SEEING SIN FOR WHAT IT IS

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SEEING SIN FOR WHAT IT IS

• The Greek word most often translated as sin
  literally means to miss the mark.
• Thus, when we sin, we miss the mark God has set
  for us (Rom. 323 Eph. 426).
• But there are other things we need to know about
  sin that we may truly recognize it for what it
  is.
• THE SYNONYMS FOR SIN
• THE TWO KINDS OF SIN
• THE BIBLICAL FIGURES FOR SIN

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THE SYNONYMS FOR SIN

• Transgression Primarily a going aside, then, an
  overstepping, is used metaphorically to denote
  transgression (always a breach of law) (Vine,
  page 1172).
• Iniquity This definition sets forth the
  essential character of sin as the rejection of
  the law, or will, of God and the substitution of
  the will of self (Vine, page 657).
• Unrighteousness The comprehensive term for
  wrong, or wrong-doing, as between persons (Vine,
  page 1197).

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THE TWO KINDS OF SIN

• Sins of commissiondoing what God forbids or does
  not authorize (1 John 34)
• Sins of omissionfailing to do what is good
  (James 417).

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THE BIBLICAL FIGURES FOR SIN

• A heavy burden which the Lord will gladly
  replace with a lighter one (Ps. 384-6 Isa.
  2420 Matt. 1128-30)
• Foolishness (Num. 1211 1 Sam. 1313 2 Sam.
  2410)
• A hard taskmaster from which sinners can be
  made free (John 831-34 Rom. 66, 16-18 2
  Peter 219)
• A putrefying disease from which sinners need to
  be healed (Isa. 14-6 Hosea 71 144 Ps. 414)
• A polluting filth from which sinners must be
  cleansed (2 Cor. 71 2 Peter 220-22 James 121)

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THE BIBLICAL FIGURES FOR SIN

• A binding debt which sinners can never repay
  but from which they can be released (Matt.
  612,14,15 1821-35)
• A blemishing stain which can only be removed by
  water and the blood (Ps. 511,2,7 Eph. 525-27
  Acts 2216 Rev. 15)
• An impenetrable darkness which can only be
  dispelled by the light of Gods word (2 Cor.
  614 1 John 16 29,11 Ps. 119105 John
  11-9 319-21)

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SEEING SIN FOR WHAT IT IS

• Gods word describes sin in the most negative of
  terms.
• It seems that He wants us to be as repulsed by
  the idea of sin as He is.
• Sin makes God sick (Rev. 316).
• It should make us sick as well.