“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” -1 John 3:8
Last week was about carnal sin. The inherited nature to commit sins against a
holy God. This week, we will discuss committed
sin. Which stems from carnal sin. Carnal sin is the root of the plant, committed
sin is the stem.
If you were to walk outside and cut
down a tree, for a short time there would be one less tree in the forest. However, it will not stay that way. The tree will grow back. It will grow back because the roots remain. Sin is made up of two parts, carnal sin, and
committed sin. Carnal is the root, committed
sin is the stalk. Committed sin is a
willful transgression against a personally known law of God. In short, you know it’s wrong and you choose
to do it anyway. The Bible says: “For
if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for
of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” (Heb
10:26-27) You might wear a coat to a friend’s house or restaurant. Upon entering you take off your coat and
place it by the door. Another person
comes in behind you wearing a similar coat and does the same. In leaving you grab their coat by mistake and
walk out. Did you steal? Yes, but did you sin? No.
Why not? Because you did it in
ignorance. It was not a willful choice; you
made a mistake. God who knows all things
knows the difference between the willing act of sinning against Him, and a
mistake. Now, take the same situation,
perhaps you see the person place a large sum of money in that jacket, and you
realize the jacket looks like yours. You
decide that there is an opportunity to take it and the money without anyone
noticing. Upon leaving you do just that. Did you steal? Yes.
Did you sin? Yes. You coveted and stole. Mankind is a slave to sin. We lust and have sex before marriage. We hate, and murder. We are prideful and lie. If a person commits sin, it is because they
are of their father the devil. When they
commit sin, they bear his likeness. He
was the one that sinned from the beginning and tempted the first people to
sin. When a person commits sin, they are
doing as the devil does, and would have everyone do, because the outcome of sin
is separation. Separation from God, from
our fellow man, from true peace, and a home in heaven. We cannot be in fellowship with God when we
sin. We cannot be in fellowship with our
fellow man when we sin against them; and we cannot be at peace with ourselves. Sin, and sinfulness is the enemy of holiness. Holiness is the nature of God, and the nature
that God wants mankind to be holy. He
wanted us to be holy and be in fellowship with him from the beginning. When we stay in sin, committing sinful acts,
we are in corruption of that true intention that God has for us; and we are
bearing corrupt fruit. Jesus said that a
“corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit.” If the carnal nature, that is carnal sin, is
in your heart, it bears the fruit of committed sins. If you are bearing the fruit of committed sin,
then you are living contrary to a good, holy, righteous God. Therefore, we are separated from God while on
this earth. What’s worse is when you die,
you are to be judged by a righteous God and condemned to hell. His judgment is righteous because you are
choosing to stay in your sin. Sinners
will go to hell forever to stay in torment.
The devil’s deceitful act is to blind us to this and trick us into
loving our sin. The very same sin that
separates us from God and dooms us to hell forever.
Are you a sinner? Are you committing sinful acts against a holy
God? Do not justify yourself or seek to
comfort yourself. Do not follow the
false teachers into thinking that Jesus’s blood is only to cover you. Or that you will not be held accountable for
your actions against God. Humble yourselves
in the sight of God. Pray to Christ as your
Savior! He is the Savior from all sin! Jesus will make himself apparent in your heart
and destroy the works of the devil.
