DO YOU HAVE SIN IN YOUR LIFE?

DO YOU HAVE SIN IN YOUR LIFE?

Introduction: Friends and neighbors, if you don’t know Jesus Christ as your personal saviour your sins have not been forgiven and if you die you will spend eternity in hell.  Maybe you are a carnal Christian with un-confessed sin in your life.  If you do not confess your sin you can’t be right with God in your Christian walk. The word of God says: Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. And 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  Please take the time to listen to what God’s word has to say about sin.

Text: 1 John 1:1-10 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

*Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

*Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

*Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

*Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

*Romans 6:22-23 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

*James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

*Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

*Romans 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

*Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

* Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Romans 5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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1.) Sin can continue on cursing your body after you are saved;

*Galatians 6:6-7 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  (You can’t pray for crop failure once you sow bad seeds)

2.) Sin can enslave the imaginations & the will of the Christian;

*Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

*James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

3.) Sin can take away the Christians Peace and Joy;

*Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

* Galatians 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

4.) Sin greaves the Holy Spirit,

*Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

5.) Sin will cause the Christian to become a stumbling block;

* Isaiah 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

*1 Corinthians 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

* Romans 14:13  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

6.) Sin that is un-confessed will hinder your prayer life;

*Psalms 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

*Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

*Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

7.) Sin limits revival in a Christian’s life;

*2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

JESUS WILL GET RID OF YOUR SIN

1) THE LORD WILL NOT REMEMBER THEM;

Jeremiah 31:34  And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

2) THE LORD WILL COVER THEM;

Psalms 32:1 <<A Psalm of David, Maschil.>> Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

3) THE LORD WILL REMOVE THEM;

Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

4) THE LORD WILL CAST THEM BEHIND HIS BACK;

Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

5) THE LORD WILL CAST THEM INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA;

Micah 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

6) THE LORD WILL PARDON THEM;

Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

7) THE LORD WILL PUT THEM WHERE THEY CAN’T BE FOUND;

Jeremiah 50:20  In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

8) THE LORD WILL FORGIVE THEM;

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

9) THE LORD WILL CLEANSE US FROM SIN;

1 John 1:7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

10) THE LORD WILL BLOT OUR SIN OUT;

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Conclusion; Friends please apply what you have learned from God’s word on this subject to your life.   These truths will change you. Remember James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.