Manipulators in the Pulpit - Preaching 'sin' to the saved!
If you preach 'sin' to the saved, then you may just be trying to manipulate his people into better church attendance and emotional invitations through guilt, grief concerning sin etc.

But before we see what Paul does say about sin (next sermon), let's see what 'others' say about sin in the pulpits today - hopefully, this will perk an interest to see what Paul says...

Based on rightly dividing, we will look at the verses on sin from Matthew to Acts along with Hebrews to Revelation. (only goes to I John, by the way...).  If any preachers tries to apply those verses directly to us, then we have misapplication.  We can have spiritual application - Spirit of God, etc., but certainly no physical  nor any direct application to us.

By the way: If this is totally 'new' to you as a reader / listener, then you will get a better understanding with the next portion of sermons on what exactly does Paul say about sin.

Remember - something not rightly divided is profane and vain babblings!  (II Timothy 2:15,16)

Red flags - red lights, etc. should go on as you read through these statements:  listen to the audio for my personal comments and expose on the dangers of this statement of faith that SO MANY homeschoolers don't realize is within the materials of this particular curriculum.

1.  In the complete inspiration of the Bible, which is God's inerrant message to all men; that it is the final authority and rule of life;
2.  The Fall of Man, through personal choice to sin by disobeying his Maker, leaves all men with the corrupt nature at birth.
3.  That Jesus Christ is the only provision for man's salvation; that God will accept man on no other basis than complete surrender to the lordship of Christ and faith in His atoning blood;
4.  That children are innocent before God and safe under the blood of Christ until the age of personal accountability;
5.  That God expects His people to be free from sin and separate from the world with its fads and fashions;
6.  That God has designed the new Testament church to a holy, defenseless people among all the nations of the world, and separate from the state in all its functions;
7.  That the church shall be the light and salt of the earth - a witness of His truth, grace and holiness to all men, calling them to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ;
8.  That to be unequally yoked with unbelievers in church and/or business relations forfeits our right to continuing fellowship with God;
9.  That God has designed the home as a foundational institution in society for the propagation of the human race, where children shall be taught God's Word and submission to His sovereignty;
10. That God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman for life, and that divorce and remarriage is sin against God;
11. That Jesus Christ is preparing a home in heaven for the righteous and in God's time will return to receive them unto Himself for eternity;
12.  That there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust, and that all shall stand before the judgment bar of God to be judged according to His Word for the deeds done in the body while here on earth;
13.  That the wicked shall be cast into the lake of fire to be tormented forever, and that the righteous shall be in eternal bliss with God forever.

Matthew 12:31: Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Matthew 18:21: Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?  Have you ever gone past 7?

John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.  Why then would we need to be saved - did He take YOUR sin away?  Yes!  In fact, He washed it / them away!  But He didn't then!  The sin of the world is still here!  (not according to the Lutherans, etc., though)

John 5:14: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. And if he does, then what?  Have you ever returned to a 'sin?' And what happened?  anything happen physically?  Yes, there is something that happens, but...

John 8:7: So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.   Sure - this makes a good modern pulpit sermon, but remember, we are to judge, according to Paul, that is!  (Learn the stuff on judgment before you park on this subject!)  But not to judge the brethren!  God has taken care of that - and our judgment must be from the Book.

John 8:11: She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.  Ah, physical works, eh!

John 8:34: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.  Ok, but do we commit sin?  If we do, then we would have to be a servant of sin, and that goes against Paul in Romans.  But can we have something 'control' us?  Is it sin or "will it just  burn?"

John 8:46: Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?   see verses 38-49  Telling Jesus He is of the devil?

John 9:2: And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?  Do folks put our life's results based on our sin?  Do pastors?    Do you have the kind of kids you have because of your sin in your past years? or is it just 'reaping?  - or are you just lazy, etc.?

John 9:41: Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.  With our difficulties and lack of sight to spiritual matters, is it because our sin remaineth?  Maybe we are not saved?  Sounds like a good pastoral guilt trip!    How about considering is your 'blessing' of no punishment because of God's grace & mercy or because of His goodness (lost)?

John 15:22  If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.  Are we better off not telling our children the truth - that way they will never have to be accountable?  How about folks in far away lands?

John 16:8: And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me;  Well, the world seems to be plodding on forward with less and less mention of sin, righteousness and of judgment!  They may not believe, but they still have to have it preached to them.  Romans 10:14,15  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!  I Corinthians 1:18,21, etc.

Acts 7:60: And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.  Nice request on Stephen's part - can we say that to folks who bash on us?  Sure we can, but they will still be accountable - that is what the Scriptures say.

Hebrews 3:13: But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.  Is it really 'our sin' that hardens us?  No - it is a lifetime of wrongly dividing (early American Calvinism and Holiness)  Sin is still deceitful, no doubt - and we can get hardened as we continue to do wrong, but we could even stay in the Book through it all - eh?  The fellowship of Christ doesn't depart, we are the ones who leave the roost.  See Revelation 3:20

Hebrews 4:15: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  Yes, true - but this is about Him, not us!

Hebrews 10:6: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Surely that is OT application!  bulls and goats, etc.
Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;  Surely that is OT application!  bulls and goats, etc.

As a Christian, we are never called a sinner in the Rightly divided Holy Bible!

Any reference to a 'sinner' is always to a lost person!

We are made righteous (Romans 5:19) and we are called righteous (I  Peter 4:18), and we are yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

We are also told NOT to rejoice in iniquity (I Corinthians 13:6) - we are to 'depart from iniquity' (II Timothy 2:19) - but we are never called SINNERS once we are saved!

So what is the point?  The point is that today's Christianity is not desired by most folks.  Kids hate it - adults don't want what was preached - they all want a new one!  One based on God's grace and His grace only - however, the foundation has been destroyed, thus the misapplication of the scriptures bringing about a mixed up Christianity!

God's use of the Gentiles has almost come to nought these days (to make the 'lost' jealous.  (Romans 11).  The fulness of the Gentiles is about to come  The early American 'history' of calvinism and holiness has truly been fulfilled in today's modern America II Timothy 2:15,16 - America has increased unto more ungodliness by the profane and vain babbling of wrongly dividing the Scriptures!  The Laodicean church came about by this wrong division of the scriptures and preaching 'another Jesus!'  People can no longer endure sound doctrine because they have learned to trust in lying words (Jeremiah) and have erred from the faith - and are only beginning to have sorrows as a result...!

By wrongly dividing the Scriptures, they were able to 'get rid of the confusion by getting rid of the Scriptures - and now we have an all new imitation of truth!
Romans 1:21-25  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Hebrews 10:18: Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.  verse sixteen says after those days... we have not "arrived" to that time yet!

Hebrews 10:26: For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,... ah, the old "sin wilfully so we can lose our salvation" teaching from the Free Will Baptists, eh!

Hebrews 11:25: Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;  Yes, this can have some application about 'sin' although it isn't 'sin' that we do - it is bad works for a season - we are cut away from our flesh and sin, etc.

Hebrews 12:1: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  the sin has been laid aside... washed away, actually!    But we do have a 'wrong' that stays with us for most of the battles, eh, and that is up to us to eliminate in our daily walk - through the Book, etc.

Hebrews 12:4: Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.  Ever heard this preached as to why you don't get victory over your 'sins,' etc.  Ever plead the blood?  and have no results?  hmmmmm!!!  I know, we are not in tune with God, then!   We can sound just like the crazymatics, ya know...

Hebrews 13:11: For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.  Ah, OT again.

James 1:15: Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  This is applicable because it is the pattern of sin - but now, our sin is not imputed - and we have victory over death!  See I Corinthians 15:51-58 for victory over sin!  Also, see Psalm 98:1 for the one who is the real VICTOR!

James 2:9: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.  I know we have all shown a "respect" to a person's status, looks, etc. - so, is that a sin that we have to deal with?  Still learning about God, eh!

James 4:17: Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Oh oh!  We sinned again - oh, but it doesn't get imputed - God doesn't see it, etc.  Whew!  But still, it's wrong!  It is wrong for us not to do right when we know we should do something specific...!

I Peter 2:22: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:  So true!  Did we put 'our' guile into His mouth at the cross?

I Peter 4:1: Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;  Ah, is that a way to 'work' our way to heaven?  But... doesn't 'not' doing something wrong sometimes hard on our flesh?   False "self-sacrifices" could come from this verse if applied improperly!

II Peter 2:14: Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Who is this talking about? False prophets, etc. see verse 1.  But then, if we are putting forth a Calvinist, Holiness - or even just a frustrated and misunderstood Christian life, are we not false prophets in our own way???

1Jn:1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  We have it alright, but only IN us - we are cut away from it.

1Jn:2:1: My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: We no longer 'sin', thus our advocate is no longer 'on duty' for sin - the court has already met and the payment has been made!  Now, our works still have their 'judgment session' to come, but our sins have been judged already.

1Jn:3:4: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.  Great definition!  But we are dead to the law now, right?     Romans 7:6: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

1Jn:3:8,9: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.  Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.   We are born again - meaning we are born of God.  So, if we 'sin' then we must not be born of God anymore?  That is the way it will be in the Millennium!

1Jn:5:16,17: If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.  All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.  Is there a sin unto death today?  Did Paul forget to tell us something?  There will be 'tomorrow' for those in Millennium to get their chance to apply these things.