1. What is sin?
   1. Sin is transgression -- An "overstepping"
      • 1John 3:4 - "Sin is the transgression of the law." (See also Psalm 51:1; Luke 15:29)
      • 1Timothy 2:14 - "The woman... was in the transgression"
   2. Sin is iniquity -- An act wrong in itself whether expressly forbidden or not
      • Psalm 51:9 - "Blot out mine iniquities"
   3. Sin is an error -- A departure from the right
      • Isaiah 53:6 - "All we like sheep have gone astray"
   4. Sin is "missing the mark" -- A failure to reach the standard
      • Romans 3:23 - "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
   5. Sin is a trespass -- The assertion of self-will
      • Ephesians 2:1 - "Dead in trespasses and sins"
   6. Sin is lawlessness -- Spiritual anarchy
      • 1Timothy 1:9 - "The law [is made]... for the lawless"
      • 2Thessalonians 2:3 - "Man of sin" (literally "Lawless one"). It is interesting to see that the origin of sin in the universe began in the assertion of self-will, and lawlessness. In Isaiah 14:12-14, "I will" is uttered five times by Satan.
   7. Sin is unbelief -- Doubt of the divine truth
      • John 16:9 - "Sin, because they believe not on Me"
      • John 3:36 - "Believeth... everlasting life"; "Believe not... wrath"
2. Sin entered the world through Adam
   • Romans 5:12 - "By one man." It is important to note that Eve was the temptress of Adam, being herself "deceived." Adam chose also to eat of the forbidden fruit and it was through him therefore that "sin entered the world."
3. All the descendants of Adam are sinners
   • Romans 5:12 - "All have sinned"
   • Romans 3:10 - "None righteous." Many are naturally more generous, brave, truthful, or winsome, but "there is none righteous."
4. Humanity has inherited a sinful nature
   • Psalm 51:5 - "In sin"
   • Jeremiah 17:9 - "The heart is deceitful... desperately wicked"
   • Romans 5:21 - "Sin hath reigned"
5. The Gospel offers a new nature
   • John 3:3 - "Except... born again... cannot see the kingdom of God"
   • John 1:12 - "As many as received Him... sons of God"
   • 1Peter 1:23 - "Born again"
   • 2Peter 1:4 - "Partakers of the divine nature"
6. Christ is the "last Adam," the Head of the new creation
   • Romans 5:17 - "They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ"
   • 1Corinthians 15:45 - "Last Adam... quickening [life-giving] spirit"

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