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The Sinfulness of Sin

September 28, 2025 Speaker: Paul Martin Series: Good News for a Weary World

Topic: Expository Preaching

 

  1. The Old Testament Vocabulary of Sin
    1. Sin. Psalm 51:4
    2. To go astray; to err; deliberately wander. Psalm 58:3
    3. To cross a boundary; transgress. 1 Samuel 15:24 
    4. To turn aside. Deuteronomy 9:12 
    5. To rebel, break away from. Ezekiel 2:3 
    6. To act unfaithfully, treacherously (spiritual infidelity). Leviticus 26:40 
    7. Insidious deceitfulness, to connive. Jeremiah 17:9
    8. To badly wrong, violently mistreat. Ezekiel 22:26 
    9. Badly made, evil. Isaiah 5:20
    10. Wickedness. Numbers 16:25–26 
    11. To be guilty by committing an offence. Hosea 4:15
    12. Trouble, sorrow. Proverbs 6:12–14
    13. To wrong; act unjustly. Isaiah 59:1–3
    14. Deceit; treachery. Psalm 78:56–57
    15. To bend, twist, distort; make crooked, pervert. Micah 7:18–19
  2. The New Testament Vocabulary of Sin
    1. To sin; miss the mark. Romans 6:7, James 2:9
    2. To lead astray, deceive by words or actions. 2 Timothy 3:12–13
    3. To overstep, to transgress. Romans 5:14
    4. To slip, to err… typically, with a kind of deliberateness. Galatians 6:1
    5. To not listen, to disobey. Romans 5:19
    6. To be unpersuadable, to obstinately disobey. Romans 2:8
    7. Lawlessness. 1 John 3:4
    8. Unrighteousness, doing of what is not right. Romans 1:18
    9. To be irreverent, irreligious, impious. Romans 1:18
    10. Spiritual ignorance for which people are still culpable. Ephesians 4:18
    11. A debt. Matthew 6:12
    12. Evil in character, base, malignant. Mark 7:20–23
    13. Evil; opposed to God. Mark 7:20–23
  3. What can sinful people do?
    1. What can sinful unbelievers do? 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13
    2. What can sinful Christians do? 
      1. Flee from all your sins! Genesis 39:11-12
      2. Confess your sins. 1 John 1:9

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