• All agree that sin exists and that it is most appalling.
  • In regard to sin, there are at least four prominent characteristics:
    • Love of sin – Psalms 52:3
      • Hebrews 11:26
    • Practice of sin – Romans 1:28-32
    • Guilt of sin – Genesis 4:7
    • Punishment of sin – John 5:28-29
      • Matthew 25:46
    • Sin and its cure as it relates to the sinner
      • In the gospel there are at least four prominent characteristics that have to do with the cure of sin:
        • Faith – Romans 5:1
        • Repentance – Acts 17:30
          • Matthew 21:26-28
        • Baptism – Acts 2:38
        • Pardon – Acts 2:38
      • Sin and its cure as relates to the Christian
        • Faith destroys the love of sin.
        • Repentance destroys the practice of sin.
        • Prayer destroys the guilt of sin.
        • Pardon destroys the punishment of sin.