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The Nature of Sin: Born into a Fallen World

Diving into study this morning, and lo and behold, the Lord puts the topic of sin back in my face. Just a confirmation of sharing His word with the sin series!

Inherited Sin: The First Adam’s Curse

First of all, we were ALL born in since because of the first Adam and the curse He brought upon mankind by disobeying God at the eating of the forbidden fruit. There is no denying that we ALL sin. The word says in 1 John 1:6-10 that if we deny the fact that we sin or have sinned, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not is and matter of fact, it goes on to say that we will also be calling God himself a liar and that is disrespect to Him on all levels.

Confession and Forgiveness: God’s Merciful Grace

In that it does say though, that if we confess out sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us for those sins…through the bloodshed of Christ Jesus. SO thankful that God sent His son Jesus to die for our sins and take the punishment for us. Can’t even really phantom the totality of it all to be honest, the magnitude of it is too great for us to even comprehend. I do know one thing though, I am forever grateful.

The Daily Armor: Repentance and Prayer

We have to live in a daily life of repentance because sin comes in all forms shapes and sizes and can disguise itself quickly and cunningly under the guidance of the enemy. We have to pray daily and ask for God to keep our mind and thoughts pure and stuck on Him and His ways and keep going back to that day after day, and all through the day…its that serious.

Our Battle Against the Enemy

The enemy does not sleep and is like a roaring lion prowling for whom he can devour and conquer 24/7 so we must protect ourselves with the armor God has left us with. Speaking of enemy, when we choose to live in sin now, and even before we came to Christ, we make ourselves God’s enemy, and also, when we choose to love the world more than we love God, we become His enemy. It’s our choice. Love our creator and worship Him, or love the world and worship it…I choose the first choice!

God’s Holiness and Our New Life in Christ

God is holy and can’t stand sin, and sin separates us from God. We have a wicked heart by nature, but once we have come to Christ Jesus and accepted Him as our Lord and savior, He has done a new work in us and we no longer have to operate as the Old man because He has made us a New creation and we walk in New life and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit instead of this fleshly driven being. We can’t even please God if we are walking in our flesh and not in the spirit.

Judgment Day: The Ultimate Choice

So many things we don’t even know when we don’t open up the Word of God and study for ourselves. EVERYONE will be judged when it is time and there are only two places that you can go…eternal life with the Father, or in eternal brimstone and lake of fire…again, I choose the first choice!

The Imperative of Daily Repentance

Accept the fact that we ALL need to repent each and every day in order to stay in good standing with the Father. Please do not forget it. We don’t know when it’s time, and I pray that we all recognize that and do what we are supposed to do so that we may spend the rest of eternity with our Father.

Study the Word: Building a Relationship with the Father

Always, and I mean always, study the word for yourself and get into a closer relationship with the Father and learn what He says and expects from us.

God bless you

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Sumthin to chew on

Discussing the word this morning with my wife and we got into some topics of study that we’ve been doing and how there is so much in God’s word. You can read the same scriptures 1000 times and He can show you 1000 different things in it every time. She brought out a notepad from her study notes and went through some things she had jotted down concerning sin and how there were different faces or levels to it. This all blew me away because I had panned on doing a sin series in the Soul Food blog but didn’t know when to start. I decided to share some of what she had and add a little to it. Thank you Holy Spirit and thank you Babe for allowing Him to use you!

When someone says sin, we just think “sin”, and fail to realize that sin has different “faces” if you will and different attributes and personalities and different forms. They ALL will lead you to stray away from God and they ALL will lead you to hell if you don’t repent and turn away from it. God does not allow sin in His kingdom and can not stand to be around it. He is a Holy God and sin cannot be in His presence. It’s best we know what we are up against and also know that we were born in sin due to Adam’s going against God’s command of the forbidden fruit and birthing sin in mankind. It is the makeup of our hearts and nature and we are all born in it. However, that does NOT mean that we HAVE to live in sin and accept it. We do NOT have to allow the enemy to blind us by the pleasures of sin (yes it does give us a good feeling sometimes) and allow us to think it is ok. Jesus died on the cross and rose in 3 days, claiming victory over sin and giving us a way out of perishing forever in the lake of fire from sin. Thank you Jesus for your atonement and sacrifice on the cross! If we would only sit back and think on what He actually did for us..something that NOBODY else could EVER do…if we could just really ponder on that and the magnitude of it…we could never thank Him enough.

The need to repent is so severe, we sin every single day, by things we do or don’t do, according to the word of God and the will of God. We sin sometimes when we don’t even know it, so it is VERY important that we repent DAILY of our sins and ask for forgiveness in the mighty name of Jesus. Without that name behind it, it does us no good. Again, we could never thank Him enough!

God bless you!

Levels of sin

Difference between iniquity, sin, transgression

Sin is:

To fall short of the glory of God
To miss the mark, to do something against someone or God
Doing the opposite of what is right

Sin left unchecked or continual sin leads to a reprobate mind.

Transgression is:

To choose to intentionally disobey
Willful trespassing
To cross the line that can be in thought, word or attitude many times a day.

Iniquity is:

Sin more deeply rooted
Refers to a premeditated choice
To commit iniquity is to continue without repentance
When you plot to carry something out

Iniquity left unchecked leads to a state if willful sin with no fear of God.

Iniquity continued can also lead to a reprobate mind.

*Reprobate mind – Romans 1:28

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