UNDERSTAND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE SOLUTION!!!

PROBLEM:

Romans 3:23-26

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to demonstrate his righteousness through the forgiveness of sins that were committed before, under the patience of God; to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

CONSEQUENCE:

In the Bible, sin means 'missing the mark'. Sin is transgressing, rebelling, disobeying God, not following his perfect standard. Due to sin, everyone was separated from God and condemned to the sad consequence of death. Sin is the cause why there is evil in the world.

Whoever lives in sin is a slave to sin and does the will of the Devil, the father of sin. Our flesh is weak and subject to error. However, God sent Jesus to free us from sin. Jesus never sinned, but offered himself as payment for our sins.

Now those who receive Jesus as their Savior and live a life separated from evil, are freed from the power of evil. Whoever lives with Christ will no longer be a slave to sin, and will be united again with God!

When you sin, confess and forsake evil, God is faithful and just to forgive and purify your life.

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sin in the bible

Therefore, think about this: Whoever knows that he should do good and does not do it, commits sin.

James 4:17

Each one, however, is tempted by his own evil desire, being dragged and seduced by it. Then that desire, having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, after being consummated, brings forth death.

James 1:14-15

Everyone who practices sin transgresses the Law; in fact, sin is the transgression of the Law.

1 John 3:4

If we claim that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:8-9

We know that the Law is spiritual; I, however, am not, for I was sold as a slave to sin. I don't understand what I do. For I do not do what I wish, but what I hate. And if I do what I don't want, I admit that the Law is good. In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

Romans 7:14-17

When he comes, he will convince the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. Of sin, because men do not believe in me;

John 16:8-9

Who hides their sins

does not prosper,

but who confesses them and forsakes them

finds mercy.

Proverbs 28:13

So I acknowledged before you my sin

and I did not cover up my faults.

I said, "I will confess my transgressions,"

to the Lord,

and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Psalm 32:5

Against you, against you alone, I have sinned

and I did what you reproached,

so that just is your sentence

and you are right to condemn me. I know I'm a sinner since I was born;

yes, since my mother conceived me. I know that you desire the truth in your heart;

and in my heart you teach me wisdom. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear again joy and gladness,

and the bones you have crushed will rejoice. Hide the face of my sins

and blot out all my iniquities.

Psalms 51:4-9

We are like the unclean - all of us!

All our acts of righteousness

they are like filthy rags.

We wither like leaves,

and like the wind our iniquities

take us away.

Isaiah 64:6

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

John 8:34

Whoever practices sin is of the Devil, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this the Son of God was manifested: to destroy the works of the Devil.

1 John 3:8

For your name's sake, Lord,

forgive my sin, which is so great!

Psalm 25:11

how happy is that

who has his transgressions forgiven

and your sins blotted out!

Psalm 32:1

If you do good, won't you be accepted? But if you don't, know that sin threatens you at the door; he wants to conquer you, but you must dominate him".

Genesis 4:7

Who can discern his own mistakes?

Absolve me of what I don't know!

Psalm 19:12

So now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:1-2

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

2 Corinthians 5:21

"When you get angry, do not sin". Appease their wrath before the sun goes down

Ephesians 4:26

"If your brother sins against you, go and, alone with him, show him his fault. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Matthew 18:15

Therefore, do not allow sin to continue to dominate your mortal body, making you obey its desires. Do not offer your body members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; rather offer yourselves to God as those who have returned from death to life; and offer your body members to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace. And then? Are we going to sin because we are not under law but under grace? In no way! Don't you know that when you offer yourself to someone to obey him as a slave, you become slaves to the one you obey: slaves of sin that leads to death, or of obedience that leads to righteousness? But thank God that, although you were slaves to sin, you came to obey from your heart the form of teaching that was given to you. You were freed from sin and became slaves to righteousness.

Romans 6:12-18

Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other to be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

James 5:16

Brethren, if anyone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual must gently restore him. But let each one of you take care that you are not tempted either. Bear one another's heavy burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:1-2

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 18:6

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not reach him.

1 John 5:18

If you forgive someone's sins, they are forgiven; if you don't forgive them, you won't be forgiven".

John 20:23

But now that you have been freed from sin and become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the end of it is eternal life.

Romans 6:22

  SOLUTION:

Romans 6

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

2 Not at all. How shall we who are dead to sin live in it any longer?

3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4 So we were buried with him by baptism into death; so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

5 For if we were planted together with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer serve sin.

7 For he who is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

9 Knowing that Christ having been raised from the dead, he dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him.

10 For as for that he died, he died to sin at once; but as to living, he lives to God.

11 So you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey it in its lusts;

13 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of iniquity; but present yourselves to God, as living from the dead, and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

15 So what? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Not at all.

16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves servants to obey him, those you are servants to whom you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God that, having been the servants of sin, you obeyed from your heart the form of doctrine to which you were handed over.

18 And having been freed from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

19 I speak as a man, because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you have presented your members to serve uncleanness, and iniquity for evil, so now present your members to serve righteousness for sanctification.

20 For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

21 And what fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? Because their end is death.

22 But now, freed from sin, and made servants of God, you have your fruit for sanctification, and the end eternal life.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

WHY DOES THE WORLD JUST GET WORSE?

2 PETER 3

1 Beloved, I now write you this second letter, in both of which I awaken your sincere hearts with exhortation;

2 That you may remember the words which were first spoken by the holy prophets, and our commandment, as the apostles of the Lord and Savior.

3 Knowing this first, that scoffers will come in the last days, walking after their own lusts,

4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of creation.

5 They willfully ignore this, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth, which was taken out of the water, and in the midst of the water remains.

6 By which things the world then perished, covered with the waters of the flood,

7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now by the same word, are kept in reserve as treasure, and are kept for fire, until the day of judgment, and destruction of ungodly men.

8 But do not be ignorant of this one thing, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack in his promise, though some count slackness; but he is longsuffering toward us, not willing that some should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

11 Therefore, if all these things are to perish, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

12 Waiting and hastening for the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 But we, according to his promise, are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, do your best to be found by him spotless and blameless in peace.

15 And account the longsuffering of our Lord salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given him;

16 Speaking of this, as in all his Epistles, among which are points hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, and likewise the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest you be carried away by the deceit of abominable men, and fall from your steadfastness;

18 Rather, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now, as on the day of eternity. Amen.

Repentance is feeling sorry for your sin and deciding to change. Those who repent reject sin and recognize that they need Jesus to be saved. True repentance comes from the conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit and leads you to change your life, with the help of Jesus.

Repentance comes from the heart but is revealed in your life. Those who repent have a different attitude: they are humble and try to do what is right to please God. Repentance is the essential condition for salvation.

What the Bible Says About Repentance

Repent therefore, and turn to God, that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts of the Apostles 3:19

Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Luke 5:31-32

I say that, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Luke 15:10

In the past God overlooked this ignorance, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness by the man he has appointed. And he gave proof of this to everyone, raising him from the dead ".

Acts of the Apostles 17:30-31

I say no! But if you don't repent, all of you will also perish.

Luke 13:3

"Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways. declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn from all your evils, so that sin does not cause you to fall from you. Get rid of all the evils you have committed and seek a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone. Says the Sovereign LORD. Repent up and live!

Ezekiel 18:30-32

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

Have mercy on me, O God,

for your love;

for your great compassion

blot out my transgressions. Wash me of all my guilt

and cleanse me from my sin. for myself

I recognize my transgressions,

and my sin always pursues me. Against you, against you alone, I have sinned

and I did what you reproached,

so that just is your sentence

and you are right to condemn me.

Psalms 51:1-4

I preached first to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, telling them to repent and turn to God, doing deeds that showed their repentance.

Acts of the Apostles 26:20

Bear fruit that shows repentance!

Matthew 3:8

Now, however, I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because your sadness led you to repentance. For you were grieved as God wished and were not harmed at all because of us. Godly sorrow does not produce remorse, but repentance that leads to salvation, and worldly sorrow produces death.

2 Corinthians 7:9-10

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

The Lord is not slow in fulfilling his promise, as some judge. On the contrary, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

"Those I love I rebuke and discipline. So be diligent and repent.

Revelation 3:19

He said: "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand".

Matthew 3:2

"The time has come," he said. "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news!"

Mark 1:15

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you! Sinners, cleanse your hands, and you who are divided in mind, purify your hearts.

James 4:8

Peter replied, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts of the Apostles 2:38

So I acknowledged before you my sin

and I did not cover up my faults.

I said, "I will confess my transgressions,"

to the Lord,

and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Psalm 32:5

Says the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel:

"In repentance and rest

is your salvation,

in stillness and trust

is your strength,

but you didn't want to.

Isaiah 30:15

Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

Matthew 11:20

Be careful.

"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times a day, and comes back to you seven times and says, 'I am sorry,' forgive him."

Luke 17:3-4

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