SIN IS NOT A FRIEND

 SIN IS NOT A FRIEND

The word sin portrays something that is bad, not holy, disastrous, evil, wickedness etc. Anything that is against God's standard of righteousness is Sin. Anything that displeases God is sin, because God is the only one that shows to mankind what righteousness is and Him alone is the only one that can define the true meaning of righteousness.

Sin has been in existence even before the first man on Earth was created. The first set of beings that originated sin were Lucifer and one third of God's angels that repelled against God. 

"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.  Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee Ezekiel 28:12-15 kjv". 

The first sin ever recorded was the sin of rebellion. Lucifer and one third of God's angels rebelled against God. Lucifer wanted to be like the Most high God. He wanted the sons of God to worship him.

 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Isaiah 14:12-15 kjv”

 Lucifer and the one third of God's angels that rebelled against God was cast out from God's throne to hell. 

Consequences of Lucifer sin

1. He was cast out from God's throne 

2. He lost all the privilege God gave to him

3. He became a profane thing in God's sight. " Ezek.28.16 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire."

The Sin of Adam

Adam was the first man created by God to rule over the planet Earth and everything in it. God gave Adam dominion over everything on Earth. God always visit Adam at the cool of the evening, God always have fellowship with Adam until Adam sin. 

God told Adam not eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil  "  Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life Genesis 3:1-14 kjv.

Consequences of Adam's sin

1. He lost his Dominion to rule as the king of the earth

2. He lost fellowship with God.

3. The earth was caused because of Adam's sin.

Achan's sin 

The Israelites surfer a great defits in battle when Achan sin against God. Many innocent people died because of one man sin. To cut the story short read Joshua 6&7. 

General consequence of sin

1. The reward for sin is dead, seperation, loss of dominion and fellowship.

2. Sin prevent God from blessing us. Hos.7.1 - When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

3. Sin makes our angles powerless  

In conclusion, let flee from sin and embrace righteousness, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.