The Forgiveness of Sins – Solving Our Problem
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rom 5:12 Therefore just as through one man [Adam] sin entered
into the world, and through sin, death ; and thus death
passed on to all men because all have sinned--
Mark 2:5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the
paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As fallen human beings, our basic problem is our sin. When God
created man, man was pure, clean, and without sin. Man had
been created in the image of God and according to the likeness
of God. Furthermore, God breathed into man the breath of life,
and man became a living soul (Gen. 2:7). This breath of life
became the spirit of man within him. Therefore, man in God's
creation has the image of God, the likeness of God, and a
spirit within him. As a creature, he was clean, pure, and
complete. However, according to Genesis 3, the evil one, the
Devil, the enemy of God, came in to poison the man created by
God. Man was "bitten" by the serpent, and sin was injected
into man's being.
All the problems of mankind are the result of sin. Because of
sin, the situation of fallen mankind is hopeless. Because of
sin, everyone has been corrupted. Do you not believe that
mankind, including you, has been corrupted? Do you not believe
that your neighborhood, your city, and your country have been
corrupted by sin? The whole world has been corrupted by sin.
Therefore, in carrying out the gospel service, the first thing
we must do is to show people how they may have their sins
forgiven. Because all the problems of mankind are the result
of sin, sin must be dealt with if people are to be restored to
God.
Many of us can testify that in the past we tried our best to
get a good education so that we might have a promising future.
Nevertheless, the problem of sin remained unsolved and caused
more and more corruption. But on the day we believed in the
Lord Jesus and received Him, our sins were forgiven. This was
the reason the Lord said in 2:5, "Child, your sins are
forgiven!"
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 63-64. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA
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