Expository Sermon Outline
GENESIS 3:1-24
Arden June G. Dumpasan
Focus statement: The wages of sin is death!
Function statement: Sin will handicap us and do damage to the cause of Christ.
Introduction:
Several years ago, newspapers carried a story about an elderly lady who lived in the Big Cypress Swamp in South Florida. Her home was an old shack located by a small pond. Every day the lady went out to the pond to draw water.
In the pond lived an alligator. Despite the danger, the lady allowed this alligator to live in the pond for years. It seemed tame. She didn’t bother the gator and the gator didn’t bother her.
However, one day while she was drawing water from the pond, the gator swam under the water and then plunged up, grabbing the old woman’s hand with his mighty jaws. She tried pulling her hand out of his mouth, but the gator ripped it off. Bleeding profusely, the terrified and stunned old woman crawled back to her shack and called for help. Paramedics finally arrived and she received medical attention.
The next day, the park ranger found the alligator in the pond and killed it. When they cut the alligator open, they found the old woman’s hand.
The park ranger told reporters, “Alligators are most dangerous when they lose their fear of humans. By allowing an alligator to remain in your pond, you unknowingly give it the courage to attack.”
The lady still lives in the swamp. But there are no longer any alligators in her pond.
What are the alligators living in your pond?
A. Sin a sad reality
1. Claims of so-called “Christian Science” are not rue
2. What the Bible declares sin
a) The transgression of God’s Law is sin ( 1 John 3:4)
b) All unrighteousness is sin ( 1 John 5:17)
c) Whatsoever is not of faith is sin (Rom. 14:23)
3. The reality of sin must be viewed upon what it did to the Son of God, who knew no sin
a) Sin made him a curse (Gal. 3:13)
b) Sin made Him sin who knew no sin (2 Cor. 5:21. that was because He laid upon him the iniquity of us all (Isa. 53:6)
B. The tragedy of sin
1. It separates
a) From God, the very source of life (Gen. 3:9-22; Isa. 59:1-3)
b) Form loved ones and friends (Gen. 13:26; 28:1-22; Luke 15:11-26)
2. It degrades its victim
Examples
Samson (Judg. 14:1; 15:16)
Solomon (Neh. 13:26)
The prodigal (Luke 15:11-20)
3. It disgraces the guilty one
Examples
Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 4:30-33)
Judas (Matt. 27:5)
Haman (Esther 7:1-10)
4. It robs man of the blessings of God has for him
a) Esau is a typical example (Heb 10:31; 12:16)
b) Israel and the promised land (Num. 14:28-30
C. What God wants to do with sin
1. We have already seen what He did with sin in the person of His only Son
a) He condemned it (Rom. 8:1-3)
b) He punished it (1 Peter 2:21-24)
2. God wants to forgive us all our sin (1 John 1:7-9; Ps. 103:13)
a) If we but confess it sincerely
b) That is the very heart of the plan of redemption (John 3:16)
3. He wants to remove all our sins
a) Blot them out, as thick cloud (Isa. 44:22)
b) Cast them behind His back (Isa. 38:17)
c) Cast them into the depths of the sea (Mi. 7:18-19)
4. What God can do with our sins depends upon us
a) Are we willing to confess them? (Ps. 32:5; 1 John 1:9)
b) Are we willing to forsake our sinful ways? (Isa. 55:7)
c) Are we truly sorry for our sins? (2 Cor. 7:10)
5. Trophies of God’s grace which removed sin from them as far as the East is from the West
a) Every one that accepts Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour (2 Cor. 5:17)
b) All who put their sins under the precious blood of Jesus Christ (Ps. 32:2; 1 John 1:7-9)
c) All who abide in Christ are separated from their sins forever
6. The tragedy of sin
a) Mortal tongue can never tell the havoc sin has wrought in this world
b) But God, in love, has provided a way to remove it out of this world forever (Neh. 1:9)
Application:
The scripture warned that we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us.
Conclusion:
Scripture clearly teaches us that the wages of sin is death. Yet too many times, we think we can keep sin in our lives and not suffer the consequences. Eventually it will take a bite out of us.
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