WHAT WENT WRONG?
Everything God created is good. Genesis
1:31
But what happened? Why is it that every
corner of our daily world seems to be
tinted with sin and filled with sinfulness?
Sin is an “alien” who invaded our world!
WHAT IS SIN? I John 3:4
1 John 3:4 (NLT)
“Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law,
for all sin is contrary to the law of God.”
WHAT IS SIN? I John 3:4
1.1. Sin is a TRANSGRESSION of God’s law.
1.2. Sin is a DECLARATION of independence
from God.
WHERE DID SIN ORIGINATE?
Ezekiel 28:12-17 (NIV)
12 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
Ezekiel 28:12-17 (NIV)
You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
Ezekiel 28:12-17 (NIV)
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.
Isaiah 14:12-14 (KJV)
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Revelation 12:7-9 (ESV)
Satan Thrown Down to Earth
“7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels
fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his
angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there
was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And
the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient
serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the
deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to
the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”
The sin of Lucifer was the desire to replace
God as God. This motivated his:
False ambition
Pride
Jealousy
These are Luciferous intents that he still uses today
to deceive, tempt, and accuse everyone.
Beware!
HOW DID SIN ENTER INTO THE WORLD?
Genesis 3 (NIV)
3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
HOW DID SIN ENTER INTO THE WORLD?
Romans 5:12 (NIV)
“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death
came to all people, because all sinned—”
HOW DID OUR PERSONAL SIN AFFECT OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
4.1. It makes us GUILTY. The sentenced of God for us is: judgment,
wrath, punishment, condemnation, damnation and death.
---I John 3:4; Ezekiel 18:4; Psalms 62:12; Romans 14:12; II Corinthians 5:10.
4.2. It makes us SICK. “Sin is not only what we do; It is what we are”.
----Matthew 7:17; 12:33-35; Jeremiah 17:9.
---Sickness that is serious enough to be called death. Eph. 2:1, 5; I Tim.
5:6; Jude 12.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR
PERSONAL SINS?
5.1. Separation from GOD. Isaiah 59:2.
5.2. Death:
---Physical Death – Romans 5:12
---Spiritual Death --- Ephesians 2:1-5
---Eternal Death --- Revelation 21:8.
WHO ARE THE SINNERS?
Isaiah 64:6New International Version (NIV)
“All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.”
IS THERE A SIN THAT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN?
Isaiah 1:18 (TLB)
“Come, let’s talk this over, says the Lord; no matter
how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and
make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you
are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!”
GOD LOVES YOU AND DESIRES TO FORGIVE
YOU…
John 3:16 (TLB)
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his
only Son[a] so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
YOU NEED TO REPENT….
Acts 2:37-38 (TLB)
“These words of Peter’s moved them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
38 And Peter replied, “Each one of you must turn from sin, return to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you also shall receive this gift, the Holy Spirit.”
GET YOURSELF BAPTIZED….
Acts 22:16 (TLB)
“And now, why delay? Go and be baptized and
be cleansed from your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’”
COME HOME...
Jeremiah 8:7Living Bible (TLB)
“The stork knows the time of her migration, as does the
turtledove, the crane, and the swallow. They all return
at God’s appointed time each year; but not my people! They don’t accept the laws of God.”
ANGELS REJOICING…
Luke 15:7 (ESV)
7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:10English Standard Version (ESV)
10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”