Kanawha Valley Church

The Sin Study

Some questions before you begin:

-What do you remember from the last study?

-What has been the biggest change in your life?

-What is the most challenging part of being a disciple? Do you have any questions from our studies or your own reading?

Purpose

-To understand how sin affects our lives and our salvation. To be open about sin and start on the road to repentance.

Luke 7:36-50

-What would you say was the difference in how Simon and this woman interacted with Jesus?

-What point was Jesus making in telling Simon the debt story?

-Jesus said, “he who has been forgiven little, loves little.” How does our understanding of sin affect our appreciation for God’s grace?

Romans 3:23, 6:23

-What do you think it means to “sin”?

-Is anyone without sin? What consequences does a life of sin lead to in these passages?

Isaiah 59:1-2

-What does this passage tell us about the affect of sin? When we talk about salvation, what is it that we need saved from?

-Imagine that your sin is a wall. When you sin you build up a wall of separation from God. The moment our sin is removed we are instantly and completely united with God (saved!).

-Has your sin been removed or is there a wall between you and

-God? Where do you currently stand? Do you know what the Bible says about how sin is removed and we are saved?

Mark 7:20-23

-Where does sin come from? Whose fault is it when we sin?

-There are many lists of sins like this in the scriptures. Let’s look at a more complete list and talk about how each sin causes us to fall short and build a wall between God and ourselves:

Galatians 5:19-21 (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

-God has given us a conscience so that we don’t need a PhD to know when we’re sinning.

-Look up the definitions of any sin you don’t know.

James 4:17

-How does this differ from the other lists?

Ephesians 5:2-13

-Is even a “hint” of sin OK?

-What “empty words” would people try to deceive you with? What does this passage say we should do with sin?

-On another sheet of paper, write a list of the sin that you have been involved in. Next time you meet up with your study partner you will have a chance to talk openly and “expose” the darkness so we can be “children of the light.”

Key Questions:

-How does looking at the big picture of your sinfulness make you feel?

-“Those who live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.” Are you ready to leave sin behind and live a righteous life?

-The next study will look at God’s answer to sin and the response we should have. Spend special time praying to God about your life up to this point.

Kanawha Valley Church

1565 Smith Road, Charleston, WV 25314