Missional Living Series Week 2: Sin

Here's a link to part 2 in our missional living series.

Sin separates us from God. All of us have sinned; therefore all of us are separated from God. Being in sin, we do not have the ability to overcome it, so we are lost and hopeless. Yet God, in His great love and mercy, has put forth Jesus Christ to be the propitiation for our sins providing reconciliation and restoration of our relationship with Him. He does this through the blood of Christ on the cross. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Notfrom our merit, but by His grace are we saved (Eph. 2:8‐9). Our condition separates us from God, only His grace reconciles, so why are we not the most humble people? A right understanding of sin allows us to be participants in the mission of God, not creators of our own “missions.” When we realize that we are participants only by God’s grace demonstrated in redemptive history and manifested in the person and work of Jesus Christ, then we can take the ministry and message of reconciliation to our world with love, gentleness, kindness and self sacrifice. In what ways are you letting sin continue to distort your relationship with God? In what ways is sin keeping you from articipating in God’s mission?

Resources to keep Digging Deeper
• To Listen:
o “The Importance of Knowing Our Sin”

o “Adam, Christ, and Justification” parts 1‐5

o “The Fatal Disobedience of Adam and the Triumphant Obedience of Christ”

o “The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World”

• To Read:
o “Mortification of Sin” (abridged) – John Owen
o “The Imputation of Adam’s Sin” – John Murray
o “The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative” – Christopher J.H. Wright