769. Sin\u2014Its Nature<\/p>\n
The meaning of the word to sin is, to miss the mark. It is rendered \u201cmiss\u201d in Jdg_20:16. The mark in the Old Testament is the Law; and in the New, Christ.<\/p>\n
1. Judas missed the mark of love to Christ in betraying Him\u2014Mat_27:4.<\/p>\n
2. The prodigal missed the mark of contentment in the Father\u2019s will by having his own will\u2014Luk_15:18, Luk_15:21.<\/p>\n
3. The impotent man missed the mark of God\u2019s law in sinning against himself\u2014Joh_5:14.<\/p>\n
4. The adulterous woman missed the mark of purity by her sin\u2014Joh_8:11.<\/p>\n
5. The angels missed the mark of God\u2019s glory by their pride\u20142Pe_2:4.<\/p>\n
6. Israel missed the mark of God\u2019s rest by their unbelief\u2014Heb_3:17.<\/p>\n
7. The sinner misses the mark of God\u2019s salvation by refusing Christ in His atonement\u2014Heb_10:26.<\/p>\n
8. The heretic misses the mark of God\u2019s truth by his error\u2014Tit_3:11.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
769. Sin\u2014Its Nature The meaning of the word to sin is, to miss the mark. It is rendered \u201cmiss\u201d in Jdg_20:16. The mark in the Old Testament is the Law; and in the New, Christ. 1. Judas missed the mark of love to Christ in betraying Him\u2014Mat_27:4. 2. The prodigal missed the mark of contentment … Continue reading “0787. 769. Sin\u2014Its Nature”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}