Okay. So for tonight, our topic is going to be on sin. And this to me is a topic that

is too often skirted over and not dealt with head-on, which, in my opinion, I believe that it would

bring more people to Christ if an effort was made to explain sin in a detailed degree according

to the Bible. Now, I also believe that this could be done in about five minutes,

for the most part, but it would lead to a lot of questions. And I also believe that it could be

done over a series of sermons Sunday after Sunday, Thursday after Thursday, which would lead to a lot of questions.

So no matter which way you want to craft this,

when we're dealing with this topic, such as sin,

it always generates a lot of questions and for a good reason.

But before we begin, I want to answer the biggest question

of them all up front when it comes to sin, and that is Jesus Christ is the only cure for the disease

known as sin, period.

Every one of us is born into sin.

Even though people may think they have not been diagnosed with sin,

sin is there.

So, with that said, and with the Lord's permission,

we're going to briefly look at the first human sin

and then define sin by its root definition,

then by the scriptures expound on a few verses regarding sin and how it is presented according to the Bible.

Then we will discuss the problem with sin for Christians and listen, and also for non-repenting, professing Christians while examining the churches of Thiatira and Sardis

briefly. And then we'll discuss what sin means to the non-believer. I'd like to add that this is not a list,

a legalistic list of do's and don'ts

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