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Grudem Ch 8: “What Is Sin?” Grudem Ch 8: “What Is Sin?” Humbly GrudenGruden Section Section Divisions Divisions Defy Deny Accept Scripture / Comments 8 What is Sin? Grudem’s opening paragraph, my comments in brackets: “Sin disrupts everything. We don’t live the lives we were originally designed to live, and we don’t live in the world we were originally designed to live in. [IS THIS FULLY TRUE?] Sin mars the image of God in us; we no longer reflect the perfection God created us to reflect. [Charles Ryrie’s broken pencil illustration: “God’s image has been defaced, but not erased.”] Because of sin, things simply aren’t the way they were originally meant to be. [TRUE?] The story of the human race, as presented in the Bible, is the story of God fixing broken people living in a broken world. [ONLY ‘BROKEN?”] It is the story of God’s victory over the many results of sin in the world.” A Gruden Outline 1 What Sin Is a “…any failure to conform to the Grudem’s Test: “Anything contrary to His moral law moral law of God in act, attitude, is contrary to His character, that is, contrary to God or nature.” himself.” b What did Jesus say about sin? knotmaking.net/grudem-chapter-8-sin-2/See the Sinners? Sinful generation? above for a link to a list of passages where Jesus speaks on sin. c There are many words used in the hamartano is the most common NT word (G264; Bible for “sin.” Three NT see also G266). A copy of the section of the examples are: Lexham Theological Workbook on “Sin” is also linked on knotmaking.net/grudem-chapter-8-sin-2/ i kakos G2555, 51x, which points to But there are many other expressions of “sin” that do not the essential character / source of specifically use a word for “sin,” such as idolatry: “for all something bad. people walk each in the name of his god…” Micah 4:5. The essence of legalism is idolatry, the worship of “me.” ii sapros G4549, 8x, which refers to Consider also expressions like “turn away,” “deny,” the decay / spoilage of something. “reject,” …. “Transgressor” in 2 John 9 translates proago which means move away. iii poneros, G41990, 76x, is the more And the specification of individual sins, “lie,” “murder,” directed to the expression / “theft,” “curse [parents,others],”… manifestation of evil. d The Bible is replete with object When you look over the breadth of Scripture you lessons for us on the prevalence have to come to the view that Henry Ford had of and consequences of “sin." history: “one damn thing after the other.” i Adam & Eve; Cain & Able We are born in and of sin. It’s our DNA. ii Envy, hatred by the 11 brothers of Envy, pride, hatred, are often overlooked in the Joseph consideration of true evil. iii Rejection of God in the Wilderness Even in the immediate condition of God’s miraculous post-Exodus deliverance and preservation, men reject God’s Word (Promise), which is another form of “sin.” iv Incomplete victory in the Promised Taking the easy way out, seeking comfort and Land in Joshua compromise, is another category of “sin.” Raz, www.knotmaking.net Defy: I choose none of God’s Word / Law Lifeboat 12/6/16 Page 1 Deny: I choose some of God’s Word / Law Grudem Ch 8: “What Is Sin?” Humbly GrudenGruden Section Section Divisions Divisions Defy Deny Accept Scripture / Comments v The moral collapse of Judges, Sexual sin is a common trope to disclose the complete especially Ch. 19 moral collapse of a culture and age. vi All most all of the OT Prophetic Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Books have “sin” as their context & Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, echo, either of God’s people or the Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharia, Malachi…all in some aspect surrounding cultures & peoples are expressing the conditions of moral failure, common to us all, by our very nature, desires, and choices. vii Carnality in the NT church Corinthian epistles exhibiting one category, and Galatians (legalism) another. viii Warnings of the last days 2 Peter, 1 & 2 John, Jude; and Revelation. e God’s will is that His Elect have an This requires the “sin” problem to be cured. intimate relationship with Him. Without it, there can never be such intimacy. (Satan See link to John Piper essay re our was the ultimate vandal and committed the ultimate purpose is to glorify God at: act of vandalism, as the expression of his absolute knotmaking.net on Grudem Ch 8 unabating hatred of God). “Sin.” 2 Where Sin Came From a Not from God Grudem’s Test: “Since God cannot sin…it is impossible for God even to desire to do wrong.” (James 1:13) b But… God “works all things How do we reconcile this? Grudem: “How we put according to the counsel of His these two truths together is one of the most difficult will” (Eph. 1:11) questions of theology…” What does Job Ch 1 and 2 teach us? c “Sin existed in Satan and his Going back to pre-history, pre-Space-Time, for a full demons before Adam…” And, explanation of how (a) and (b) can be so, the great mystery: “…it is simultaneously true is a mystery unresolvable to us, healthy for us to allow a here, now. substantial element of mystery, admitting that a full understanding (So what was all and only “good” in God’s Space- is beyond anyone’s ability in this Time Creation, was part of a greater reality that had age.” sin in it.) d We became sin, Adam’s nature, What does it mean, really, “to become” sin? Do we “nothing good dwells in me” (Rom. see this to be our natural condition, in every 7:18), “the heart is deceitful above situation, at all times? all things and desperately wicked” (Jer. 17:9) When does ‘it’ start? Psalm 51:5; 58:3. e Adam’s sin: Beyond being an Adam as only an example to us, is the heart of the example, what effect does it have Pelagian contention. on me? Why is it important to know that’s wrong? f If I have in my Being Adam’s sin, Is there some sinless ‘safe spot’ in us? See Luke where is it? Intellect, discernment, 11:34-36 re the eye, the lamp of the body, and Luke emotions, desires, wills, hearts, 11:28 re the blessed who have ears to hear. Raz, www.knotmaking.net Defy: I choose none of God’s Word / Law Lifeboat 12/6/16 Page 2 Deny: I choose some of God’s Word / Law Grudem Ch 8: “What Is Sin?” Humbly GrudenGruden Section Section Divisions Divisions Defy Deny Accept Scripture / Comments senses (eyes, ears), goals, motives, bodies, …the Four That there is some self-starting, uncorrupted place Cardinal (human) Virtues: inside us is the heart of the Arminian contention. Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Why is it important to know that theology is wrong Justice? (i.e., why does this debate matter)? 3 How Sin Affects Us a Are we each as “bad” as we can RC Sproul Test: name the worst of the worse of the possibly be? 20th C. What did they have in common? b Are we each as “bad off” as we The Pharisee-Publican Test (Luke 18:9ff): what does can possibly be? this teach us? Or, the Pharisee (Simon) - Immoral Woman(hamartōlos G268) Test (Luke 7:36ff)? Or the Barabbas - Jesus Vote (Luke 23:18)? c How bad is it, to be as “bad off” What are ‘the stakes?’ (“Death” is God’s ‘hint’). as we each are? What really is “death?” (See the website for some links to further thinking about death: d What is sin’s effect even upon John 16: 33 “These things I have spoken to you, God’s redeemed Elect? that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, [tharseo G2293] I have overcome the world.” NKJV 2 Categories of Sin For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 John 2:16 Where do we place The Pharisee and The Publican? (Luke 19:9-14) Where do we place Simon The Pharisee and The Sinful Woman? (Luke 7:36-50) 1 Lust of the Eye Covetousness (Eve re the forbidden) 2 Lust of the Flesh Adam re Eve (the pheromones…) 3 Pride of Life Cain; Eliphaz, Bildad, & Zophar; (Self, hubris [overweening pride], scorn, gossip, [see page on 1 John 2:16 at judgmentalism, certainty of one’s proclaimed www.knotmaking.net/1-john/ ] opinion [unsupported dogmatism]) Raz, www.knotmaking.net Defy: I choose none of God’s Word / Law Lifeboat 12/6/16 Page 3 Deny: I choose some of God’s Word / Law Grudem Ch 8: “What Is Sin?” Humbly GrudenGruden Section Section Divisions Divisions Defy Deny Accept Scripture / Comments 3 Exactly How Bad (Off) Are We? What ‘Problem’ Needs Solving? 1 Pelagius (vs. Augustine) 2 Roman Catholic Doctrine 3 Reformed Foundation (Calvin and many others) 4 Arminius (vs. Calvin) 5 Francis Turretin (vs. Amrnius), 1623-1687 Wikipedia: His Institutio Theologiae Elencticae (3 parts, Geneva, 1679–1685) was the culmination of Reformed scholasticism. The Institutes uses the scholastic method to dispute a number of controversial issues. In it he defended the view that the Bible is God's verbally inspired word.
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