Sin  —  What  is  it?

Bible Baptist Church Malta

                                              

                                               Present truth for Christians  (briefly defined)

 

The object of these outlines is to bring before the reader, truth that is fast being let slip. This is truth that has been accepted and richly blessed among the beloved saints of God for many years. May we earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints  (Jude 3). 

                                                         

 

 

                                                        Sin—What is it?

 

“Sin is Lawlessness.” This is the correct translation of 1 John 3:4.

Man’s proper place is subjection to the will of God, so sin is the act of an independent will.

“Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23). That is, faith brings us into the presence of God and we walk consciously there.

“The thought of foolishness is sin”. (Proverbs 24:9). That is, our thoughts tell what we are in nature. (Mark 7:21).

“All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. (Romans 3:23). That is a summing up of all that the Apostle Paul had been saying previously. Sin is measured by the true nature of God, and that is why it says, “have come short of the glory of God”.

“To him that knows to do good and does it not, to him it is sin”. (James 4:17). That is the active principle of obedience in the new man. To obey it not, is to give place to the old man. (Ephesians 4:22).

The Word of God speaks of “sin” as the nature we have as children of Adam. (Psalm 51:5). The fruit is the result. In Romans, chapters 6 and 7, we have deliverance from its power through the Spirit of life that is in Christ Jesus through faith. 

 

 

                                                 “Oh, my Saviour crucified,

                                               Near Thy cross would I abide,

                                                   Gazing with adoring eye

                                                      On Thy dying agony

 

                                                 God is love I surely know

                                              In the Saviour’s depth of woe

                                               In the sinless in God’s sight

                                               Sin is justly brought to light

 

                                                   Yet in sight of Calvary

                                              Contrite should my spirit be

                                              Rest and holiness there find

                                         Fashioned like my Saviour’s mind”.