What is Sin? Worship Team Series

What is Sin?
Worship Team Series
Wilmington Guide to the Bible

“Often the painful words,
not the smooth ones,
Ultimately bring the greatest freedom
and protection.”

THE DEFINITION AND MEANING OF SIN
A. Hamarthema “ to miss the mark”
Here sin may be pictured as an
attitude or act of man which does not
hit the bull’s eye of God’s glory target.
This meaning is strongly brought out
by Paul in Romans 3:23 “For all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God.”

THE DEFINITION AND MEANING OF SIN
B. Parabasis - “ to overstep a forbidden line”
According to this definition, sin occurs when
man deliberately (or accidentally) steps over the
line of the law of God. The following passages
bring this out:
“Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the
law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
(I John 3:4)

Various Theological Definition of Sin
“Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of
God, either in act, disposition, or state (A.H.
Strong)

“Sin is a transgression of, or want of conformity
to the divine law. (Charles Hodge)

Various Theological Definition of Sin
“Sin may be defined ultimately as anything in
the creature which does not express, or which is
contrary to, to the holy character of the Creator.”

“Sin is the restless unwillingness on the part of
the creature to abide in the sphere and limitation
in which the Creator, guided by infinite wisdom,
had placed him.” (L.S. Chafer)

SIN DEFINED

The inescapable spiritual need
each of us has is the need to
sign the death certificate of our
sinful nature.

SIN DEFINED
The bible declares, “Sin is lawlessness”

“Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is
lawlessness.” 1 John 3:4

The Greek word for “lawlessness” is anomia.

SIN DEFINED
Thayer’s Greek dictionary states that this verse
gives the real meaning of the word [sin]. Vine
goes on to say, “This definition of sin sets forth
its essential character of rejection of the law, or
will, of God and the substitution of the will of
self.”

SIN DEFINED
As a result of Adam’s disobedience, “many were
made sinners,” or we can say it like this:

“Many were made lawless or disobedient to the
authority of God.” This is true sin.

Now hear what Jesus said about those men who
made very polite excuses but did not submit
themselves to the calling voice and authority of
God:
“For I say unto you that non of those men who were
invited shall taste my supper.” Luke 14:24

How sobering! Those men would not be
permitted to dine at the wedding supper to
which they had previously held honorary
invitations. They were barred from the marriage
supper of the Lamb, not because of sexual
misconduct, or drug or alcohol abuse, but
because of simple disobedience to the word of
God.

Why should this surprise us? If we think it
through, was it not Adam’s disobedience that
brought the greatest consequence of judgment
on mankind?

Isn’t it interesting there is no mention in this
parable of drug addict, prostitutes, pimps,
alcohol, murderers, or thieves right?

Wrong!

If you read on, you will notice the servant
reported to the master and relayed all the
excuses. The master of the house instructed the
servant, “ Go out into the highways and hedges
in scripture represent the prostitutes, the pimps,
thieves, gang members, murderers, alcoholics,
and so on! Wow, they are in parable, but in good
sense!

The Lord knows that in these last days, many of
the people will realize their lives are empty and
have brought them nothing but sorrow, and they
will tire of kicking the goads. When they hear the
call of the Master, they will respond with instant
disobedience. In contrast, those who were
invited, who attend church and consider
themselves godly, but obey God only when it is
convenient or doesn’t interfere with their
schedules, agendas, blessings or pleasure, will
find themselves in Adam, shut out from God’s
glorious presence.

The Days of lawlessness
“Because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will
grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”
Matthew 24:12-13

“Not everyone who says to Me, „Lord, Lord,‟ shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in
heaven.”
Matthew 7:21

“Depart form me, you who practice
lawlessness!”
Matthew 7:23

Notice what they practice – lawlessness.
Simply put, they do not live out their confessions
of submission to His lordship. They obey what
fits in their plans. They are unaware of their
present lawlessness. This I am sad to say, is the
state of too many professing Christians today!

John Bevere
While in prayer I received a a sobering spiritual
vision that changed the course of my life and
ministry. I saw a multitude of people, too great
to number, the magnitude of which I had never
seen before. They were amassed before the gates
of heaven, awaiting entrance, expecting to hear
he Master say, “Come, you blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom for you from the foundation of
the world.” (Matt 25:34)

But instead they heard the Master say “Depart
from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” I saw the
look of terrible shock, agony, and terror on their
faces. They really believed they were destined for
heaven because they profess the lordship of
Jesus and their Christianity. Yet they did not
understand the true core meaning of sin. Though
they desired heaven, they lack passion to
obediently do the will of the Father.

IGNORANCE IS A BREEDING GROUND
FOR DECEPTION.
God said, “Therefore my people have gone into
captivity, because they have no knowledge.”
Isaiah 5:13
The revealed knowledge of God’s ways and His
spiritual laws guard us from the enemy’s
deceptions. The light of His truth exposes and
protects us from any lie.

The light of God’s Word
exposes deception and
discerns the thoughts and
intentions of hearts of men.

The Hebrew of Genesis 2:17 may be translated
“For in the day that thou eatest thereof, in dying
thou shalt surely die.”

IN SUMMARY IT MAY BE SAID THEN THAT SIN:

a. Dull man’s ears
“For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their ears they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and
hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn
So that I should heal them.”
- Acts 28:27


b. Darkens his eyes
“Having their understanding darkened, being alienated
from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in
them, because of the
blindness of their heart.”
– Ephesians 4:18


c. Diverts his feet
“All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
- Isaiah 53:6


d. Defiles his tongue
“Their throat is an is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit;
The poison of asps is under their lips
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
-Romans 3:13-14


e. Deceives his heart
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?”
- Jeremiah 17:9


f. Devours his intellect
“But the natural man does not receive the things of the
Spirit, for they are foolish to him; nor can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
-I Corinthians 2:14


g. Dooms his soul
“Behold, all souls are Mine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is Mine.
The soul who sins shall die.”
-Ezekiel 18:4

1. Sin is poisonous, like a viper.

“Keep me, O Lord, from evil men;
Protect me from men of violence,
Who devise evil plans in their hearts
And stir up war every day.
They make their tongues as sharp as serpent‟s;
The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
-Psalms 140:1-3

1. Sin is poisonous, like a viper.

“You snakes! You brood of vipers!
How will you escape being
condemned to hell?”
-Matthew 23:33

2. Sin is stubborn like a mule
“Surely he recognizes deceitful men;
And when he sees evil, does he not take a note?
But when a witless man can no more become wise than a wild
donkey‟s colt can be a born a man.”
-Job 11:11-12

3. Sin is cruel, like a bear
“And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a
bear. It was raised up one of its sides, and it had three ribs in
its mouth between its teeth. It was told, “Get up and eat
your fill of flesh!”
-Daniel 7:5

4. Sin is destructive, like a cranker
worm
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten- the great
locust and the young locust, the other locust and the locust
swarm.”
-Joel 2:25

5. Sin is unclean, like a wild dog
“As a dog returns to its vomit
So as a fool return to its folly.”
Proverbs 26:11

6. Sin is cunning, like a fox
“He replied, get that fox,
I will drive out demons
and heal people today.”
Luke 13:32

7. Sin is fierce, like a wolf
“The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So
when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and
runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares
nothing for the sheep.”
John 10:12-13

8. Sin devours, like a lion
“Roaring lion tearing their prey
Open their mouths wide against me.”
Psalm 22:13

9. Sin is filthy, like a swine
“Of them the proverbs are true:
A dog returns to its vomit and,
“A sow that is washed goes back to her
wallowing in the mud.”
-2 Peter 2:22

Romans 12:1-2
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of
God‟s mercy, to offer your bodies as living
sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this
is your spiritual act of worship.”

John 5:24
“I tell you the truth whoever hears my word
and believes him who sent me has eternal
life. He has crossed over from death to
life.”

I John 2 : 9
“Anyone who claims to be in the light but
hates his brother is still in the darkness.”

James 1:22
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving yourselves.”

We must learn to honor – to revere, respect; to
treat with deference and submission, and
perform relative duties to – those who are in
authority.

THE EFFECT OF SIN
1. The Loss of light

“If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in
the darkness, we lie and do not love by the truth.”
1 John 1:6

THE EFFECT OF SIN
2. The Loss of joy

“Restore to me the joy the joy of my salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
-Psalm 51:12

THE EFFECT OF SIN
2. The Loss of Joy

“I have told you this so that my joy may be
in you and that your joy may be complete.”
-John 15:11

THE EFFECT OF SIN
2. The Loss of joy
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things
there is no law.”
-Galatians 5:22

THE EFFECT OF SIN
2. The Loss of joy

“We write this to make our joy complete.”
-1 John 1:4

THE EFFECT OF SIN
3. The Loss of peace

“Everyone who sins breaks the law;
in fact, sin is lawlessness.”
-1 John 3:4-10

THE EFFECT OF SIN
4. The Loss of love

“But if anyone obeys his word, God‟s love is truly
made complete in him. This is how we know
we are in him.”
-1 John 2:5

THE EFFECT OF SIN
4. The Loss of love

“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If
anyone loves the world –
the cravings of sinful man,
the lust of his eyes and the boasting of
what he has and does
– comes not from the Father but from the world.”
-1 John 2:15-17

THE EFFECT OF SIN
4. The Loss of love

“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one
another, God lives in us and his love is made
complete is us.”
-1 John 4:12

THE EFFECT OF SIN
5. The Loss of fellowship

“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so
that you also may have fellowship with us.”
-1 John 1:3

THE EFFECT OF SIN
5. The Loss of fellowship

“If we claim we have fellowship with him yet walk in
the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.”
-1 John 1:6-7

THE EFFECT OF SIN
6. The Loss of confidence
“This then is how we know that we belong to the
truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his
presence. Whenever our hearts condemn us. For
God is greater than our hearts, and he knows
everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not
condemn us, we have confidence before God and
receive from him anything we ask, because we obey
his commands and do what pleases him.”
-1 John 3:19-22

THE EFFECT OF SIN
7. Possible loss of health and even physical life.

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation,
the old has gone, the new has come.”
-1 Corinthians 5:17

THE EFFECT OF SIN
7. Possible loss of health and even physical life

“That is why many among you are weak, sick and a
number of you have fallen asleep.”
-1 Corinthians 11:30

The preventives against SIN
1. The Word of God

“I have hidden your word in my heart
That I might not sin against you.”
-Psalm 119:11

1. The Word of God
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask
whatever you wish and it will be given you.”
-John 15:7

1. The Word of God
“Sanctify them by the truth, your word is truth.”
-John 17:17

It has been often observed that the Bible will keep one from
sinning, or sin will keep one from the Bible.

1. The Word of God
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in
righteousness.”
-2 Timothy 3:16

2. The intercession of the Son of God
“But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may
not fail. And when you have turned back,
strengthen your brothers.”
-Luke 22:32

“My prayer is not that you take them of the world, but
that you protect them from the evil one.”
-John 17:15

“Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died –
more than that, who has raised to life – is at the
right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
-Romans 8:34

“Now there have been many of those priests, since
death prevented them from continuing in office.”
-Hebrews 7:23-25

3. The ministry of the Spirit of God
“So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to
Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power but by the
Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.”
-Zechariah 4:6

3. The ministry of the Spirit of God

“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus
stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in
me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living
water will flow from within him.”
-John 7:37-39

“The Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead,
he must kind to everyone, able to teach, not
resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently
instruct, in the hope that God will grant them
repentance leading them to a knowledge of
truth, and that they will come to their senses
and escape from the trap of the devil, who has
taken them captive to do his will.”
-2 Timothy 2:24-26

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