“A study of the nature of sin and God’s provisions for escaping the penalty

for sin”

ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES – NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE

Facts About Sin And Its Consequences

Sin is lawlessness

1 John 3:44 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

Facts About Sin and Its Consequences

Sin is lawlessness

All have sinned

Romans 3:23

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Facts About Sin and Its Consequences

Sin is lawlessness

All have sinned The wages of sin is death

Romans 6:2323 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Facts About Sin and Its Consequences

Sin is lawlessness All have sinned The wages of sin is death Sin is not inherited

Ezekiel 18:20 20 “The person who sins will die. The

son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

Facts About Sin and Its Consequences

Sin is lawlessness All have sinned The wages of sin is death Sin is not inherited All will be judged individually

2 Cor. 5:10 10 For we must all appear before

the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be

recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he

has done, whether good or bad.

All Mankind In Sin

GOD’S

GRACE

God Provided an Escape from the Penalty for Sin

Eph. 2:4-5

God’s Grace

Ephesians 2:4-5

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

MAN IN SINGOD’S

GRACE

God’s Provision for Sin

Eph. 2:4-5

Christ’s Death

Isaiah Prophesied of Jesus’ Mission

Isaiah 53:4-54 Surely our griefs He Himself bore,

And our sorrows He carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,Smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

Hebrews 2:99 But we do see Him who was made

for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

MAN IN SINGOD’S

GRACE

God’s Provision for Sin

Eph. 2:4-5

Christ’s Death

The Word of His Grace

Acts 20:32

32 “And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

2 Thessalonians1:7-9

7 ------ when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,

8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

How Do We Respond to the Gospel?

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FAITH

Hebrews 11:1 1 Now faith is the assurance of

things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Acts 6:7 7 The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

How Do We Respond To The Gospel?

Belief

Repentance

Confession

Baptism

Sins ForgivenRead the Word

FAITH

BELIEF

John 8:2424 ‘Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

REPENTANCE

Acts 17:30 30 “Therefore having overlooked

the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should

repent,

CONFESSION

Romans 10:10 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

Matthew 10:32 32 “Therefore everyone who confesses

Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in

heaven.

BAPTISM

Acts 2:38 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 22:16 16 ‘Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’

1 Peter 3:20-2120 who once were disobedient, when

the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the

construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. 21 Corresponding to that, baptism now

saves you — not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Baptism Puts Us in Christ

IN CHRIST

Gal. 3:26-27

Rom. 6:3

MAN

IN

SIN

Galatians 3:26-27 26 For you are all sons of God through

faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into

Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Romans 6:3 3 Or do you not know that all of us

who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

IN BAPTISM WE RE-ENACT DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION – ROM. 6:3-7

3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

4 therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin.

We are baptized into Christ In baptism we simulate:

His death ( old self crucified) His burial ( buried with Him in water) His resurrection ( raised from burial in

water ) Raised to walk a new life in Christ In baptism we are united with Him.

All past sins are washed away Freed from slavery to sin

Rom. 6:3-7 Summarized

Baptism Puts Us into the Body of Saved People

Ephesians 5:23

23 For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, He Himself being Savior of the body

1 Cor. 12:13 13 For by one Spirit we were all

baptized into one body, -----

2 Timothy 2:1010 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

Summary

• All have sinned and face penalty of eternal death.

• God’s grace provides redemption through the death of Christ and the word of His grace.

• Faith motivates us to do what God requires for salvation.– Belief, repentance, confession, and

baptism

In baptism: We have remission of sins. We re-enact Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. We are put into Christ and in His body, the church.

Salvation is in Christ. He is Savior of those in His body