Mar 13 2011

Occasions of Sin (3/13/11 PM)

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Occasions of Sin

  1. When we violate our conscience (Romans 14:23).
    1. An action done without conviction of its approval by God.
    2. If we do so we show a disregard for God‘s Will (Col. 3:17).
    3. Remember the conscience must be trained by God‘s Will (Acts 24;16; John 16:2; 1 Tim. 4:2; Heb. 10:22).
  2. When we know to do good, and do it not (James 4:17).
    1. Can‘t simply refrain from doing wrong.
    2. When we know right, we have an obligation to do it (Luke 12:47-48; John 13:17, 15:22; Luke 6:46; Eze. 3:17-19).
  3. When we violate God’s law (1 John 3:4).
    1. That which is against the law; lawlessness; going against, doing that which is contrary to God‘s law (examples: doing those things in 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:17-21, etc.).
    2. Expresses a refusal to be governed by God‘s law; sets our will against God‘s (contrast Matt. 26:39, 42 – ?thy will be done?).
  4. When we fail to keep God’s law (1 John 5:17).
    1. Similar to 1 John 3:4; but while it addresses doing what God forbids, this address leaving off what God commands. It is doing that which is unrighteous, the opposite of 1 John 3:7.
    2. We have to be doers of that which is good (James 1:22; Eph. 2:10; Titus 2:14; Acts 1:1, 10:38; Luke 11:24-25).
    3. The lost pictured in Matthew 25 were those who failed to do what they ought.