Sin and Forgiveness

God established laws and principles to guide us in proper relationship with Him. Violation of these laws and principles makes our relationship with Him impossible or, at best, meaningless.

Sin allures with attractive promises, but gives nothing good. It is never satisfied.

It is an aggressive and progressive disease (James 1:14-15) that is accompanied by a constant babel that leads us to become deaf to the voice of our own conscience. What was not OK yesterday becomes OK today. Sin "bends" us to a shape that accommodates more sin. One Hebrew word translated as "sin" actually means "bent".

Romans 6:23 makes it clear that the only satisfactory price for sin is death. Death and only death can answer sin. No one can pay and survive. In fact, although blood is necessary to reconcile sin, our own blood is not good enough. Otherwise, bloody execution of the guilty would satisfy their debt.

Only the shed blood of a perfect sacrifice is sufficient to cover sin. Jesus was such a sacrifice.

Matthew 26:28 "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

Our acceptance and identity with His work settles our account. It is finished (John 19:30).

Another Hebrew root to the word "sin" is "turbulence". Isaiah makes reference to this in chapter 57, verse 20, "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt."

Forgiveness calms our personal storm, by allowing the proper relationship with our Father to be restored.

Free from guilt, we must be people who understand what has been done for us.


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