When Does Sin Begin

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When Does
Sin
Sin
Sin
Begin?
Sin
Sin
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When Does Sin Begin?
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Adam and Eve

• And God said, let us make man in our image,
  after our likeness...
• So God created man in His own image, in the image
  of God created He him, male and female created He
  them
• And God saw everything that He made, and behold,
  it was very good.
• Genesis 126,27,31

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And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of
every tree of the garden you may freely eat

• But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
  evil, you will not eat of it for in the day
  that you eat thereof you will surely die,
• Genesis 216,17

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Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast
of the fieldAnd he said to the womanAnd the
woman said to the serpentAnd the serpent said
to the woman

• Genesis 31-5

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And when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food (lust of the flesh) and that it was
pleasant to the eyes (lust of the eyes) and a
tree to be desired to make one wise (pride of
life), she took of the fruit thereof and did eat
and gave to her husband with her and he
ate.Dummy!

• Genesis 36

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They both gave into temptation to do the wrong
thing.

• They were tempted and both failed the test.

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Love not the world, neither the things in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him.For all that is in the
world the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father ,
but is of the world.And the world passes away
and the lusts thereof but he that does the will
of God abides forever.

• I John 215-17

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but he that does
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Adam and Eve chose to do wrong.

• They could have chosen to do right.

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It could have happened this way

• And when the woman saw that the tree was good
  for food (lust of the flesh) and that it was
  pleasant to the eyes (lust of the eyes) and a
  tree to be desired to make one wise (pride of
  life), she took of the fruit thereof andthey
  stopped themselves! They both turned and ran
  from the tree and did not eat of it.

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Let us walk honestly, as in the day not in
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying,But put on
the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for
the flesh to fulfill its lusts.

• Evil lustsas read in context in Romans 1313-14

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Ecclesiastes 729

• Lo, this only have I found, God has made man
  upright, but they have sought out many
  inventions.
• They choose to make provision for evil lusts.

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The Lord made man in His own image.

• He put those natural, good desires in us, to
  function in a moral, lawful manner. Every part of
  the image was a carbon copy of God. The Lord
  made us perfect. He gave us the ability to
  choose to do right or do wrong.

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When did your sin and my sin begin?
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Did it begin when Adam and Eve sinned.
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No
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The scripture says

• Behold, all souls are mine as the soul of the
  father, so also the soul of the son is mine the
  soul that sins, it shall die.
• Ezekiel 184

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Also

• The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall
  not bear the iniquity of the father, neither
  shall the father bear the iniquity of the son
  the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon
  him and the wickedness of the wicked shall be
  upon him.
• Ezekiel 1820

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In other words

• We are responsible for our own actions done, good
  or bad.

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I'm the man You're the man He's the man She's the
man...(woman)
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If you or I sin, before or after conversion, it
is because we choose to do it, against a known
law. We will have done it willfully.
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What does sin do?
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Some things bring to mind a Song
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Sin will take you farther than you want to
goSlowly, but surely taking controlSin will
leave you longer than you want to staySin will
cost you far more than you want to pay
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Take you fartherthan you wantLeave you
longerthan you wantCost you far morethan you
want
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Sound like a good deal?

• Neither you nor I would think so.

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What Is Sin?
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James 417

• Therefore to him that knows to do good and does
  not do it, to him it is sin.

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I John 34

• Whosoever commits sin transgresses the law
  for sin is a transgression of the law.

Commit means to practice to do. Transgress
means to break or violate.
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Lets add these together.
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Whosoever commits sin transgresses the law for
sin is a transgression of the law.
Therefore to him that knows to do good and does
not do it, to him it is sin.


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A Sin is

• A willful transgression against a known law.

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Sin

• Little sins

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Sin

• Medium size sins
• And

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Sin

• Big ones

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Each one done on purpose.
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For a deed to be willful, you make a choice.

• We will to do
• or
• We will not to do
• something.

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Hebrews 1026

• For if we sin willfully after we have received
  the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more
  sacrifice for (your) sins

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Isaiah 591,2

• Behold, the Lords hand is not shortened that it
  cannot save neither His ear heavy that it cannot
  hear
• But, your iniquities have separated between you
  and your God
• and your sins have hid his face from you, that
  He will not hear.

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God
SIN
Man
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What affected the Lord then, affects Him nowSin
still separates man and woman or child from God
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OrWe could say
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• What affected man then, affects man nowSin still
  separates man and woman or child from God

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Little sinMedium sin Big Sin

• All separate man from the Lord

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Thank the Lord He has provided a cure!
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Matthew 121

• And she shall bring forth a son and you will
  call His name Jesus for He shall save His people
  from their sins.

From means out of.
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So

• In other words

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• He shall save His people OUT OF their sins.
• Not in their sins.

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And
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But God commends His love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

• Romans 58

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So my friends If we are out of sin, we are
in Him

• Or

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If we are in sin we are separated from Him.
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We are either in the Lord or we are in sin.
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We cannot be in both conditions simultaneously.
We cannot be in Him and separated from Him at the
same time.

• What confusion that is.

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God is not the author of confusion.

• I Corinthians 1433

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Is it a Sin to be tempted?
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No
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To be tempted is to be tried or tested.
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The very nature of being tried or tested, is that
it comes of its own accord. Not of our own
choice.

• We are faced with it.

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Temptation is a far cry from a willful
violation of a known principle.
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A temptation comes to us

• A sin goes from us, from our heart

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Jesus Himself was tempted,

• But did not sin.

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Matthew 41-11

• Then Jesus was lead up of the Spirit into the
  wilderness to be tempted (proved) of the devil.

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Luke 41-2

• And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned
  from Jordan and was lead by the Spirit into the
  wilderness,
• Being forty days tempted (tested) of the devil

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In both these examples, Jesus was tempted in the

• Lust of the eyes
• Lust of the flesh and
• Pride of life.

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command this stone that it be made bread.Luke
43 (lust of flesh)showed Him all the all
the kingdoms of the worldIll give you power and
glory if you worship me.Luke 45,6,7 (Lust of
the eyes, Pride of life)cast yourself down
from henceLuke 49 (Jesus saidIt is said,
you shall not tempt the Lord your God.)
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And we know from the word

• Hebrews 415 For we have not a high priest which
  cannot be touched with the feelings of our
  infirmities but was in all points tempted like
  we are, yet without sin.
• I Peter 221-22 leaving us an example, that we
  should follow in His steps
• Who did no sin,

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When does sin begin?

• When do we become accountable?

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The first time you knew, in your heart, something
was wrong and you did it, said it, meditated on
it, heard it, threw it, saw itanyways,

• Then, whatever the age you were, you became
  accountable to the Lord.
• You sinned.
• You died spiritually.
• You became separated from the Lord.
• You willfully
• Rebelled.

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for where no law is, there is no
transgression.Romans 415
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For until the law, sin was in the world but sin
is not imputed when there is no law.Romans 513

• Impute to attribute, to put on an account

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Sin begins in someones life when a known law is
violated,

• When one crosses the moral threshold into the
  immoral realm.

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When one goes from being innocent to being guilty.
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From light to darkness
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From sinless to sinful
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When one goes from being

• Selfless
• To
• Selfish

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When you became a

• Sinner.

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From alive once to dead.
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Paul

• I was alive without the law once but when the
  commandment came, sin revived and I died.
• Romans 79

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What is this Law or commandment we are
talking about?
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For the innocent or unconverted it is

• The conscience.

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Going against the conscience takes effort and it
is troubling,

• Whether you are a child reaching the age of
  accountability or an adult.

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For the converted

• It is the conscience molded by the Spirit of God
  and the word of God.

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Ezekiel 3624-27

• For I will take you from among the heathen and
  gather you out of all countries and will bring
  you into your own land.
• Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and you
  shall be clean from all your filthiness and from
  all your idols will I cleanse you.
• A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit
  will I put within you and I will take away the
  stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you
  a heart of flesh.
• And I will put my spirit within you and cause you
  to walk in my statutes and you shall keep my
  judgments and do them.

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Jeremiah 3131-34

• Behold, the days come that I will make a new
  covenant with the house of Israel and with the
  house of Jacob.
• Not according to the covenant that I made with
  their fathers in the day that I took them by the
  hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt,
  which covenant they broke, although I was a
  husband to them.
• But, this shall be the covenant that I will make
  with the house of Israel after those days, I
  will put my law in their inward parts and write
  it in their hearts and will be their God and they
  shall be my people.
• And they shall teach no more every man his
  neighbor and every man his brother saying, know
  the Lord for all they shall all know me from the
  least of them unto the greatest of them for I
  will forgive their iniquity and I will remember
  their sin no more.

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This was fulfilled in the days that came.

• Jesus resurrection and return back to the Father.

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Hebrews 810-11

• For this is the covenant that I will make
• Ill write my law in their hearts and they will
  know what is truth. They will know me.
• This is just what the Lord has done.

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The Lord gives us understanding in all the things

• We need to know.

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We have a new heart with new desires.

• Delight yourself also in the Lord and He will
  give you the desires of your heart. (The new
  heart)
• Psalm 374

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II Timothy 27

• Consider what I say and the Lord give you
  understanding in all things.

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Galatians 111

• But I certify you brethren, that the gospel
  which was preached of me is not after (from) man.
• For I neither received it of man, neither was I
  taught it , but by the revelation of Jesus
  Christ.

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The Lord stopped writing the law on tables of
stone. Now, He writes the law or
commandments on the fleshly tables of our
hearts. So we can honestly say

• For it is God that works in you (and me) both to
  will and to do of His good pleasure.
• Philippians 213

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When Does Sin End?
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The Lord is a reasonable God.
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Come now and let us reason together, says the
Lord though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.

• Isaiah 118

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Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon
you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in
heart and you shall find rest for your souls.For
my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

• Matthew 1128,29,30

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At some time, we all, like sheep, had gone stray

• Jesus has made a way of escape, back to the
  Father.

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Andshould you return
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I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that repents, more than
over ninety nine just persons, which need no
repentance.

• Luke 157

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Repentance

• A reversal of a bad decision

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Then Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized
every one in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins and you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost.

• Acts 238

Remission freedom, pardon, forgiveness, liberty
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The Lord is doing His best to reach honest hearts
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Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing the
goodness of God leads you to repentance. (Hes
trying to help us.)

• Romans 24

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Do you feel badly for hurting the Lord?
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For Godly sorrow works repentance to salvation
not to be repented of but the sorrow of the
world works death.

• 2 Corinthians 710

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But your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

• John 1620

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Would you like to change your mind about being
separated from the Lord?
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The end of deathis really

• The beginning of Life.
• Onward and Upward!
• God Bless!

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