Sin Nature

The following is a exerpt from a Bible study that I am currently reading.

The most biblical definition of sin I can find in the Bible is found in Jeremiah 2.

Skies, be shocked at the things that have happened
and shake with great fear!” says the LORD.
“My people have done two evils:
They have turned away from me,
the spring of living water.
And they have dug their own wells,
which are broken wells that cannot hold water.”
Jeremiah 2:12-13 (Century)

This Scripture outlines the very nature of sin. It is not drinking, sex, skipping church or even robbing someone. It is forsaking God as your source of life and pleasure and looking for it in other things. Adam and Eve believed the serpent when he said they could be just like God and have life outside of God. That’s the sin that caused the fall of man! We are not damned for what we do on weekends; it’s what we long for and spend our life on that exposes us for who we really are.

Thanks Barry Keldie for the wonderful study. I will miss you and your teaching.

Cory