T HE EF FE C T O F S IN I N

O U R C HR IS T IA N LI FE
NUMBERS 32:23
A. SIN WILL AFFECT OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD (1
JOHN 1:7-9)

•1. WE WERE CREATED FOE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

•2. SIN BROKE THAT FELLOWSHIP (GEN. 3)
•3. SIN AFFECTS THE CHILDREN OF GOD
•4. SIN IS SERIOUS
B. SIN WILL AFFECT THE FAMILY (ROM. 14:7)
•1. WE NEVER REAP THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN ALONE
•2. OUR LOVED ONES SUFFER BECAUSE OF OUR SIN
•3. CHILDREN AFFECTED BY SINS OF THEIR PARENTS
•4. PARENTS AFFECTED BY SINS OF THEIR CHILDREN
•5. HUSBANDS AND WIVES AFFECTED BY SINS OF SPOUSES
C. SIN MAY AFFECT YOU PHYSICALLY (1 COR. 11:30)

•1. SOME AT CORITH SICK AND SOME DIED

•2. MANY ACTS OF SIN CARRY THEIR OWN JUDGMENT
•3. WHAT WE SOW WE REAP IN THE FLESH (GAL. 6:7-8)
D. SIN WILL AFFECT YOU FOREVER (ROM. 6:23)

•1. UNBELIEVERS MUST FACE THEIR SINS IN

JUDGMENT(HEB. 9:27)
•2. SIN AFFECTS SERVICE AND COST CHRISTIANS
REWARD (REV. 3:11)
THE EF FE C T S OF F E AR S
IN O U R L IFE
GENESIS 32:1-33:4
A. HOW JACOB’S FEAR AFFECTED HIS STATE OF MIND (V.
7)

•1. “THEN WAS JACOB GREATLY AFRAID AND DISTRESSED”

•2. GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN THIS ONE EXPERIENCE
•3. JACOB’S YEARS IN HARAN
•4. FEAR BROUGHT HIM CHRONIC DISTRESS
B. HOW JACOB’S FEARS AFFECTED HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE
(VV. 9-12)

•1. SEE HOW FEAR AFFECTED HIS FAITH

•2. NOT THE CONTRADICTION IN LOGIC IN VERSES 11
AND 12
•3. FEAR AND FAITH CANNOT CO-EXIST
C. HOW JACOB’S FEAR AFFECTED HIS HANDLING OF HIS
MONEY (VV. 13-23)

•1. HE DECIDED TO SEND A LARGE GIFT TO ESAU

•2. THIS GIFT WAS GIVEN OUT OF FEAR
•3. MOST OF US HAVE SUFFERED FINANCIALLY BECAUSE OF FEAR
•4. BUT THERE IS GREATER TRAGEDY
D. HOW JACOB’S FEAR AFFECTED HIS FAMILY (33:1-3)

•1. JACOB SEES ESAU COMING WITH 400 MEN AND PANICS
•2. FEAR DIVIDED HIS FAMILY
•3. OUR FAMILIES NEED TO SEE US ACT IN FAITH… NOT IN
FEAR