SIN and DEATH

What is SIN?

According to the internet dictionary, sin (as a noun) is “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law”.
According to Dictionary.com … sin is “transgression of divine law” or “any act regarded as such a transgression, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle”.
Interestingly, OxfordDictionaries.com does not give a definition for sin.

What does the Bible say about Sin?

Most people tend to think of sin as the transgression of the law (God’s Law). The Bible, however, reveals sin as so much more.
We sin by commission – doing something that is known to be wrong (1 John 3:4).
We sin by omission – not doing what we know should be done (James 4:17).
We sin by thinking the wrong thing (Matthew 5:27-28 ).
We sin when we do something we are not sure is right (Romans 14:23).
In short, sin is anything that causes one to miss the mark and/or fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
… and a person can sin in thought, word or deed.

What is the end result of sin?

According to the Bible, the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
That means that death is what Man deserves, has earned, has worked for, because of his sins.
Given that sin is the transgression of God’s law, then we could say that sin is the penalty for sin.
PLEASE NOTE, however, that the “death” that is the payment for sin is NOT the first death — which it is appointed unto men to experience (Hebrews 9:27) — BUT the second death, which the judgement, mentioned in verse 27, can lead to.
Read on to find out more about the second death.

What is death?

Why is death possible?

Early in Genesis, we are told that God formed Man of the dust of the ground and breathed into him, causing him to become a living being.
Not long afterwards, however, it becomes clear that the life Adam had been given was only temporary. Notice what God said in Genesis 2:16-17.
What the verse makes clear is that Man could die. God had made Man so that he could stop living.
God had given him a life that was temporary. Man was made subject to death. (Genesis 2:17; Genesis 5:5,8,11,14,17)

What does the Bible say about Death?

What was the cause of death?

If the wages of sin is not the first death (death, as we know it), which death is?

The wages for sin is what is mentioned in the Bible as “the second death” (Revelation 2:11; 20:6,14; 21:7-8)

What is the difference between the first death and the second death?

The first death is cessation of life that all people are “appointed” to experience (when they die) (Heb.9:27).
The second death is a second cessation of life that a person can experience, as a result of the “judgement” (mentioned in Hebrews 9:27). That “judgement” is God’s judgement on sin … or, as Romans 6:23 puts it, the “wages” (payment earned or deserved) for sin.

What does the Bible tell us about the second death?

Not every person will experience the second death. (Revelation 2:11)
The second death will not affect those who come up in the first resurrection. (Revelation 20:6)
The Lake of Fire is the second death. (Revelation 20:14)
Consignment to the Lake of Fire is the second death. (Revelation 21:7-8)

How does death affect our relationship with God?

Death, as caused by sin, is the way that our sins and iniquities separated us from God. (Isaiah 59:1-2)

Is death final?

NO … because there will be a resurrection (return to life) of all who die (John 5:28-29)
The Bible also speaks of a second death, which means that the initial (first) death would not have been final. (Hebrews 9:27)

Will there ever be an end to death?