155. Sin, Jesus' Attitude Toward
155. Sin, Jesus’ Attitude Toward
155 JESUS’ ATIITUDE TOWARD SIN
INTRODUCTION Pictures of Jesus with a sad, solemn face and sermons emphasing his meekness and humility do not correctly represent him; he has other phases of character.
I. JESUS’ RESISTANCE TO EVIL 1. His temptations. (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-12.) ·
2. No one is safe who dallies with temptation.
3. His cleansing the temple. (John 2:13-17.) 4. Second cleansing of the temple. (Matthew 21:12-13 .) II. HIS CONDEMNATION OF SIN 1. Condemnation of those causing others to stumble. (Luke 17:2.) 2. Warning against pretense. (Luke 20:45-47.) 3. A party to a fire, if one does not warn against it, if one sees it.
III. JESUS ’ DENOUNCEMENT OF HYPOCRISY 1. He fearlessly condemned scribes and Pharisees. (Matthew 23:23.) 2. Denounced pretense in religion. (Mark 7:9-13.) 3. Jesus hated sham.
4. Oily hypocrits received his severest condeinnation.
IV. JESUS’ INDIGNATION 1. One instance of his anger. (Mark 3:5.) 2. "Be angry and sin not." (Ephesians 4:26.) 3. Nothing stirred his soul to righteous indignation but sin.
4. Jesus hated sin because it ruined man whom he loved .
5. George Matheson said: "There are times I do well to be angry, but I have mistaken the times"; not so with Jesus.
CONCLUSION The greatest possible attainment a man can make in this world is to become like Christ.