God hath decreed the end, so He hath decreed the means that are proper for attaining that end; so that these two must not be separated.
Thomas Boston

SIN

SIN

SIN

  1. Is the transgression of the law # 1Jo 3:4
  2. Is of the devil # 1Jo 3:8 Joh 8:44
  3. All unrighteousness is # 1Jo 5:17
  4. Omission of what we know to be good is # Jas 4:17
  5. Whatever is not of faith is # Ro 14:23
  6. The thought of foolishness is # Pr 24:9
  7. All the imaginations of the unrenewed heart are # Ge 6:5 8:21
  8. DESCRIBED AS 8a) Coming from the heart

    # Mt 15:19

8b) The fruit of lust # Jas 1:15 8c) The sting of death # 1Co 15:56 8d) Rebellion against God # De 9:7 Jos 1:18 8e) Works of darkness # Eph 5:11 8f) Dead works # Heb 6:1 9:14 8g) The abominable thing that God hates # Pr 15:9 Jer 44:4,11 8h) Reproaching the Lord # Nu 15:30 Ps 74:18 8i) Defiling # Pr 30:12 Isa 59:3 8j) Deceitful # Heb 3:13 8k) Disgraceful # Pr 14:34 8l) Often very great # Ex 32:20 1Sa 2:17 8m) Often mighty # Am 5:12 8n) Often manifold # Am 5:12 8o) Often presumptuous # Ps 19:13 8p) Sometimes open and manifest # 1Ti 5:24 8q) Sometimes secret # Ps 90:8 1Ti 5:24 8r) Besetting # Heb 12:1 8s) Like scarlet and crimson # Isa 1:18 8t) Reaching to heaven # Re 18:5 9) Entered into the world by Adam # Ge 3:6,7 Ro 5:12 10) All men are conceived and born in # Ge 5:3 Job 15:14 25:4 Ps 51:5 11) All men are shapen in # Ps 51:5 12) Scripture concludes all under # Ga 3:22 13) No man is without # 1Ki 8:46 Ec 7:20 14) Christ alone was without # 2Co 5:21 Heb 4:15 7:26 1Jo 3:5 15) GOD 15a) Abominates # De 25:16 Pr 6:16-19 15b) Marks # Job 10:14 15c) Remembers # Re 18:5 15d) Is provoked to jealousy by # 1Ki 14:22 15e) Is provoked to anger by # 1Ki 16:2 15f) Alone can forgive # Ex 34:7 Da 9:9 Mic 7:18 Mr 2:7 15g) Recompenses # Jer 16:18 Re 18:6 15h) Punishes # Isa 13:11 Am 3:2 16) The Law 16a) Is transgressed by every # Jas 2:10,11 1Jo 3:4 16b) Gives knowledge of # Ro 3:20 7:7 16c) Shows exceeding sinfulness of # Ro 7:13 16d) Made to restrain # 1Ti 1:9,10 16e) By its strictness stirs up # Ro 7:5,8,11 16f) Is the strength of # 1Co 15:56 16g) Curses those guilty of # Ga 3:10 17) No man can cleanse himself from # Job 9:30,31 Pr 20:9 Jer 2:22 18) No man can atone for # Mic 6:7 19) God has opened a fountain for # Zec 13:1 20) Christ was manifested to take away # Joh 1:29 1Jo 3:5 21) Christ’s blood redeems from # Eph 1:7 22) Christ’s blood cleanses from # 1Jo 1:7 23) SAINTS 23a) Made free from # Ro 6:18 23b) Dead to # Ro 6:2,11 1Pe 2:24 23c) Profess to have ceased from # 1Pe 4:1 23d) Cannot live in # 1Jo 3:9 5:18 23e) Resolve against # Job 34:32 23f) Ashamed of having committed # Ro 6:21 23g) Abhor themselves on account of # Job 42:6 Eze 20:43 23h) Have yet the remains of, in them # Ro 7:17,23 Ga 5:17 24) The fear of God restrains # Ex 20:20 Ps 4:4 Pr 16:6 25) The word of God keeps from # Ps 17:4 119:11 26) The Holy Spirit convinces of # Joh 16:8,9 27) If we say that we have no, we make God a liar # 1Jo 1:10 28) Confusion of face belongs to those guilty of # Da 9:7,8 29) SHOULD BE 29a) Confessed # Job 33:27 Pr 28:13 29b) Mourned over # Ps 38:18 Jer 3:21 29c) Hated # Ps 97:10 Pr 8:13 Am 5:15 29d) Abhorred # Ro 12:9 29e) Put away # Job 11:14 29f) Departed from # Ps 34:14 2Ti 2:19 29g) Avoided even in appearance # 1Th 5:22 29h) Guarded against # Ps 4:4 39:1 29i) Striven against # Heb 12:4 29j) Mortified # Ro 8:13 Col 3:5 29k) Wholly destroyed # Ro 6:6 30) Specially strive against besetting # Heb 12:1 31) Aggravated by neglecting advantages # Lu 12:47 Joh 15:22 32) Guilt of concerning # Job 31:33 Pr 28:13 33) WE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD 33a) To search for, in our hearts # Ps 139:23,24 33b) To make us know our # Job 13:23 33c) To forgive our # Ex 34:9 Lu 11:4 33d) To keep us from # Ps 19:13 33e) To deliver us from # Mt 6:13 33f) To cleanse us from # Ps 51:2 34) Prayer hindered by # Ps 66:18 Isa 59:2 35) Blessings withheld on account of # Jer 5:25 36) THE WICKED 36a) Servants to # Joh 8:34 Ro 6:16 36b) Dead in # Eph 2:1 36c) Guilty of, in everything they do # Pr 21:4 Eze 21:24 36d) Plead necessity for # 1Sa 13:11,12 36e) Excuse # Ge 3:12,13 1Sa 15:13-15 36f) Encourage themselves in # Ps 64:5 36g) Defy God in committing # Isa 5:18,19 36h) Boast of # Isa 3:9 36i) Make a mock at # Pr 14:9 36j) Expect impunity in # Ps 10:11 50:21 94:7 36k) Cannot cease from # 2Pe 2:14 36l) Heap up # Ps 78:17 Isa 30:1 36m) Encouraged in, by prosperity # Job 21:7-15 Pr 10:16 36n) Led by despair to continue in # Jer 2:25 18:12 36o) Try to conceal, from God # Ge 3:8,10 Job 31:33 36p) Throw the blame of, on God # Ge 3:12 Jer 7:10 36q) Throw the blame of, on others # Ge 3:12,13 Ex 32:22-24 36r) Tempt others to # Ge 3:6 1Ki 16:2 21:25 Pr 1:10-14 36s) Delight in those who commit # Ps 10:3 Ho 7:3 Ro 1:32 36t) Shall bear the shame of # Eze 16:52 37) Shall find out the wicked # Nu 32:23 38) Ministers should warn the wicked to forsake # Eze 33:9 Da 4:27 39) LEADS TO 39a) Shame # Ro 6:21 39b) Disquiet # Ps 38:3 39c) Disease # Job 20:11 40) The ground was cursed on account of # Ge 3:17,18 41) Toil and sorrow originated in # Ge 3:16,17,19 Job 14:1 42) Excludes from heaven # 1Co 6:9,10 Ga 5:19-21 Eph 5:5 Re 21:27 43) When finished brings forth death # Jas 1:15 44) Death, the wages of # Ro 6:23 45) Death, the punishment of # Ge 2:17 Eze 18:4