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Very
simply - sin is rebelling against
God and
against His laws. It is to do things our way instead of God's way.
The Bible tells
us that we have all, at one point
or
another, sinned.
...for all
have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God..." [Rom 3:23]
Many of us have
found
ourselves trapped in the bondage of alcoholism, drug addiction,
addiction to pornography and various other prisons of our own making.
This is not
surprising, since the Bible tells us that our sins will
enslave us:
| Do you not know that to whom you present
yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you
obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to
righteousness? [Rom 6:16] |
Eventually, our
sin
leads to spiritual death:
...for
the
wages of
sin is death... [Rom 6:23]
In this state
of being spiritually dead, we have become separated from
God:
| But your iniquities have separated you from
your
God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not
hear. [Iss. 59:2] |
Because of
our disobedience, we have brought a curse upon ourselves:
| ...Moreover all these curses shall come
upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because
you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His
commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. And they shall be
upon you for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever.
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of
heart... [Deut 28:45-47] |
When we die,
we will be judged by God, and rewarded or punished for how we lived our
life:
...it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment [Heb 9:27]
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