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SIN

JN 8-41

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16     I) THE SIN NATURE                                                                      Rom 7-18
                A) Man’s nature is instinctively evil

                        1) Man’s Evil Nature

                        2) Man’s Willingness To Be Evil

                                a) Allowing sin to reign in your flesh

                        3) Continuing in sin to avoid the light                       Jn 3,18-20

                                a) Pretending God is not here
17             B) Unrighteous judgment                                                   Rom 2,1-11

                        1) Judging In The Flesh

                                a) Consequence of not renewing your mind

                              2) Ignorance

                              3) Discerning By The Flesh

18                     4) Condemning the innocent
                C) Unrighteous judgment lacks evidence                                        Jn 18-29,30
                D) Twisted thinking                                                                Jn 3,18-20

                        1) Unable To Distinguish Between Good And Evil

                                        a) Good is evil

                                        b) Evil is good

19                     2) Being In A Poor Position To Mock God

                                a) Without a cause

                        3) Having The Mental Disease Of The World
        II) THE NATURE OF SIN
                A) Unbelief                                                                                Jn 16-8,9

                        1) unwilling To Believe
20             B) Doubt                                                                                  Mat 14-31

                        1) Having Little Faith
                C) Disobedience (the result of unbelief)                           Heb 3-18,19

                              1) Disobedient To The Word

                              2) Demonstrating Unbelief Through Disobedience

21             D) Premeditated Sin                                                                     Rom 13-14
        III) THE DEFINITION OF SIN (Unholy Trinity)
                A) Greed (Craving power)                                                     Lk 12,13-15

                              1) Greed Tries To Satisfy Man’s Need For Security

22                          2) Greed Takes Without Consideration For Others
                *** (B & C) Forms Of Greed
                B) Lust (Craving pleasure)                                                             1Jn 2,15-17
                C) Pride (Craving authority)                                                 Act 8,18-24

                        1) Pride Glorifies Self
23             D) Poverty (Oppression -- product of greed)                 Jm 1-10,11

                        1) Forms of Poverty

                        2) Fear (of poverty -- What sin really is)                    Lk 12-31,32

                                a) Fear of the unknown

24                     *** (3 & 4) FORMS OF FEAR *** (Anxiety and Envy)

                        3) Anxiety (fear of losing what you have gained)   Mat 6,25-34

                                a) Fear of losing the harvest

                         4) Envy (fear of not obtaining)                                               Mk 15-10

                         5) Anger (the frustration of poverty)                                      Jm 1-19,20

25                     6) Hate (attacking poverty in the flesh)                                  Jn 3-20

                        7) Murder (manifested hate)                                          1Jn 3,12-15

                                a) Persecution to the death

                        8) Thief (carnal solution to poverty)                                         Jn 10-10
        IV) THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN
                A) Death                                                                                      Jm 1,13-16

                        1) Dead In Sin                                                                        Eph 2-1

26                     2) Death Is Separation
                B) Curse                                                                                     2Pet 2-13,14

                        1) Deeds That Return To The Doer