Introduction
Today, we come to a close our series on those pockets in your life where your life can spin out of control where your life can be thrown into chaos. For some of us, our family can throw us into chaos. For some of us, our schedule can cause our life to spin out of control. For some of us, when we refuse to do what God ask of us, our life takes an out-of-control spin. And last week, we saw how our sickness or the sickness of someone we love can turn our life into chaos.
The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Whereas some people’s life can be thrown into chaos because of family; whereas some people’s life may be thrown into chaos because of a hectic schedule; whereas some people life may be thrown into chaos because of sickness; listen to me all people’s lives are thrown into chaos because of sin.
Adam and Eve’s life was turn into chaos because of sin. They were taken from the Garden of Eden and thrown outside it gates.
Moses’s life sank into chaos because he killed the Egyptian and spent forty years on the back side of the wilderness.
King David had relations with the wife of another man and his life was thrown into chaos as result of the sickness and death of his child.
And I can go on and on from one end of the Bible to the other showing you how sin brought chaos to people’s lives. But the point is crystal clear: you commit sin you are putting your life in chaos and all commit sins.
And so, what does God have to say about it.
Scripture
Genesis 3:8–13 (NKJV)
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Point #1
Sin wants to throw me into chaos by telling me to run away from God, but God tells us to run to Him for forgiven.
Genesis 3
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Let me tell you a personal observation that I noted to myself. In Mississippi, as you know, we have a drug problem, and it affects the Christian as well as the non-believer. But an interesting happens with the believer. If he or she goes back to using any type of drug, you don’t see them in church any longer. It is as if they are running away from God.
In our Scripture was walking in the Garden looking for Adam and Eve, and what did they do? They ran and hit.
Peter in the New Testament after he denied the Lord three, he did not run back and gather with the other disciples. he ran to his fishing boat and went out fishing. He was getting away.
Listen sin will never tell you the right thing to do, and God will never tell you the wrong thing to do.
And He tells us come to him you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
POINT #2
Sin wants to throw me in chaos by heaping piles of guilt on my head, but God says that I will break away those piles of guilt.
Let’s go back to the Garden of Eden and look at their story.
Genesis 3:7 (NKJV)
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
First, the eyes of both of them were open. They saw with their own eyes that they have messed up; they realize things were a lot different now than before they ate. That is the first pile of guilt.
The second pile of guilt was thrown on them when Jesus called Adam’s name to get him and Eve to go for a walk. They knew in times past that they were excited about walking with Jesus but now they are afraid. That is the second pile of guilt.
The third pile of guilt was that Adam saw himself as naked.
Here is the point, it is sin’s desire to throw as much guilt on you as possible. Jesus says that He has come to free you from all that guilt.
Romans 8:1 (NKJV)
Free from Indwelling Sin
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Point #3
Sin wants me to throw the blame on someone else so that I will not have to admit to myself that I messed up. God wants you to take ownership of your sin so that you will confess it to Him.
Genesis 3:12–13 (NKJV)
12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
The man first wanted to blame God for his sin and then he wanted to blame the woman for his sin. Eve wanted the blame the devil for her sin.
James 1:13–15 (NKJV)
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Isn’t that the argument Adam was trying to make. God, you gave me that woman and then he eventually blames the woman. James says Adam you were enticed by your own desires. What did you do, Adam. You sinned.
Conclusion
In August 1983, Robert Garth walked into the police headquarters in Detroit, Michigan and confessed to beating an elderly man to death during a robbery he committed in 1968.
For years, this crime had been classified as a cold case because there were no clues which lead to who committed the crime. He was asked why did he turn himself in. And this is what he said, “My time in prison is nothing compared to the fifteen years I lived with that crime in my mind. Nothing they could ever do to me, even incarcerating me for the rest of my life, could measure up to the imprisonment of my own guilt during the fifteen years of hiding my sin.”
And that is exactly what sin wants to do: tie us up, render us useless. But God says I want to set you free.
Let us pray.
