The
Sin Cycle Today's
Three-minute Bible Study
Keywords:
"cycle" "death" "James 1"
"lust" "temptation"
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation. Introduction:
This study continues our exploration of
temptation. James has something to say about the path we
travel when we give in to temptation. Passage:
James
1:15* Questions James pictures lust as a conception that results in
the birth of a sin. In the conception of a human
being, we know that the moment of conception results
in the creation of a new person who develops during
pregnancy and which results in a new born baby. 2. Is it possible to avoid sin once lust has
been conceived? 3. Is it possible to avoid death once sin has
been born? Thought for the
day
*"Scripture
taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, ©
Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968,
1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."
Print,
Study and Apply
Title: The Sin Cycle
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Date: 09/03/1998
Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth
to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it bring forth
death.
Lust is the starting point. Death is the end.
1. James describes a diabolical conception
in this verse. In the "sin cycle" which James
describes here, at what point must the process
change course if sin is to be avoided?
Clearly, we do not die physically every time
we sin. However, there is a death of sorts every time
we answer the bell and give in to lust. There is a
personal death, a dying of the kind of person we want
to be and that God wants us to be. God wants us to
live. Life is found in saying No to the inappropriate
desire for what God has forbidden (like Internet porn)
and turning to Him in trusting reliance.
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