Torrey's Topical Textbook

"Concerning Sin"

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Concerning Sin

  • III. Concerning Sin.
  • 1. Its Nature.
  • a. Its origin, as regards the human race. The first man and woman, by their own choice, violated the law of God; they sinned against God.
  • Ge 3
  • b. Words, which describe sin in some of its forms.
  • Hebrew:
  • "Chata," to go out of the way, to miss the mark.
  • "Pasha," to transgress.
  • "Avah," to twist, to act perversely.
  • Greek:
  • "Hamaritia," a missing of the mark.
  • "Paraptoma," a falling away from law, truth, right.
  • "Parabasis," a going over or beyond truth and right, transgression.
  • "Anomia," lawlessness.
  • "Asebeia," irreverence.
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  • c. Definition. "Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God."
  • 2. Its Extent and Penalty.
  • a. By sinning, our first parents incurred the penalty of eternal death, including loss of communion with God, supremacy of worldly affections, and consequent misery, wretchedness, and pain.
  • Ge 2:17; Eze 18:4; Mt 25:46; Ro 5:12; 6:23; 1Co 15:58; Ga 6:8; Jas 1:15
  • b. Sin natural to every human being, depravity being hereditary.
  • Ps 51:5; 58:3; Jer 17:9; Joh 3:6; Ro 5:12-19; 7:14-24; 8:7; 1Co 15:22; Ga 5:17,19-21; Eph 2:1,3
  • c. All men sinners; therefore subject to same penalty incurred by the first sin.
  • Ge 6:5, 11,12; 1Ki 8:46; 2Ch 6:36; Ps 53:1-3; Pr 20:6,9; Ec 7:20; Joh 3:19; Ro 3:9-18,23; 11:32; Ga 3:22; 1Jo 1:8,10
  • d. Therefore all need redemption.
  • Joh 3:5,6; Ro 5:18; 2Co 5:14, 7:24,25; 15,19; Ga 3:21,22; Tit 2:14; Heb 2:9; 1Jo 2:2