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I BELIEVE: SIN IS ANY OFFENSE TO THE HOLINESS O F G O D R E S U LT I N G F R O M R E B E L L I O N A N D UNBELIEF BEGINNING WITH ADAM'S FALL BY W H I C H A L L R E C E I V E A S I N N AT U R E .

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SIN IS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE AS T R A N S G R E S S I O N O F T H E L AW O F G O D ( 1 S T JOHN 3:4) AND REBELLION AGAINST GOD ( D E U T E R O N O M Y 9 : 7 ; J O S H UA 1 : 1 8 ) . SIN HAD ITS BEGINNING WITH LUCIFER, THE S H I N I N G S TA R , T H E S O N O F T H E M O R N I N G. H E D E S I R E D T O B E T H E M O S T H I G H G O D A N D T H AT

WA S H I S D O W N F A L L A N D T H E B E G I N N I N G O F S I N ( I S A I A H 1 4 : 1 2 - 1 5 ) . R E N A M E D S ATA N , H E B RO U G H T SIN TO THE HUMAN RACE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, WHERE HE TEMPTED EVE WITH THE SAME E N T I C E M E N T, Y O U S H A L L B E L I K E G O D . S I N C E T H AT T I M E , S I N H A S B E E N PA S S E D D OW N T H RO U G H A L L T H E G E N E R AT I O N S O F M A N K I N D. RO M A N S 5 : 1 2 T E L L S U S T H AT T H RO U G H A DA M , S I N E N T E R E D T H E W O R L D A N D S O D E A T H WA S P A S S E D O N T O A L L M E N B E C A U S E T H E WA G E S O F S I N I S D E A T H ( R O M A N S 6:23).

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B . T H E S C R I P T U R E S T E A C H T H A T A L L H AV E S I N N E D ( RO M . 3 : 2 3 ) , N O O N E I S B O R N R I G H T E O U S (ISA. 64:6), AND A N Y O N E W H O B E L I E V E S O T H E RW I S E I S D E C E I V E D. ( 1 ST J O H N 1 : 8 ) C . B E F O R E M A N C A N B E S AV E D , H E M U S T B E C O N V I C T E D O F T H E FA C T T H A T H E I S A S I N N E R AND C A N N O T S AV E H I M S E L F, A N D C O N F E S S T O G O D T H AT H E I S A S I N N E R . ( P S A L M 3 8 : 4 , 5 1 : 3 , RO M . 1 0 : 1 3 ) D. G O D H A S P R O M I S E D T O F O R G I V E U S A N D T O C L E A N S E U S F R O M A L L U N R I G H T E O U S N E S S. ( 1 ST JOHN 1:9)

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