Sin

Week 5 BC-421

Because we have a corrupt nature and are finite beings, we will commit actual sin; consciously, deliberately, and accidentally.

Something we cannot “fix” ourselves (we can improve…but cannot be perfect)

Something that affects individuals, the earth, and ultimately relationships

Separates us from God, from ourselves, and from others

What is it?

Passages to Study on Sin

Genesis 3Romans 5-8

Trying to satisfy desires in ways that are outside of God’s will

Or in a way not pleasing to Him

Causes and Results based on Scripture

Causes: ignorance, inattention, and error. Character of sin: missing the mark,

irreligion, transgression, iniquity or lack of integrity, rebellion, treachery, or abomination.

Results: agitation or restlessness, evil or badness, guilt, and/or trouble.

Kinds of sin: sensuality, selfishness, or displacement of God.

A Little Greek

Greek verb, hamartano (G264)

Other forms of the word are used 300 times in the NT

To miss the mark, miss the prize, or err; miss the path of uprightness, to do or go wrong, to wander from God’s law, or to violate it.

Views on Sin

Pelagianism

Adam simply set a bad example for us; we choose to follow it

Calvinism

All humans are affected by Adam’s act and we bear guilt and have a corrupt nature

Arminianism: We have a corrupt nature but not guilt; we do not have a totally

depraved nature

Effects from the Garden

SeminalismFederalism

Our Representative Our literal father

Before and After Snapshot

IN ADAMBy ancestry: Sin nature or old man

By birth:In the flesh (Rom 8:8)In a body of sin (Rom 6:6)

By choice:After the flesh

IN CHRISTBy ancestry:Sons and daughters of Godor new man

By birth:In the Spirit (Rom 8:9)

By choice:After the SpiritOr after the flesh