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Proper Attitude Toward Sin (Part 1)
These are some attitudes we should |
Proper Attitudes Toward Sin (Part 1)
- Admit It – Rather than denying it or blaming others
- Admit guilt (Rom. 3:23; 1 John 1:8-10; Ps. 51:3, 32:5;Prov. 28:13).
- Recognize responsibility (Gen. 3:12-13; Ex. 32:22; 1 Sam. 15:13-15; Jms 1:13-15; Gal. 2:11-12; Ps. 51:1-5).
- Hate It – Rather than mocking or loving it
- Want nothing to do with it; come full circle in thinking about sin as God does (Amos 5:15; Ps. 97:10; Prov. 8:13; Eph. 5:1).
- Remember God hates sin (Prov. 6:16-19, 8:13; Mark 3:5; John 2:13-17; Heb. 1:9; Ps. 45:6-7).
- But ensure that we hate the sin and love the person (Ps. 101:3; Jude 23; Rev. 2:6, 15; John 3:16; Rom. 5:8).
- Remember the costs of sin (1 Pet. 2:24; 1 Pet. 3:18; Gen. 2:17; Rom. 6:23).
- Remember the attitude toward sin and the attitude toward God are inversely linked (Ps. 97:10; Matt. 6:24).
- Avoid It – Rather than dismiss it and continue in it
- Those praised by God were those who removed themselves from sin (Job 1:1; Ps. 1:1-2).
- Abohor it (Rom. 12:9)
- Abstain from it (1 Thess. 5:21-22; 1 Thess. 4:3; 1 Pet. 2:11; Acts 15:29)
- Ask for help in avoid it (Matt. 6:13; Luke 22:40, 46)
- Don’t make provision for it (Rom. 13:14).
