The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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II. The Fall’s Second Result, the Sarx : the Twisting and Turning of Human Nature (as Result of Adam’s Transgression). Four Aspects of Sin Are Important to Note.

A. Personal sin: all that is done, thought, and said in our lives which is against or fails to correspond to God’s character.

1. Rom. 3.23

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2. Lack of conformity to God’s character and will by deeds we’ve done or failed to do

3. Sin as the offshoot of the disobedience of the first human pair who rejected God’s rule

B. Sin nature: the “flesh,” i.e. sinful nature of human beings

1. Rom. 5.19

2. Eph. 2.3

3. Adam’s resistance to God’s reign provided him with a depraved and degenerate nature.

a. Adam’s children share his guilt and nature.

b. Adam’s disobedience reflected now in our will, conscience, and intellect.