Reasons for FaithThe Problem of SinThe Problem of Sin

The Meaning of Sin

Jeremiah 2:13 Jeremiah 2:13 "My people have "My people have committed two sins: They have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” cannot hold water.”

The Meaning of Sin

Exodus 20:3 Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other “You shall have no other gods before me.” gods before me.”

Ezekiel 6:9 Ezekiel 6:9 “In the nations where “In the nations where they have been carried captive, they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember those who escape will remember me--how I have been grieved by me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, their adulterous hearts,

The Meaning of Sin

which have turned away from me, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their have done and for all their detestable practices.” detestable practices.”

The Meaning of Sin

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Identity apart from God is Identity apart from God is unstableunstable..

Psalm 7:15 Psalm 7:15 He who digs a hole and He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. has made.

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Whatever threatens our identity Whatever threatens our identity leads to leads to anxietyanxiety and fear and fear.

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Proverbs 8:36 Proverbs 8:36 But whoever fails to But whoever fails to find me harms himself…find me harms himself…

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Any identity not built on God can Any identity not built on God can lead to lead to addictionaddiction..

The Personal Consequences of Sin

John 8:34 John 8:34 Jesus replied, "I tell you Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.” slave to sin.”

The Personal Consequences of Sin

A life not centered on God leads to A life not centered on God leads to emptinessemptiness. .

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Yet when I surveyed Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. gained under the sun.

The Personal Consequences of Sin

Matthew 22:37-39 Matthew 22:37-39 You shall love the You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. all your soul, and all your mind. You shall love your neighbor as You shall love your neighbor as yourself.yourself.

The Social Consequences of Sin

Romans 8:20 Romans 8:20 For the creation was For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, one who subjected it,

The Cosmic Consequences of Sin

in hope that the creation itself will in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. freedom of the children of God.

The Cosmic Consequences of Sin

Romans 8:22 Romans 8:22 We know that the whole We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. the present time.

The Cosmic Consequences of Sin

Not only so, but we ourselves, who have Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. our bodies.

The Cosmic Consequences of Sin

Jeremiah 3:10 Jeremiah 3:10 “In spite of all this, her “In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in me with all her heart, but only in pretense," declares the LORD. pretense," declares the LORD.

What Can Put It All Right?

Mark 8:34 Mark 8:34 "If anyone would come "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.take up his cross and follow me.

What Can Put It All Right?

35For whoever wants to save his life For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will life for me and for the gospel will save it. save it.

What Can Put It All Right?

36What good is it for a man to gain What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?soul?

What Can Put It All Right?

Galatians 3:22 Galatians 3:22 the Scripture declares that the the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Christ, might be given to those who believe.

What Can Put It All Right?