Sin? What Sin?

Sin? What Sin?

May 25, 2008 Morning Service

Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK

Rick Boyne

Message Point: Sin is real. It keeps us from God, but once forgiven, is gone forever.

Focus Passage: Romans 6:1-14

Supplemental Passage: Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea.

Introduction:

I. The Unrighteous

a. I’ve never committed murder or adultery. “but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matthew 5:28)

b. I’m a good person. “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23)

c. I do good things. “For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.” (Isaiah 64:6)

II. The Penitent

a. My sin is ever before me. (Ps 51:3)

b. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

c. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? (Romans 7:24)

III. The Forgiver

a. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea. (Micah 7:19)

b. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

c. "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. (Isaiah 1:18)

Invitation: