We believe and confess that man is created by God in His image and likeness, for His glory and a happy life in Him; he was deceived by the devil, becoming disobedient to God's commandment, and thus sin and the curse entered the world. Sin is the lack of conformity to God's moral law, whether in action, disposition, or attitude.
Genesis 3:13 “The woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’”
1 John 5:17 “All wrongdoing is sin…”
Romans 14:23 “For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.”
James 4:17 “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
John 8:34 “…everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.”
Romans 6:13 “Do not present your members to sin…”
Ecclesiastes 7:29 “God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Psalm 51:4 “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…”
Ephesians 2:1-3 “…dead in the trespasses and sins… among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body…”
Deuteronomy 9:7 “…you have been rebellious against the Lord.”
1 John 3:4 “Everyone who makes a practice of sin also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.”
The Universality of Sin: All people are sinners
Romans 3:23 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Ecclesiastes 7:20 “Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”
Job 15:16 “…man, who drinks injustice like water!”
Romans 5:12 “…and so death spread to all men because all sinned.”
1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
1 Kings 8:46 “…for there is no one who does not sin…”
The Consequence of Sin: Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death…”
Romans 5:12 “…sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin…”
Genesis 2:17 “…you shall surely die.”
James 1:15 “…and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”