Lesson

Lesson 6 for
for
May 9, 2009
“You were perfect in your ways from
the day you were created,till iniquity
was found in you… Your heart was lifted
up because of your beauty; you
corrupted your wisdom for the sake of
your splendor; I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings, that they might
gaze at you.” (Ezekiel 28:15, 17)
“For you have said in your heart: ‘I
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God; I will
also sit on the mount of the
congregation on the farthest sides of
the north; I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds, I will be like
the Most High.’ ” (Isaiah 14:13-14)
“It was distrust of God’s
goodness, disbelief of His
word, and rejection of His
authority, that made our first
parents transgressors, and
that brought into the world a
knowledge of evil.”
Ellen G. White, Education, p. 25

Humanity
joined the
ranks of evil.
Acting against God’s law.
Sinful thoughts.
Neglect of duty.
Unconscious sin.

We are born in with a fallen nature.

Wars, hunger, violence…
Ecological disasters, epidemics...
Crime, terrorism…
Moral decline.
“Everyone who sins
breaks the law; in fact,
sin is lawlessness.”
1 John 3:4, NIV

“The transgression of God’s law in a single

instance, in the smallest particular, is sin.”
Ellen G. White, The Upward Look, December 30)
 “But I say to you
that whoever
looks at a woman
to lust for her
has already
committed
adultery with her
in his heart.”
Matthew 5:28

“When the thought of evil is loved and cherished, however

secretly, said Jesus, it shows that sin still reigns in the
heart.” Ellen G. White, Sons and Daughters of God, February 25
“Then He will answer them,
saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to
you, inasmuch as you did not
do it to one of the least of
these, you did not do it to
Me.’ ”
Matthew
Matthew 25:45
25:45

“The law of God

condemns not only what
we have done but what we
have not done.”
Ellen G. White, Manuscript releases, Ms30-1889.65
 “But who can
discern their own
errors? Forgive
my hidden
faults.”
Psalm
Psalm 19:12,
19:12, NIV
NIV
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the
world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all
men, because all sinned.” Romans 5:12
Wars, hunger, violence…
Ecological disasters, epidemics…
Crime, terrorism…
Moral decline.

As a Christian, what can I do to alleviate

the results of collective sin?
 Were poor in spirit.
Mourned.
Were meek.
Hungered and thirsted for righteousness.
Were merciful.
Were pure of heart.
Were peacemakers.
Were righteous.
Decided to follow Jesus at any circumstance.

…both active and pasively, they would greatly

alleviate the effects of collective sin.
“ ‘Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.’
Jeremiah 3:23. Men have sold themselves to the enemy of all
righteousness. They cannot redeem themselves. Only by
accepting Christ as a personal Saviour can human beings be
delivered from the power of the enemy. Man’s pride would
lead him to seek for salvation in some other way than that
devised by God. He is unwilling to be accounted as nothing,
unwilling to recognize Christ as the only one who can save to
the uttermost. But of Christ it is written, ‘There is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.’ ”

Ellen
Ellen G.
G. White,
White, Review
Review &
& Herald,
Herald, December
December 44 1913)
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