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Feb 2, 2015 · Paul sees that the essence or the root all sinning is a presence, a force, in us, part of who we are, called sin. For example, in Roman 7:8 he says, “Sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness.”. Now everyone agrees that covetousness is a sin.
- My Definition of Sin
- Not Mainly Behavioral
- What We’Re Made For
Underneath all the misuses of money, sex, and power is this sinful heart-condition—this depravity. My definition of sin is this: any feeling or thought or action that comes from a heart that does not treasure God over all other things. The bottom of sin, the root of all sins, is such a heart—a heart that prefers anything above God; a heart that doe...
This deep, strong, pervasive reality of sin in us defines us until we are born again. That miracle must happen, or the deep antagonism toward God will go on controlling and directing us forever. Jesus put it this way: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You mu...
Against this bleak description of the root of our problem when handling of money, sex, and power, what also becomes clear is that this distortion of our souls isn’t what we were made to be. We were meant to know God and to glorify and thank him (Rom. 1:19–21). We were meant to see him and, by seeing him, reflect his beauty. We were meant to do that...
Apr 27, 2012 · The sin capacity is a squatter in the soul that is very difficult to eject without the power of the Spirit. APPLICATION: The sin capacity is latent in every Christian. It will assert itself when the believer is vulnerable. When this happens the believer operates out of character with his divine capacity. The sin capacity as an alien power then ...
The gist of atonement is this: Humankind is separated from God by an impenetrable gulf of sin (Romans 3:23). Something has to bridge the gap between God and people. The bridge needs to be paid for, though (nothing good comes cheap, you know). And because people are always sinning, the cost keeps rising (like inflation).
Dec 16, 2016 · The discovery of life on another planet might seem incompatible with faith in a deity. Yet many theologians are already open to the existence of extraterrestrials, argues the writer Brandon Ambrosino.
The Bible uses many words for sin. Many are expressions that view sin as a failure or a “falling short” of a standard. In this sense, sin is a failure to keep God’s law (“lawlessness,” 1 John 3:4), a lack of God’s righteousness (Rom. 1:18), an absence of reverence for God (Rom. 1:18; Jude 15), a refusal to know (Eph. 4:18), and, most notably, a “coming short of the glory of God ...
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Mar 11, 2024 · Abstract. One striking feature of apocalyptic readings of Paul—and the Protestant dogmatics that follows after such a Paulinism—is the ‘widescreen’ portrayal of Sin as Power. This account stresses the ‘three-agent drama’ of salvation and the bondage of human persons to anti-God forces. It resists moralising interpretations of human ...
