Sermon Tone Analysis

*Sin *

*Not on the List*

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*Romans 3:23*     for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God[1]

 

*Romans 6:23*     For the wages of sin /is/ death, but the gift of God /is/ eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.[2]

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* If the mailman brought you a bill would you run down the road throwing rocks at the mail truck?*

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*If the doctor diagnosed your case and told you were sick and prescribed a medicine, would you slap him.*

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*If the FBI warned you about a serial killer that was in your area causing you to put yourself on high alert, would you picket the FBI because they made you become a little more skiddish?*

*So the preacher is telling you about this killer called sin, why get mad at the preacher*

 

*If we hear the word sin, we think of sins plural.

Then we think of our lists.

What is on the list?

Then which list? Whose list?*

If something is a sin, it remains sin.

Often we have made sins out of things that are neutral because of what can be done with it or its association.

The Catholics 7 mortal Sins and then the venial sins                                                                                   

The Decalogue~/The Law

Headquarters List-actually have includes cards, ballgames, amusement parks, bright colored clothing

My List~/Your List eating at Ruth’s Chris, saying euphemistic by-words

Bible Lists:

*3 **Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you.

Such sins have no place among God’s people.

4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you.

Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God.

For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.*

*6 **Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

7 Don’t participate in the things these people do.*

*5:19.*

The apostle declared that the sins of the flesh *are obvious, *meaning either, as some suggest, that they are public and cannot be hidden, or better, since some are private sins, that they originate with *the sinful nature *and not with the new nature indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

The listed sins are commonly seen to fall into four categories.

First, three sexual sins are mentioned.

*Sexual immorality** *(/porneia/) is often translated “fornication.”

From this word comes the term “pornography.”

/Porneia /refers to any and all forms of illicit sexual relationships (homosexuality: *22**     Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23     and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

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*24**     Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25     who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.

Amen.

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*26**     For this reason God gave them up to vile passions.

For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

27     Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

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*28**     And even as they did not like to retain God in /their/ knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29     being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; /they are/ whisperers, 30     backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31     undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32     who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

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>>>>>>>adultery,fornication, bestiality, etc.

 

 *Impurity *(/akatharsia/) is a broad term referring to moral uncleanness in thought, word, and deed (cf.

Eph.

5:3-4).

*Debauchery *(/aselgeia/) connotes an open, shameless, brazen display of these evils (cf. 2 Cor.

12:21 where the same words occur; /aselgeia/ is included in Rom.

13:13).

*5:20.*

Following the sexual sins, Paul cited two religious sins.

*Idolatry *involved the worship of pagan gods by bowing to idols, and because of its mention just after the listing of sexual sins it probably includes the male and female prostitution so often a part of heathen religion.

*Witchcraft *is the translation of the Greek word /pharmakeia /from which the term “pharmacy” comes.

In ancient times the worship of evil powers was accompanied by the use of drugs to create trances.

This vice will also be prominent in the Tribulation period (cf.

Rev. 9:21; 18:23).

Eight societal evils are then listed (the last one in Gal.

5:21).

*Hatred *(/echthrai/) is in the plural form, denoting primarily a feeling of enmity between groups.

*Discord *(/eris/) is the natural result of “hatred” and no doubt a problem in the Galatian church.

*Jealousy *(zēlos) refers not to the godly form but to the sinful and self-centered type.

(These two words, /eris/ and /zelos,/ are also listed in Rom.

13:13.)

*Fits of rage *(/thymoi/) or outbursts of temper, often come as a final eruption of smoldering jealousy.

*Selfish ambition *(/eritheiai/) is a self-aggrandizing attitude which shows itself in working to get ahead at other’s expense (cf.

Phil.

2:3).

*Dissensions *(/dichostasiai/) and *factions *(/haireseis/) describe what happens when people quarrel over issues or personalities, causing hurtful divisions.

*5:21.*

*Envy *(/phthonoi/) is an evil feeling, a wrongful desire to possess what belongs to someone else.

Thus the sinful nature is seen to be responsible for the breakdown of interpersonal relationships in homes, churches, and in public society.

Two sins associated with alcohol fall in a fourth category of evils.

*Drunkenness *(/methai/) refers to excessive use of strong drink by individuals, and *orgies *(kōmoi) probably refers to the drunken carousings commonly associated with such things as the worship of Bacchus, the god of wine.

Finally, to show that this long list was only representative and not exhaustive, Paul added the words *and the like.*

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It’s not on the list (segue to next week)

1 What shall we say then?

Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid.

How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also/ in the likeness/ of/ his/ resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with/ him/, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.[6]

Romans 8:1

 

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[1]/The New King James Version./ 1982 (Ro 3:23).

Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

[2]/The New King James Version./ 1982 (Ro 6:23).

Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

[3]/The New King James Version./ 1982 (Ro 1:22-32).

Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

[4]Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary.

(1983-c1985).

/The Bible knowledge commentary : An exposition of the scriptures/ (2:607).

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

[5]Tyndale House Publishers.

(2004).

/Holy Bible : New Living Translation./

"Text edition"--Spine.

(2nd ed.) (Eph 5:3-7).

Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.

[6]/The Holy Bible : King James Version./ 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.) (Ro 6:1-12).

Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.