WHAT IS SIN......

[Prophet Daniel Powell Sr.]

WHAT SIN IS? IN DEALING WITH SIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT SIN IS. IF WE ASKED YOU TO DEFINE SIN, PEOPLE WILL COME UP WITH MANY DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AS TO WHAT SIN IS,--UNUSUALLY THE THINGS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT LIKE. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DEFINITIONS OF SIN IS MISSING THE MARK---A FAILURE TO LIVE UP TO AN EXPECTED STANDARD. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS DEFINITION IS THAT IT FAILS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WHEN THE MARK IS MISSED, SOMETHING IS HIT- WHAT ARE YOU HITTING? SIN OPPOSES THE WORD OF GOD 1 JN 3:4--SIN IS ANYTHING THAT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT THE WORD OF GOD COMMANDS OR FORBIDS US TO DO OR HOW TO LIVE! 1 JN 5:17-- EVERY WRONG IS SIN, BUT NOT ALL SIN LEADS TO DEATH.

WHAT SIN DOES?

ISAIAH 59:2-3BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM; YOUR SIN HAS CUT YOU OFF FROM GOD! BECAUSE OF YOUR SIN HE HAS TURNED AWAY AND WILL NOT LISTEN ANYMORE, YOUR HANDS ARE THE HANDS OF MURDERERS AND YOUR FINGERS ARE FILTHY WITH SIN. YOUR MOUTH IS FULL OF LIES, AND YOUR LIPS ARE TAINTED WITH CORRUPTION.<SPAN>

 

</SPAN><SPAN>NOT EVERY BACKSLIDER OR CHRISTIAN OVERTAKEN IN A SIN HAS ABANDONED ALL CONCERN FOR SALVATION. MANY CAN BE RESCUED FROM THEIR DEFEAT BY OUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. BOTH JUDAS AND PETER SINNED, BUT JUDAS PUT HIMSELF BEYOND THE REACH OF SAVING GRACE AND WAS LOST. JESUS PRAYED FOR PETER AND HE CAME BACK WITH TEARS OF REPENTANCE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN A PERSON HAS SINNED BEYOND THE POINT OF NOT RETURN, SO WE SHOULD KEEP PRAYING FOR EVERY BACKSLIDER AS LONG AS THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF REPENTANCE.</SPAN><SPAN>

 

</SPAN><SPAN>BE RICH IN FAITH...</SPAN>

<SPAN>Prophet Daniel Powell, Sr.</