Of course, you must “rub shoulders” with 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unsaved people in order to try to win them, unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light
but do not get involved with their sin.
with darkness?
Ephesians 5:6-11 James 4:4
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of 4 ...know ye not that the friendship of the world is
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend
of disobedience. of the world is the enemy of God.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light
in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth;)
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D. Realize that “separation” is also a positive

thing. Not only are you to be separate from
the world, but you are to separate yourself
UNTO the Gospel.

Romans 1:1
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,