What is Sin?

August 27, 2017 Discerning Reader 1 Comments

What is sin? What does God see as sin?
1. Breaking the law

1 John 3:4
4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

2. Knowing what to do but not doing it

James 4:17
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

3. Not living by faith

Romans 14:23
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

4. Not believing in Jesus

John 16:9
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

5. All unrighteousness

1 John 5:17
17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

6. Evil in your heart

Mark 7:21
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Where did sin start? In heaven. Sin didn’t start on earth. The first sin was committed in heaven, when Lucifer allowed pride to rise up and came against God. (Isaiah 14:12-14, Ezekiel 28:14-15) Everything starts in heaven. Blessing. Prosperity. Freedom. Revival. Sin. How could this happen? How could sin come into heaven? Lucifer believed that he was better than God and wanted the angels to worship him instead of God. Pride is a dangerous thing.

Pride is an emotional addiction. Those who want worship and recognition are never satisfied by what they get; they always want more and more and more. Prideful people are easily wounded; they are overly sensitive. How can we overcome the addiction of pride? Confession. You must acknowledge your addiction, your sin. 1 John tells us to confess our sin.

After Lucifer was kicked out of heaven, he came to earth to build his kingdom there. He knows the power of addiction to turn people away from God. His goal is to turn people away from God, to have them worship him.

Sin passed from heaven to earth. The first people on earth committed sin, the sin of disobedience to God. As soon as they sinned, they were separated from God. Then they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden.

Every time you commit sin, you lose something. Every time you break God’s laws or rebel against Him, you lose something. Lucifer lost heaven. Adam and Eve lost the Garden. When we sin against God, we lose something, too. You may not know what you’ve lost, but you will lose something. Is that punishment? No. It’s grace. Lucifer was kicked out to protect heaven for the rest of us. Adam and Eve were kicked out to prevent them from living in misery forever (if they had eaten of the tree of life).

Genesis 3:14-19 clearly explains that our disobedience cursed the land. When you disobey God, you curse yourself but you also curse your environment (your land, your finances, your home, your children). When we sin our next generation will also pay the price. Disobedience in Adam and Eve turned to murder in Cain. When you obey God, you are blessed but your environment is also blessed.

The biggest sin in this world is separating ourselves from God, forsaking God.

We need to examine our hearts: what is the addiction of our heart? What is our sin? We must come out of that sin. If you’ve been dealing with a particular sin for over a year, it’s an addiction. If you’ve been dealing with a particular sin for over 6 months, it’s an addiction. Examine your heart and acknowledge your addictions so that you can overcome them. We can break addiction through the blood of the cross. Jesus came to save us. Nothing is too difficult for Him to overcome.

A time will come when we will be judged for our lives, for our sin, for our addictions. Even those who are already dead will rise up and be judged at God’s throne. We will be judged according to our works. (Revelation 20:11-14)

The most important thing in life is our relationship with God. Does God know you? Does God know me? Do I know God? That is the most important thing in life.

God bless you,
Pastor Sun Hui East

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  1. Thank you Pastor East for this word. So many of us think that sin is only the things we do. But it is also the things we don’t do. To not believe God is sin let’s start there . God is good thank you again.

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