{"id":36399,"date":"2022-09-13T12:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/since-jesus-died-instead-of-us-for-our-sin-then-why-does-the-bible-refuse-to-let-us-sin\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:54:10","slug":"since-jesus-died-instead-of-us-for-our-sin-then-why-does-the-bible-refuse-to-let-us-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/since-jesus-died-instead-of-us-for-our-sin-then-why-does-the-bible-refuse-to-let-us-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Since Jesus died instead of us for our sin, then why does the Bible refuse to let us sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Apostle Paul asked Christians<\/strong> this same question! Romans 6:1-2, 12-13, 16-18, 21, 23 (NIV):  “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning<\/strong> so that grace may increase? No!<\/strong> We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?…  Don't you know<\/strong> that when you offer yourselves<\/strong> to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey<\/strong>–whether you are slaves to sin<\/strong>, which leads to death<\/strong>, or to obedience,<\/strong> which leads to righteousness<\/strong>?… Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires… offer yourselves to God … For the wages of sin is death<\/strong>, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ<\/strong> Jesus our Lord.”\u200b<\/p>\n

The Greek word for sin is “hamartia” which means to miss the mark, to fall short of obeying<\/strong> God’s laws of love. Whether a person deliberately chooses to ignore God’s directions or whether he messes up unintentionally, it is still a sin.  \u200b<\/p>\n

Jesus taught God’s law: “You shall love the LORD<\/strong> your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself<\/strong>,” Luke 10:27. God is the embodiment of love, justice, wisdom, and power. Why wouldn’t everyone want to serve our wonderful Creator? Sinning against God means being unloving, unjust, and unwise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We are also to love our neighbors as ourselves. Do you really want to be mean and unjust to others?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some think a personal sin is okay – as long as it doesn’t hurt others. But a personal sin hurts you<\/strong>. There are always painful consequences <\/strong>to sin. Satan promotes sin as a good thing – just as he did with Eve. He’s a liar<\/strong>. The world tempts us to sin by saying there are no painful results<\/strong>. But that’s a lie<\/strong>.  Sin always enslaves us<\/strong>; the consequences are regret and death<\/strong>.  Sin makes us selfish, jealous, hateful, angry, unrestrained, and lonely. (See also Galatians 5:19-21.)  Sin destroys.<\/p>\n

So, ask God for wisdom and help to obey His principles. James 1:5, “If you need wisdom, ask <\/strong>our generous God, and he will give it to you<\/strong>. He will not rebuke you for asking.” (NLT)  Choose righteousness and eternal life!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Apostle Paul asked Christians this same question! Romans 6:1-2, 12-13, 16-18, 21, 23 (NIV):  “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? No! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?…  Don't you know that when you offer yourselves … Continue reading “Since Jesus died instead of us for our sin, then why does the Bible refuse to let us sin?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","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=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}