Sermon: Sin, No More!

Sin, No More!
Pastor Tony Felich
12/12/2021

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Genesis 3:1-24  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"  [2]  And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,  [3]  but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"  [4]  But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.  [5]  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."  [6]  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.  [7]  Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.  [8]  And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.  [9]  But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"  [10]  And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself."  [11]  He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"  [12]  The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."  [13]  Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."  [14]  The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.  [15]  I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."  [16]  To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."  [17]  And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;  [18]  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.  [19]  By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."  [20]  The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.  [21]  And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.  [22]  Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—"  [23]  therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.  [24]  He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. [19] For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. [20] For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope [21] that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. [22] For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. [23] And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. [24] For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? [25] But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 

The first coming of Jesus should make us anxious for his final coming! His first coming brought an end to the power and penalty of sin. His final coming will bring an end to sin itself. 

1. The universal impact of sin
2. Relief from sin through Christ now.
 1. Free from sin’s penalty
 2. Free from sin’s power
3. The end of sin by Christ in the future. 
 1. Free from sin’s presence

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1 Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns:
let men their songs employ;
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow 
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove the 
glories of his righteousness 
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.