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Sin:
is "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God" (1Jo 3:4; Rom 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by omission or commission (Rom 6:12-17; 7:5-24). It is "not a mere violation of the law of our constitution, nor of the system of things, but an offence against a personal lawgiver and moral governor who vindicates his law with penalties. The soul that sins is always conscious that his sin is (1) intrinsically vile and polluting, and (2) that it justly deserves punishment, and calls down the righteous wrath of God. Hence sin carries with it two inalienable characters, (1) ill-desert, guilt (reatus); and (2) pollution (macula).", Hodge's Outlines.
The moral character of a man's actions is determined by the moral state of his heart. The disposition to sin, or the habit of the soul that leads to the sinful act, is itself also sin (Rom 6:12-17; Gal 5:17; Jam 1:14,15).
The origin of sin is a mystery, and must for ever remain such to us. It is plain that for some reason God has permitted sin to enter this world, and that is all we know. His permitting it, however, in no way makes God the author of sin.
Adam's sin (Gen 3:1-6) consisted in his yielding to the assaults of temptation and eating the forbidden fruit. It involved in it, (1) the sin of unbelief, virtually making God a liar; and (2) the guilt of disobedience to a positive command. By this sin he became an apostate from God, a rebel in arms against his Creator. He lost the favour of God and communion with him; his whole nature became depraved, and he incurred the penalty involved in the covenant of works.
Original sin. "Our first parents being the root of all mankind, the guilt of their sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature were conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation." Adam was constituted by God the federal head and representative of all his posterity, as he was also their natural head, and therefore when he fell they fell with him (Rom 5:12-21; 1Cr 15:22-45). His probation was their probation, and his fall their fall. Because of Adam's first sin all his posterity came into the world in a state of sin and condemnation, i.e., (1) a state of moral corruption, and (2) of guilt, as having judicially imputed to them the guilt of Adam's first sin.
"Original sin" is frequently and properly used to denote only the moral corruption of their whole nature inherited by all men from Adam. This inherited moral corruption consists in, (1) the loss of original righteousness; and (2) the presence of a constant proneness to evil, which is the root and origin of all actual sin. It is called "sin" (Rom 6:12,14,17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" (Gal 5:17,24), "lust" (Jam 1:14,15), the "body of sin" (Rom 6:6), "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" (Eph 4:18,19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is still downward to deeper and deeper corruption, there remaining no recuperative element in the soul. It is a total depravity, and it is also universally inherited by all the natural descendants of Adam (Rom 3:10-23; 5:12-21; 8:7). Pelagians deny original sin, and regard man as by nature morally and spiritually well; semi-Pelagians regard him as morally sick; Augustinians, or, as they are also called, Calvinists, regard man as described above, spiritually dead (Eph 2:1; 1Jo 3:14).
The doctrine of original sin is proved, (1.) From the fact of the universal sinfulness of men. "There is no man that sinneth not" (1Ki 8:46; Isa 53:6; Psa 130:3; Rom 3:19,22,23; Gal 3:22). (2.) From the total depravity of man. All men are declared to be destitute of any principle of spiritual life; man's apostasy from God is total and complete (Job 15:14-16; Gen 6:5,6). (3.) From its early manifestation (Psa 58:3; Pro 22:15). (4.) It is proved also from the necessity, absolutely and universally, of regeneration (Jhn 3:3; 2Cr 5:17). (5.) From the universality of death (Rom 5:12-20).
Various kinds of sin are mentioned, (1.) "Presumptuous sins," or as literally rendered, "sins with an uplifted hand", i.e., defiant acts of sin, in contrast with "errors" or "inadvertencies" (Psa 19:13). (2.) "Secret", i.e., hidden sins (19:12); sins which escape the notice of the soul. (3.) "Sin against the Holy Ghost" (q.v.), or a "sin unto death" (Mat 12:31,32; 1Jo 5:16), which amounts to a wilful rejection of grace.
Sin, a city in Egypt, called by the Greeks Pelusium, which means, as does also the Hebrew name, "clayey" or "muddy," so called from the abundance of clay found there. It is called by Ezekiel (Eze 30:15) "the strength of Egypt, "thus denoting its importance as a fortified city. It has been identified with the modern Tineh, "a miry place," where its ruins are to be found. Of its boasted magnificence only four red granite columns remain, and some few fragments of others.
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Sin:
Sin: Is the Transgression of the Law
Sin: All Unrighteousness Is
Sin: Omission of What We Know to Be Good Is
Sin: Whatever Is Not of Faith Is
Sin: The Thought of Foolishness Is
Sin: Described As
Coming from the heart
The fruit of lust
The sting of death
Rebellion against God
Works of darkness
Dead works
The abominable thing that God hates
Reproaching the Lord
Defiling
Deceitful
Disgraceful
Often very great
Often mighty
Often manifold
Often presumptuous
Sometimes open and manifest
Sometimes secret
Besetting
Like scarlet and crimson
Reaching to heaven
Sin: All Men Are Shapen In
Sin: Scripture Concludes All Under
Sin: God
Abominates
Marks
Remembers
Is provoked to jealousy by
Is provoked to anger by
Alone can forgive
Exd 34:7; Dan 9:9; Mic 7:18; Mar 2:7
Recompenses
Punishes
Sin: The Law
Is transgressed by every
Gives knowledge of
Shows exceeding sinfulness of
Made to restrain
By its strictness stirs up
Is the strength of
Curses those guilty of
Sin: No Man Can Atone For
Sin: God Has Opened a Fountain For
Sin: Christ's Blood Redeems From
Sin: Christ's Blood Cleanses From
Sin: Saints
Made free from
Dead to
Profess to have ceased from
Cannot live in
Resolve against
Ashamed of having committed
Abhor themselves on account of
Have yet the remains of, in them
Sin: If We Say That We Have No, We Make God a Liar
Sin: Should Be
Confessed
Mourned over
Hated
Abhorred
Put away
Departed from
Avoided even in appearance
Guarded against
Striven against
Mortified
Wholly destroyed
Sin: Specially Strive against Besetting
Sin: We Should Pray to God
To search for, in our hearts
To make us know our
To forgive our
To keep us from
To deliver us from
To cleanse us from
Sin: Blessings Withheld on Account Of
Sin: The Wicked
Servants to
Dead in
Guilty of, in everything they do
Plead necessity for
Excuse
Encourage themselves in
Defy God in committing
Boast of
Make a mock at
Expect impunity in
Cannot cease from
Heap up
Encouraged in, by prosperity
Led by despair to continue in
Try to conceal, from God
Throw the blame of, on God
Throw the blame of, on others
Tempt others to
Gen 3:6; 1Ki 16:2; 21:25; Pro 1:10-14
Delight in those who commit
Shall bear the shame of
Sin: Shall Find Out the Wicked
Sin: Excludes from Heaven
Sin: When Finished Brings Forth Death
Sin: Death, the Wages Of
Sin:
a city of Egypt, mentioned only by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 30:15-16). The name is Hebrew, or at least Semitic, perhaps signifying clay. It is identified in the Vulgate with Pelusium, "the clayey or muddy" town. Its antiquity may perhaps be inferred from the mention of "the wilderness of Sin" in the journeys of the Israelites (Exodus 16:1; Numbers 33:11). Ezekiel speaks of Sin as "Sin the strongholds of Egypt." (Ezekiel 30:15). This place was held by Egypt from that time until the period of the Romans. Herodotus relates that Sennacherib advanced against Pelusium, and that near Pelusium, Cambyses defeated Psammenitus. In like manner the decisive battle in which Ochus defeated the last native king, Nectanebes, was fought near this city.
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