Sin: Slave Market of Sin

1. Because of procreation we come into the world spiritually dead — Romans 5:12.

2. Three fold categories in the human race:

a) Immoral: Romans 1:18-32

b) Moral: Romans 2:1-16; Isaiah 64:6.

c) Religious: Romans 2:17-29; 4:4.

3. All categories have sinned, and come short of God’s standard: +R (Absolute righteousness) Romans 3:23.

4. All are born in the slave market of sin.

a) John 8:34,35, “… whosoever committeth sin is the servant (bond slave) of sin.”

b) Galatians 3:21, The law cannot get one slave out of the slave market of sin.

5. Only a free man can free a slave:

Only Jesus Christ was born free from sin (without an old sin nature) and did not commit personal sin — 2 Corinthians 5:21. Why? Virgin Birth. The OSN is passed down by the father — Psalm 51:5. Jesus Christ had no human father — Matthew 1:20. Therefore He had no OSN and was a free man, not born in the slave market of sin.

6. The Lord Jesus Christ bought us (paid the price) from the slave market of sin.

a) 1 Peter 1:18,19, “Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.”

b) 1 Corinthians 6:20, “… we are bought with a price...”

7. This freedom (from the slave market of sin, and from debt) is dependent upon the exercise of an individual’s positive volition.

THE GATE HAS BEEN REMOVED!

8. There is only one way out of the slave market:

a) John 14:6, “… I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me ...”

b) John 8:36, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

9. The issue: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH CHRIST?