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What Is Sin?

Month 2| week 1: Equip

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To take the hope of Christ to every student

To reach every student at our school with the gospel

vision

mission

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World’s Worst Waiter

Let’s Play!

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Digging deeper

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What target does god call us to aim at in our lives?

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Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. �A second is equally important: ‘Love your

neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 22:37-39

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Key idea

The purpose of our existence is to love god and love people

In this passage, Jesus breaks the entire purpose of our existence down into two simple concepts: love God and love people. Every choice we make and every word we say should be rooted in a deep sense of love toward our Creator and his favorite creation: all of us.

We see this purpose being proposed in the very first pages of the Bible. God called Adam and Eve to live in harmony with each other and with his creation. He also told them not to eat from the tree that would give them knowledge of what is good and what is evil.

Although they had literally been given the world, they still wanted more - they wanted to live on their own terms, and they ate the forbidden fruit.

From that moment on, sin has devastated the world, bringing with it pain, suffering, and death. It shattered the perfect picture God created for humanity to dwell in, leaving everyone in its path feeling confused and afraid.

Think about every conflict you’ve learned about in your history classes, or the atrocities you see coming across your news feed - things like injustice, oppression, abuse, and manipulation. Would these events have happened if we selflessly loved each other as images of God?

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Where do you see this brokenness in our world or in your community?

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So what…

What exactly

is sin?

Tool time

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Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

James 4:17

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What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.

Isaiah 5:20-21

What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever. (Isaiah 5:20-21)

Sin is the source of everything that is wrong in this world. It invades our thoughts with selfish desires that destroy the loving harmony we were meant to live in. The Bible actually uses the same word to describe sin as it does when an archer misses their target. The word is “khata”, or: “someone who has a goal in mind but fails to achieve it.”

Sin robs us of what it means to be truly human. It places a blurred lens over our eyes, corrupting us from within and altering our aim as we determine what and who we are going to live for.

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How does this view of sin affect how you see yourself?

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Key idea

Because we have fallen short of God’s intended purpose for creation, we are in need of a Savior.

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Who can I pray for this week?

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Let’s pray

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Thanks

See you next time!