Sin (2/6)

Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown… Psalm 25:6-7

Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O Lord.
Psalm 25:6-7 mercy goodness
If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
Matthew 6:14 grace forgiveness mercy

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”
John 8:34 addiction slavery
Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
Galatians 6:8 eternal life Spirit harvest
That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
Romans 8:8 dependence desires
Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is put out of sight!
Psalm 32:1 forgiveness blessing
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 eternal life reward judgment
We have happy memories of the godly,
but the name of a wicked person rots away.
Proverbs 10:7 righteousness blessing
Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
Acts 3:19 conversion forgiveness repentance
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27 anger evil devil
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.
1 Corinthians 15:56 law idols
Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Romans 6:1-2 grace life
When you become aware of your guilt in any of these ways, you must confess your sin.
Leviticus 5:5 confession
Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you!
Ezekiel 18:30b conversion punishment
There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.
Proverbs 14:12 righteousness life thoughts
And I will forgive their wickedness,
and I will never again remember their sins.
Hebrews 8:12 forgiveness grace
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
1 John 2:15 love Father world
Godliness makes a nation great,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs 14:34 righteousness
“Come now, let’s settle this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.”
Isaiah 1:18 forgiveness purification blood
But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8 devil
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Galatians 5:16 Spirit desires
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21 righteousness mediator
For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
James 3:16 selfishness evil
But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
Daniel 9:5 confession law
Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.
1 Corinthians 15:34 righteousness conversion understanding