Chapter 9

The Problem of Sin

Sections

1. General
   1. What Sin Is
      • Sin is breaking God’s law
      • All wrongdoing is sin
      • Not doing what we should do is sin
   2. Sin Is against God
      • Sin is action against God
      • Sin is rebellion against God
      • Thus, sin is hated by God
   3. Sin Is Universal
      • All people have sinned . . .
      • . . . No one is righteous before God
      • People in fact have a sinful nature
   4. Sin Has Intrinsic Ill Effects
      • Sin brings spiritual defilement
      • Sin results in separation from God
      • Sin brings spiritual death
      • Sin also brings enslavement to sin
   5. Sin Brings God’s Anger and Death
      • Sin makes one subject to God’s anger
      • Sin results in physical death
      • Sin brings the prospect of eternal “death”

2. The Law’s Provision for Israel’s Sin
   1. Offerings for Atonement for Sinners
      • An animal was offered to make atonement for one who sinned
      • Animals brought as offerings were to be without defect
      • The sinner laid hands on the offering, signifying it as a substitute
   2. The Blood of the Offerings
      • The blood of the offerings for sin featured in making atonement
      • For the life of a creature is in its blood
   3. The Role of the Priests
      • God designated Aaron and his descendants as priests
      • The priests made the offerings for people when they sinned, to make atonement for them
      • The high priest made atonement yearly for Israel as a whole

 ➜Major headings in: 9. The Problem of Sin (and all of Unit B)

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