SIN IS DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD'S COMMANDS AND WILLFUL SEPARATION FROM HIM. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND THE BIBLE, AND THEY INCLUDE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL HARM.
1.) SPIRITUAL DEATH: "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD." (ROMANS 6:23)
2.) SEPARATION FROM GOD: "BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, AND YOUR SINS HAVE HID HIS FACE FROM YOU, THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR." (ISAIAH 59:2)
3.) GUILT AND SHAME: "AND THEY HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY: AND ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD AMONGST THE TREES OF THE GARDEN." (GENESIS 3:8)
4.) PHYSICAL SUFFERING: "THE LORD WILL SMITE THEE WITH THE BOTCH OF EGYPT, AND WITH THE EMERODS, AND WITH THE SCAB, AND WITH THE ITCH, WHEREOF THOU CANST NOT BE HEALED."(DEUTERONOMY 28:27)
5.) PUNISHMENT AND JUDGMENT: "AND AS IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT." (HEBREWS 9:27)
6.) ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD: "AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE." (REVELATION 20:15)
7.) LOSS OF BLESSINGS: "IF YE BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YE SHALL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND: BUT IF YE REFUSE AND REBEL, YE SHALL BE DEVOURED WITH THE SWORD: FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HATH SPOKEN IT." (ISAIAH 1:19-20)
THESE VERSES SHOW THAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN ARE SEVERE AND FAR-REACHING. HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD OFFERS FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."(JOHN 3:16)