What is sin?

1.    Ex. 2:11-15 we read of how Moses killed an Egyptian who was mistreating a Hebrew.
2.    The life Moses took caused him to flee from Egypt for four decades – 40 years.

MOSES WAS A GREAT, GREAT MAN, BUT HE WAS NOT A SINLESS MAN.

1)    This morning we want to think about the subject of sin.
2)    Our first question begins with a definition.  What does the word “sin” mean?
a)    Isa. 59:2 – The prophet Isaiah said sin “separates” people from God.
b)    Sin causes God to “hide His face” from people.
3)    The idea of “separation” should get man’s attention.
4)    Imagine would it would be like to be completely “separated” from oxygen, food, or water.
5)    In 1 Jn. 5:17 John made a short but important statement about sin (READ).
a)    John said “all” unrighteousness is “sin.”
b)    The word “unrighteousness” can be defined as wrongdoing.
6)    Who commits sin?  Is sin limited to gender (males or females)?
7)    In Ezek. 18:20 the Bible says that “soul that sins, it shall die.”
8)    The rest of Ezek. 18:20 says a son will not “bear the sin” of his father.
9)    Sin is something that is personal – Jas. 1:14-15 – READ
a)    In Rom. 1 Paul said the Gentiles were guilty of sin.
b)    Then Paul turned to the Jewish people in Rom. 2 and said they also were guilty of sin.
c)    Then he wrote Rom. 3:10 which says, “none is righteous, no not one.”  Rom. 3 – ALL sin.
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11)    Heb. 11:6; Gen. 3:6.
12)    When people embrace some type of sin, we might ask if there are any consequences.
13)    Does sin have any cost associated with it?  The answer to this question is also “yes.”
14)    In the book of Proverbs (Prov. 6) the writer speaks about the sin of adultery.
a)    If we put something like hot clothes on our chest, we know will be burned.
b)    Prov. 6:28 asks if a man can walk on hot coals and not have his feet burned.
15)    In Rom. 6:23 this inspired writer said sin “pays a wage” – death!
16)    What can sin do to us and others in this life?  It injure others.
17)    One of the things it can and does do is injure others.
a)    In Mt. 18:15 Jesus said, “If thy brother sin against thee.”
b)     “If they brother SINS (engages in wrongdoing towards us).
18)    Sin can also have some consequences with God
a)    Gen. 6:5 says God saw man’s great wickedness on the earth prior to the flood in Noah’s day.
b)    Today God is still grieved by sin.
c)    Do some refuse to acknowledge they are guilty of sin?  1 Jn. 1:10 (READ)
19)    Can sin be hidden?  Num. 32:23.
20)    Moses tried to bury the man he had killed in the sand.
21)    Prov. 28:13 says the one who seeks to “cover his transgression” will not prosper.
22)    The only successful way to deal with sin is to face it head on.
23)    Have we done this and do we continue to do this?

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