Let's Talk about Sin
Rex Yancey
Romans 6:16-23
Harry Houdini was an escape artist who issued a challenge wherever he went. He claimed there was no jail cell from which he could not escape, and he picked the locks in all of them and walked out-except one. Houdini did not know that the door to the cell he was in was pushed to but not locked. He worked for two hours trying to unlock a door that was never locked to begin with. He finally leaned against the door and it opened.
Wouldn't it be convenient if all of man's bondage could be relieved by the resistance of his own weight? But the bondage of sin holds a tighter grip than an unlocked door in a prison cell.
As we consider man, I want us to look at the man who lives his life in captivity under the bondage of sin. Listen to political candidates talk about the problems of America and see if they ever mention sin. Sit on a court trial and listen to the defense attorney explain why his client did what he did, and see if he ever mentions sin.
We talk around the truth today. It is no longer kosher to talk about sin.
-An arsonist is sick with pyromania syndrome.
-The fellow who opens fire on innocent people is not a murder, he is a victim of poverty.
-Homosexuality is not a sin, it's a genetic propensity.
-The scientific name of a skunk is ''mephitis mephitica,'' but does it make it smell any better?
No matter what we call it, sin will always be sin, and its consequences will always be what the Bible says it will be.
I want us to look at three things about sin from the Word tonight.
1. THE SLAVERY OF SIN
John 8:34, ''Truly, truly, I say unto you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'' That's what Jesus said. Paul said, ''Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?'' He goes on to described unsaved people as ''slaves t ...
Rex Yancey
Romans 6:16-23
Harry Houdini was an escape artist who issued a challenge wherever he went. He claimed there was no jail cell from which he could not escape, and he picked the locks in all of them and walked out-except one. Houdini did not know that the door to the cell he was in was pushed to but not locked. He worked for two hours trying to unlock a door that was never locked to begin with. He finally leaned against the door and it opened.
Wouldn't it be convenient if all of man's bondage could be relieved by the resistance of his own weight? But the bondage of sin holds a tighter grip than an unlocked door in a prison cell.
As we consider man, I want us to look at the man who lives his life in captivity under the bondage of sin. Listen to political candidates talk about the problems of America and see if they ever mention sin. Sit on a court trial and listen to the defense attorney explain why his client did what he did, and see if he ever mentions sin.
We talk around the truth today. It is no longer kosher to talk about sin.
-An arsonist is sick with pyromania syndrome.
-The fellow who opens fire on innocent people is not a murder, he is a victim of poverty.
-Homosexuality is not a sin, it's a genetic propensity.
-The scientific name of a skunk is ''mephitis mephitica,'' but does it make it smell any better?
No matter what we call it, sin will always be sin, and its consequences will always be what the Bible says it will be.
I want us to look at three things about sin from the Word tonight.
1. THE SLAVERY OF SIN
John 8:34, ''Truly, truly, I say unto you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'' That's what Jesus said. Paul said, ''Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?'' He goes on to described unsaved people as ''slaves t ...
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