Sin, in the words of God

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SIN
In the Words of God
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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God (Rom. 323)

• Sin is a universal subject.
• Sin is a personal subject.
• Sin has consequences.

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According to man, sin is

• crime, misdeed, wrongdoing, error, imperfection,
  mistake, vice,
• shortcoming, fault, wrong, weakness

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1. Lawlessness

• Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness,
  and sin is lawlessness
• 1 John 34

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1. Lawlessness

• anomia
• condition of one without law either because
  ignorant of it, or because violating it contempt
  and violation of law (Thayer)
• A condition in which the law of God is ignored,
  held in contempt, or outright violated. Every sin
  is a violation of some law of God.

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2. Transgression

• Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition
  of the elders? For they do not wash their hands
  when they eat bread. He answered and said to
  them, Why do you also transgress the commandment
  of God because of your tradition?
• Matthew 152-3

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2. Transgression

• parabaino (verb)
• to go contrary to, to violate a command
  (Strong).
• to go beyond (Vine)
• parabates (transgressor)
• one who oversteps the prescribed limit (Vine).

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2. Transgression

• Law of God sets forth the boundary.

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2. Transgression

• Law of God sets forth the boundary.
• To transgress is to step over that boundary

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2. Transgression

• Whoever transgresses and does not abide in
  the doctrine of Christ does not have God
• 2 John 9

SIN
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3. Miss the Mark

• hamarita (noun)
• hamartano (verb)
• To miss the mark.

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Missing the Mark

• Go Too Far - 2 John 9
• Fall Short - James 417
• Off To the Side - Deut. 532

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4. Trespass

• For if you forgive men their trespasses, your
  heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you
  do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will
  your Father forgive your trespasses
• Matthew 614-15

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4. Trespass

• paraptoma
• a false step, a blunder (para, aside, pipto,
  to fall), then a lapse from uprightness, a
  sin, a moral trespass, misdeed (Vine).

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4. Trespass

• Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass
  (Gal. 61)
• the thought is that of the believer being found
  off his guard, the trespass taking advantage of
  him (Vine)

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4. Trespass

• And you He made alive, who were dead in
  trespasses and sins (Eph. 21)
• There is a distinction between the two words, but
  not in the seriousness of the consequences!

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5. Unrighteousness

• All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin
  not leading to death
• 1 John 517

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5. Unrighteousness

• adikia
• a deed or deeds violating law and justice
  (Vine).
• Emphasizes the manner in which we treat others.

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6. Iniquity
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6. Iniquity

• While it appears in the NT
• Matt. 723, 1 Cor. 136
• It is primarily an OT word.

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6. Iniquity

• awon
• Infraction, crooked behavior, perversion,
  iniquity (Harris, Archer, Waltke)

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Collective Body of Sins
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Collective Body of Sins

• But in the fourth generation they shall
  return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is
  not yet complete."
• Genesis 1516

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Collective Body of Sins

• So she said to Elijah, What do I have to do
  with you, O man of God? You have come to me to
  bring my iniquity to remembrance, and to put my
  son to death!
• 1 Kings 1718, NASV

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Refers to the Deed and the Punishment
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Refers to the Deed and the Punishment

• You shall not bow down to them nor serve
  them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
  visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
  children to the third and fourth generations of
  those who hate Me
• Exodus 205

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Refers to the Deed and the Punishment

• Since the days of our fathers to this day we
  have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we,
  our kings, and our priests have been delivered
  into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the
  sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to
  humiliation, as it is this day
• Ezra 97

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Refers to the Deed and the Punishment

• Know therefore that God exacts from you less
  than your iniquity deserves
• Job 116

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Refers to the Deed and the Punishment

• Iniquity involves more than a single act, but the
  entire body of our sin, including the guilt and
  the consequences.

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Sin Is An Expression of the Heart
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Sin Is An Expression of the Heart

• At its deepest level, though, anomia is more
  than specific lawless acts and attitudes. It is
  basically an attitude toward the law of God as
  such an inward hatred and hostility toward law,
  a spirit of opposition to and rebellion against
  authority, a demonic zeal for autonomy and for
  freedom from law of all kinds (Cottrell, 162).

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All Sin Is Committed Against God

• Adultery - Genesis 399
• Lying - Leviticus 61-7
• Failing to help brethren - Num. 3220-23
• Lying to the church - Acts 51-4
• Against You, You only have I sinned, and done
  evil in Your sight (Psalm. 514).

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Sin Is A Violation Against God Himself
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Sin Is A Violation Against God Himself

• Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is treason against
  a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of
  supreme ingratitude toward One to whom we owe
  everything, to the One who has given us life
  itself.
• Have you ever considered the deeper
  implications of the slightest sin, of the most
  minute peccadillo? What are we saying to our
  Creator when we disobey Him at the slightest
  point? We are saying no to the righteousness of
  God.

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Sin Is A Violation Against God Himself

• We are saying, God, Your law is not good.
  My judgment is better than Yours. Your authority
  does not apply to me. I am above and beyond Your
  jurisdiction. I have the right to do what I want
  to do, not what You command me to do.
• The slightest sin is an act of defiance
  against cosmic authority. It is a revolutionary
  act, a rebellious act where we are setting
  ourselves in opposition to the One to whom we owe
  everything. It is an insult to His holiness
• (R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God)

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If I am a sinner

• There must be a law to which I am held
  accountable.
• I can sin by doing wrong or by failing to do what
  is right.
• I can sin willfully or unintentionally.
• There are consequences for my sin.
• My sin is more than a violation against Gods
  law it is a violation against God Himself!