Sin: An Explanation Of Sin In The Bible

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Every person that lives on the earth except for Jesus Christ is born as a sinner. Sin is not something parents have to teach their children how to do; but instead, adults should teach their kids to obey and to follow the Will of God. In the Bible, God says pride is the root of all evil and the main reason sin occurs. Pride is something that every human being deals with and is not something they can overcome unless they are to become a Christian. All around the world, people have different points of view as to when and how sin originated. The Bible gives a clear explanation for how sin originated in Ezekiel 28 (Graham 66). In verse fifteen God refers to Satan when He says, “Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created” (KJV). Satan was created as an angel at the beginning of time, which meant he was also perfect at first. Every being, along with Satan, that was created to live in heaven was made perfect and sinless. Somewhere inside of the Devil is a prideful heart and the …show more content…

If a person is saved, then they will have the opportunity to meet with God in Heaven and to live with Him and all other believers forever. Being saved means a person believes he is not perfect and is not good enough for God, but he also knows Jesus died and rose again in order to take the place of the imperfections (Graham 146). If a person is not saved, then they will have to spend the rest of eternity in hell with Satan and all other unbelievers. By being placed in hell they will have to stand in front of God and give an account for every sin they did while on earth. The more sins a person commits, the more horrific his punishment will be in hell forever. No one should have to deal with the pain of hell; so to stay away from that and to live in paradise forever, all a person has to do is believe in Jesus and what He did for sinners

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