SIN First appearance of the term sin: Genesis 4:7: “ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

SIN DEFINED How does the Bible define the term? Proverbs 10:19: When words are many, sin is not absent (vain talk) Proverbs 14:21: He who despises his neighbor sins (contempt for others) Proverbs 21:4: Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin! Proverbs 24:9: The schemes of folly are sin (foolish thoughts)

SIN DEFINED How does the Bible define the term? Romans 14:23: Everything that does not come from faith is sin (unbelief) See also John 1:11, 3:18, 16:8-9 James 4:17: Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins (neglect of opportunity) James 2:9-10: But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. (favoritism) For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (breaking the law)

SIN DEFINED How does the Bible define the term? 1 John 3:4: Sin is lawlessness (Gr. anomia) See also Matthew 7:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-9, 2 Peter 2:8 1John 5:17: All wrongdoing is sin (Gr. hamartia)

SIN DEFINED How does the Bible define the term? The thing that grieves God! Genesis 6:6: The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. Genesis 18:20: Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 1 Samuel 15:11: "I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions."

SIN DEFINED How does the Bible define the term? The thing that disgusts God! Leviticus 18:22: "'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable. ” Deuteronomy 18:12: “ Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. ” Revelation 3:16: “ So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ”

“ SIN & HUMANS, ” EPISODE I

Genesis 3:1-5: Temptation always questions What is true? What is right? Who am I? Genesis 3:6: Points of appeal “ Good for food ” … the cravings of sinful man “ Pleasing to the eye ” … the lust of his eyes “ Desirable for gaining wisdom ” … the boasting of what he has and does 1 John 2:16

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT SPREADS GENESIS 6:5: The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 1 KINGS 8:46: There is no one who does not sin PSALM 53:3: Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT SPREADS ISAIAH 64:6: All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. 1 JOHN 1:8: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT DECEIVES ROMANS 7:11: For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me 1 TIMOTHY 2:14: it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT DECEIVES TITUS 3:3: At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures HEBREWS 3:13 so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness JEREMIAH 17:9: The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT DESTROYS PSALM 34:21: Evil will slay the wicked PSALM 140:11: may disaster hunt down men of violence PROVERBS 8:36: But whoever fails to find me (Wisdom) harms himself; all who hate me love death. PROVERBS 11:3: the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT DESTROYS GENESIS 3:19: By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return EZEKIEL 18:20: The soul who sins is the one who will die. ROMANS 5:12: Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin ROMANS 6:23: The wages of sin is death JAMES 5:16: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed

SIN ’ S CAPABILITIES IT DEFEATS YOUR PRAYERS PSALM 66:18: If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened DEUTERONOMY 1:42 & 45: But the LORD said to me, "Tell them, 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies ’” … You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you. ISAIAH 59:2: Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.