James 1:13
King James Version
13 Let no man say when he is tempted,
I am tempted of God:
for God cannot be tempted with evil,
neither tempteth he any man:
What is sin?
How did it start?
What is the source of sin?
How do you know something is a sin?
How can you avoid committing a sin?
Scripture answers all that.
There was a time, man was innocent.
Genesis 2:25
King James Version
25 And they were both naked,
the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed.
And then, he lost that innocence.
Genesis 3:6-7
King James Version
6 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat,
and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together,
and made themselves aprons.
Man now knew good, and evil.
Genesis 3:22-24
King James Version
22 And the Lord God said,
Behold,
the man is become as one of us,
to know good and evil:
and now,
lest he put forth his hand,
and take also of the tree of life,
and eat,
and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth
from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man;
and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims,
and a flaming sword which turned every way,
to keep the way of the tree of life.
In the desire to be "wise", Eve became foolish.
That's how sin started.
Satan tempted us, by confusing us.
He caused us to disobey GOD.
JESUS tells us the SOURCE of sin:
Mark 7:20-23
King James Version
20 And he said,
That which cometh out of the man,
that defileth the man.
21 For from within,
out of the heart of men,
proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness,
deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within,
and defile the man.
How can we ever trust our human hearts?
Proverbs 20:9
King James Version
9 Who can say,
I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
Jeremiah 17:9
King James Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked:
who can know it?
GOD knows such a heart.
Luke 16:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God.
No wonder GOD wanted to give us a NEW heart:
Ezekiel 36:26-27
King James Version
26 A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments,
and do them.
We all need major surgery.
OPEN heart surgery.
The kind that has the SPIRIT of GOD in it.
The next post will be a VERY CLEAR lesson on sanctification.
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