Of Sin. By R. A. Torrey
1. Is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3:4 .
2. Is of the devil. 1 John 3:8 ; John 8:44 .
3. All unrighteousness is. 1 John 5:17 .
4. Omission of what we know to be good is. Jas 4:17 .
5. Whatever is not of faith is. Rom 14:23 .
6. The thought of foolishness is. Pr 24:9 .
7. All the imaginations of the unrenewed heart are. Gen 6:5; 8:21 .
8. Described as
a. Coming from the heart. Mat 15:19 .
b. The fruit of lust. Jas 1:15 .
c. The sting of death. 1 Cor 15:56 .
d. Rebellion against God. Deut 9:7; Jos 1:18 .
e. Works of darkness. Eph 5:11 .
f. Dead works. Heb 6:1; 9:14 .
g. The abominable thing that God hates. Pr 15:9 ; Jer 44:4, 11 .
h. Reproaching the Lord. Num 15:30; Ps 74:18 .
i. Defiling. Pr 30:12; Isa 59:3 .
j. Deceitful. Heb 3:13 .
k. Disgraceful. Pr 14:34 .
l. Often very great. Ex 32:20 ; 1 Sam 2:17 .
m. Often mighty. Amos 5:12 .
n. Often manifold. Amos 5:12 .
o. Often presumptuous. Ps 19:13 .
p. Sometimes open and manifest. 1 Tim 5:24 .
q. Sometimes secret. Ps 90:8 ; 1 Tim 5:24 .
r. Besetting. Heb 12:1 .
s. Like scarlet and crimson. Isa 1:18 .
t. Reaching to heaven. Rev 18:5 .
9. Entered into the world by Adam. Gen 3:6 , 7 ; Rom 5:12 .
10. All men are conceived and born in. Gen 5:3 ; Job 15:14 ; 25:4 ; Ps 51:5 .
11. All men are shapen in. Ps 51:5 .
12. Scripture concludes all under. Gal 3:22 .
13. No man is without. 1 Kings 8:46 ; Eccl 7:20 .
14. Christ alone was without. 2 Cor 5:21 ; Heb 4:15 ; 7:26 ; 1 John 3:5 .
15. God
a. Abominates. Deut 25:16 ; Pr 6:16-19 .
b. Marks. Job 10:14 .
c. Remembers. Rev 18:5 .
d. Is provoked to jealousy by. 1 Kings 14:22 .
e. Is provoked to anger by. 1 Kings 16:2 .
f. Alone can forgive. Ex 34:7 ; Dan 9:9 ; Mic 7:18 ; Mark 2:7 .
g. Recompenses. Jer 16:18 ; Rev 18:6 .
h. Punishes. Isa 13:11 ; Amos 3:2 .
16. The Law
a. Is transgressed by every. Jas 2:10, 11 ; 1 John 3:4 .
b. Gives knowledge of. Rom 3:20; 7:7 .
c. Shows exceeding sinfulness of. Rom 7:13 .
d. Made to restrain. 1 Tim 1:9, 10 .
e. By its strictness stirs up. Rom 7:5, 8, 11 .
f. Is the strength of. 1 Cor 15:56 .
g. Curses those guilty of. Gal 3:10 .
17. No man can cleanse himself from. Job 9:30, 31 ; Pr 20:9 ; Jer 2:22 .
18. No man can atone for. Mic 6:7 .
19. God has opened a fountain for. Zec 13:1 .
20. Christ was manifested to take away. John 1:29 ; 1 John 3:5 .
21. Christ’s blood redeems from. Eph 1:7 .
22. Christ’s blood cleanses from. 1 John 1:7 .
23. Saints
a. Made free from. Rom 6:18 .
b. Dead to. Rom 6:2, 11 ; 1 Pet 2:24 .
c. Profess to have ceased from. 1 Pet 4:1 .
d. Cannot live in. 1 John 3:9 ; 5:18 .
e. Resolve against. Job 34:32 .
f. Ashamed of having committed. Rom 6:21 .
g. Abhor themselves on account of. Job 42:6 ; Eze 20:43 .
h. Have yet the remains of, in them. Rom 7:17 , 23 ; Gal 5:17 .
24. The fear of God restrains. Ex 20:20 ; Ps 4:4 ; Pr 16:6 .
25. The word of God keeps from. Ps 17:4 ; 119:11 .
26. The Holy Spirit convinces of. John 16:8 , 9 .
27. If we say that we have no, we make God a liar. 1 John 1:10 .
28. Confusion of face belongs to those guilty of. Dan 9:7, 8 .
29. Should be
a. Confessed. Job 33:27 ; Pr 28:13 .
b. Mourned over. Ps 38:18 ; Jer 3:21 .
c. Hated. Ps 97:10 ; Pr 8:13 ; Amos 5:15 .
d. Abhorred. Rom 12:9 .
e. Put away. Job 11:14 .
f. Departed from. Ps 34:14 ; 2 Tim 2:19 .
g. Avoided even in appearance. 1 Thes 5:22.
h. Guarded against. Ps 4:4; 39:1 .
i. Striven against. Heb 12:4 .
j. Mortified. Rom 8:13; Col 3:5 .
k. Wholly destroyed. Rom 6:6 .
30. Specially strive against besetting. Heb 12:1 .
31. Aggravated by neglecting advantages. Luke 12:47 ; John 15:22 .
32. Guilt of concerning. Job 31:33 ; Pr 28:13 .
33. We should pray to God
a. To search for, in our hearts. Ps 139:23, 24 .
b. To make us know our. Job 13:23 .
c. To forgive our. Ex 34:9 ; Luke 11:4 .
d. To keep us from. Ps 19:13 .
e. To deliver us from. Mat 6:13 .
f. To cleanse us from. Ps 51:2 .
34. Prayer hindered by. Ps 66:18 ; Isa 59:2 .
35. Blessings withheld on account of. Jer 5:25 .
36. The wicked
a. Servants to. John 8:34 ; Rom 6:16 .
b. Dead in. Eph 2:1 .
c. Guilty of, in everything they do. Pr 21:4 ; Eze 21:24 .
d. Plead necessity for. 1 Sam 13:11, 12 .
e. Excuse. Gen 3:12, 13 ; 1 Sam 15:13-15 .
f. Encourage themselves in. Ps 64:5 .
g. Defy God in committing. Isa 5:18, 19 .
h. Boast of. Isa 3:9 .
i. Make a mock at. Pr 14:9 .
j. Expect impunity in. Ps 10:11; 50:21; 94:7 .
k. Cannot cease from. 2 Pet 2:14 .
l. Heap up. Ps 78:17; Isa 30:1 .
m. Encouraged in, by prosperity. Job 21:7-15 ; Pr 10:16 .
n. Led by despair to continue in. Jer 2:25; 18:12 .
o. Try to conceal, from God. Gen 3:8, 10 ; Job 31:33 .
p. Throw the blame of, on God. Gen 3:12 ; Jer 7:10 .
q. Throw the blame of, on others. Gen 3:12, 13 ; Ex 32:22-24 .
r. Tempt others to. Gen 3:6 ; 1 Kings 16:2; 21:25 ; Pr 1:10-14 .
s. Delight in those who commit. Ps 10:3 ; Hos 7:3 ; Rom 1:32 .
t. Shall bear the shame of. Eze 16:52 .
37. Shall find out the wicked. Num 32:23 .
38. Ministers should warn the wicked to forsake. Eze 33:9 ; Dan 4:27 .
39. Leads to
a. Shame. Rom 6:21 .
b. Disquiet. Ps 38:3 .
c. Disease. Job 20:11 .
40. The ground was cursed on account of. Gen 3:17, 18 .
41. Toil and sorrow originated in. Gen 3:16, 17, 19 ; Job 14:1 .
42. Excludes from heaven. 1 Cor 6:9, 10 ; Gal 5:19-21 ; Eph 5:5 ; Rev 21:27 .
43. When finished brings forth death. Jas 1:15 .
44. Death, the wages of. Rom 6:23 .
45. Death, the punishment of. Gen 2:17 ; Eze 18:4 .
