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20 Reasons Not To Sin20 Reasons Not To Sin

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Romans 7:15I don’t understand myself at all, for I

really want to do what is right, but I don’t do

it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.

Romans 7:16-17I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience shows that I agree that

[God’s] law is good. But I can’t help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes

me do these evil things.

Romans 7:18I know I am rotten through and through so far as my

old sinful nature is concerned. No matter

which way I turn, I can’t make myself do right. I

want to, but I can’t.

Romans 7:19-20When I want to do good, I

don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. But if I am doing what I

don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it.

Romans 7:21It seems to be a fact

of life that when I want to do what is

right, I inevitably do what is wrong.

Romans 7:22-23I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that

is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and

makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

Romans 7:24Oh, what a

miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin?

WHY DO WE SIN?

THERE IS ONLY

ONE REASON

!

WE DO NOT SEE SIN AS

GOD SEES IT

To what may a sinner be

compared? To one who beholds open handcuffs and places his

hands into them.

The Jerusalem Talmud

To what may a sinner be

compared? To one who beholds open handcuffs and places his

hands into them.

The Jerusalem Talmud

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Sin Does Sin Does Not SatisfyNot SatisfySin Does Sin Does

Not SatisfyNot Satisfy

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Sin Leads To Sin Leads To More SinMore Sin

Sin Leads To Sin Leads To More SinMore Sin

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Sin Leads To Sin Leads To Worse SinsWorse Sins

Sin Leads To Sin Leads To Worse SinsWorse Sins

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Sin EnslavesSin EnslavesSin EnslavesSin Enslaves

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Sin Sin Degrades Degrades

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Sin Steals Sin Steals JoyJoy

Sin Steals Sin Steals JoyJoy

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Sin Steals Sin Steals Our Our

Confidence Confidence Before GodBefore God

Sin Steals Sin Steals Our Our

Confidence Confidence Before GodBefore God

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The Wages The Wages Of Sin Is Of Sin Is DeathDeath

The Wages The Wages Of Sin Is Of Sin Is DeathDeath

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God Will God Will Punish Punish SinnersSinners

God Will God Will Punish Punish SinnersSinners

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Sin Hurts Sin Hurts The Sinner’s The Sinner’s Family And Family And

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Sin Brings Sin Brings ReproachReproachSin Brings Sin Brings ReproachReproach

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Sin Makes Sin Makes Light Of The Light Of The

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Sin Puts The Sin Puts The Sinner On Sinner On The Devil’s The Devil’s

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Sin Sets The Sin Sets The Sinner Sinner

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Sin Sets The Sin Sets The Sinner Sinner

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Sin Saps Sin Saps The The

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Sin Has Sin Has Eternal Eternal

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Sin Has Sin Has Eternal Eternal

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Your Sin Will Your Sin Will Always Find Always Find

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Your Sin Will Your Sin Will Always Find Always Find

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Your Sin Your Sin Could Cost Could Cost You Your You Your SalvationSalvation

Your Sin Your Sin Could Cost Could Cost You Your You Your SalvationSalvation

Sin will keep you longer than you

intended to stay, take you further

than you intended to go, and cost you

more than you intended to spend.

Sin will keep you longer than you

intended to stay, take you further

than you intended to go, and cost you

more than you intended to spend.

Matthew 5:29So if your eye—even if it is

your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to

be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30And if your hand—even if it is your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to

be thrown into hell.