SAR SS 003 - What is SIN?

All have “sinned” and fall short of the glory of God

1. 1.Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
2. 2. Romans 3:19-20
   1. 2.1.Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
   2. 2.2.THE LAW = TEN COMMANDMENTS

The law is the standard

1. 1.Exodus 20:1-17 The Ten Commandments
2. 2.Matt 22:36-39
   1. 2.1.“36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
3. 3.1 Sam 12:15 “... if you do not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord...”

Having another master

1. 1.Joshua 22:29
   1. 1.1.Far be it from us  that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn from following the Lord this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the Lord or God which is before His tabernacle.
2. 2.Making the choice
   1. 2.1.Joshua 24:15 “Choose for yourselves this day, whom you will serve.”
   2. 2.2.1 King 18:21 “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow Baal.”

The architecture of temptation

1. 1.Questioning the word of God
   1. 1.1.Gen 3:1 “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2. 2.Turning the God’s word against itself... to cause doubt
   1. 2.1.“You will not surely die”
3. 3.Then make you believe something that God has never said
   1. 3.1.“For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
4. 4.Leading up to trusting our own judgment over the word of God
   1. 4.1.So when the woman SAW that the tree was good for food,that it was PLEASANT to the EYES, and a tree DESIRABLE to make one wise...she took of it’s fruit and ate.

Jesus’ temptation

1. 1.Temptation to follow the natural inclination
   1. 1.1.“If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
2. 2.Misuse of the word of God
   1. 2.1.Matt 4:6-7 “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written ..... Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.”
3. 3.Making a choice between God and everything else
   1. 3.1.“All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

EGW Quotes

1. 1.Patriarchs and Prophets
   1. 1.1.p. 421 “It is not in the power of earth or hell to compel anyone to do evil. Satan attacks us at our weak points, but we need not be overcome. However severe or unexpected the assault, God has provided help for us, and in His strength we may conquer.”
   2. 1.2.p. 305 10 commandments broken down.

Discussion

1. 1.God’s glory = God’s character (from Rom 3:23)
2. 2.1 John 3:4 - Sin is the transgression of the Law
3. 3.Rom 5:12 - “through one man sin entered the world...”
4. 4.Gal 5:19-21 - “the work of flesh” also Romans 1:18-32
5. 5.Matt 15:18-20 “18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
6. 6.John 3:18 unbelief condemns
7. 7.Exodus 9:34 - repetition of sinning hardens the heart even more (plagues progressively worsened)