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Contrasting Sin and Righteousness

Explore the contrast between sin and righteousness and the impact of your choices based on biblical teachings. Decide to embrace righteousness to lead a fulfilling and holy life.

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Contrasting Sin and Righteousness

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  1. Contrasting Sin and Righteousness

  2. Sin and Righteousness • Sin is real, pervasive and deadly, Rom 3:23; 6:23 • Righteousness is real, and God’s counterpoint to sin, 1 Jno 5:17 Gospel: Become righteous before God Rom 1:16-17 (3:21-22; 4:5; 5:19) Time to Choose! Ephesians 4:17-24; Matthew 6:33 2

  3. What will you choose? ContrastSin and Righteousness SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS Beautiful, 1 Chrn 16:29 (Psa 29:2) Bride, Rev 19:6-9 Holiness is attractive to God, Eph 5:26-27 New man, Eph 4:24 • Attractive, Gen 3:6 (1 Pet 4:1-2) • Lusts, 1 Jno 2:16 • Pleasure • Escape mundane • Indulgence • Satisfaction 3

  4. What will you choose? ContrastSin and Righteousness SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS Honest, blameless and harmless, Phil 2: 14-15 Obedient, Lk 1:6; Phil 3:6; 1 Jno 3:7 Consistent with our good confession, 1 Tim 6:12-14 • Deceptive, Heb 3:13 • Trusting ourselves, Lk 18:9; 1 Cor 10:12 • Thinking God’s love prevents punishment, Rom 2:4 4

  5. What will you choose? ContrastSin and Righteousness SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS Liberating, Rom 6:13 Freedom to serve right., Rom 6:17-19 Freed by Christ via His truth, Jno 8:32, 36 Instills living hope, Gal 5:1, 5 • Enslaving, Jno 8:34 (Rom 6:16; 2 Pet 2: 19) • Mind, 2 Cor 4:3-4 • Body, Rom 1:24 5

  6. What will you choose? ContrastSin and Righteousness SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS Spreads, 1 Pet 2:11-12 Influence of godly lives, Matt 5:13-16 Gospel preaching and living, Acts 1:8; 8:4; 1 Ths 1:8 • Spreads, 1 Cor 5:6 • Influences and infects others, Gal 2:13 • Recognize it and do not imitate it, Matt 23:3 6

  7. What will you choose? ContrastSin and Righteousness SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS Partake of the divine nature, 2 Pet 1:4 Peace, Jas 3:18 Holiness, Rom 6: 20-22 • Defiling, Isa 1:18 (2 Pet 2:20-22) • Innocence with guilt (Rom 3:19) • Purity with moral filth (Titus 1:15) • Gospel with error (Gal 1:6-7) 7

  8. Practice Righteousness! • Born of God, 1 Jno 2:29 • Those who do not are being deceived by sin, 1 Jno 3:7 • God sees and blesses the righteous, but He is against the sinful, 1 Pet 3:12 • Choose righteousness and be saved, Titus 2:11-13 8

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