1. Sin – Why Did Jesus Come?
Mark 2:1-12

2. Others Were Not so Fortunate…
Friends to Carry Him
Verse 3
Others Were Not so Fortunate…
John 5:7
Luke 17:11-13
Luke 18:35-43

3. “Son, your sins are forgiven”
Verse 5

4. What is Sin?

5. What is Sin? Personal Collective Leadership Leviticus 4:27-37
Ezekiel 18
1 Samuel 7:2-6
Micah 1:5
Leadership
Leviticus 4:22-26

6. What is Sin? Intentional Unintentional Habitual / Fallenness Psalm 51
pesha = Transgression
Unintentional
chatta’ah = Sin
Habitual / Fallenness
avon = Iniquity
Romans 7:15-25

7. What is Sin? Actions Thoughts Caveat… Attitudes Matthew 5:21-30
Hebrews 4:15
Matthew 6:1-18

8. What is Sin?
What We Do
What We Don’t Do
Mark 7:9-13
Matthew 25:31-46

9. What is Sin? Sin Can be Learned… Exodus 20:5-6 2 Kings 20-25 Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah

10. What is Sin?
Against God
Psalm 51:4
Leviticus 6:1-5
Matthew 25:31-46

11. Labelled a Sinner…

12. “Neither this man nor his parents sinned”
Labelled a Sinner…
Exodus 26
John 9:34
John 9:1
John 9:3
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned”
Luke 13:2-3
“‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no!”

13. “Son, your sins are forgiven”
“Get up, take your mat
and go home”

14. Jesus’s Priority was Dealing with Sin

15. Does Jesus have Authority
to Forgive Sin?

16. Is Sin a Defining Issue?
Does Jesus have Authority to Forgive?
How Do We See Our Sin?
What is Our Response to Jesus?

18. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and against our neighbour in thought and word and deed, through negligence, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name. Amen