Evil, Sin

Front matter
Connections List Scope
 * Problem of Evil
 * Freewill bin
 * The Fall
 * Gave them over
 * Romans 1
 * Mortal sin, apostasy
 * Law
 * 1 John 1
 * All have sinned
 * Genesis 3
 * Lists of Good/Bad actions/attributes in Bible
 * Temptation
 * Luke 13
 * The World, flesh
 * Total Depravity
 * Spiritual Disciplines
 * Actions judgement
 * Hell
 * Rebuke
 * 7 deadly sins
 * Cursed World
 * Punishment
 * Desire, need
 * Death
 * Boasting
 * Sin imagery
 * Idol
 * God hates sinners
 * Wrath of God
 * God cause sin
 * List of sins
 * Detect sin
 * James 4
 * Confession
 * Adam first, OG sin
 * Luke 17
 * Darkness
 * In world not of world
 * Guilty
 * Prepared for destruction
 * Def Good and Evil
 * 3 enemies
 * Types of Sinners
 * Death to Sin
 * Evil and Sin, as words
 * General bin for evil and sin, very broad bin

Topics - a connection unless otherwise noted Definitions of sin
 * Defs for sin (section)
 * Defs for evil (section)
 * Mech, random verses (section)
 * Root of all evil (see section)
 * Assorted theo: Problem of Evil, The World, special sins, desire
 * God hates sinners
 * Types of sin (section)
 * Past and ongoing effects: fall, given over, all have sinned, total depravity/original sin, cursed world
 * Future effects: death, hell, punishment,
 * Practical: rebuke, boasting, sin imagery, temptation, 7 deadly, disciplines
 * 1) To disobey God and to think your plan is better
 * 2) Isolation from an external world, to be focused on self and not in contact with the reality that God reigns, to be shortsighted and unambitious, to fear/protect, to curl up into a little ball (This pp inspired from 1 John 1 9-11)
 * 3) An inferior reality
 * Note in Luke 17:1-4. v1-2 is scandalon = stumble block; v3-4 is hamartono = miss the mark

Definitions of Evil
 * 1) Darkness vs. light, bad is absence of good. Bad is else good. Certain issues with this def may result concerning manifest/art.

Other things about definition
 * 2) Natural evil (cursed world) vs. human evil (freewill)
 * i) Natural evil: Hurricanes, dragonflies no longer 2ft wingspan, global warming, carnivores, destabilized ecosystems, communications issues and naturally degenerate civic systems, the need to work (cursed be the ground because of you, toil), people being not smart, sicknesses, accidents.
 * ii) Human evil: Discrimination, unnatural lusts, relational friction and communication, crime, evil thoughts, domestic abuse, addictions
 * 3) An individual may label a world state "evil" when it is below their expectations
 * 4) Evil as a platonic static definition (like 3, but universal instead of relative to individual)


 * Evil/sin may be a feeding off of what is good. Corrupting it, destroying it. Can evil exist without good as a fuel? Probably since hell will be cut off.... but can it? Maybe it will still be sustained in some way by God.

Random Verses

 * Romans 14:23 everthing that does not come from faith is sin
 * Ecc 7:29 "This ony have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes."
 * Rom 3:23 wages of sin death
 * Ps 51:4 sin is only against God, not others
 * John 8:34 slaves to sin. I say mechanical bondage, freed via HS power in life that starts sanctificaition.

Candidates for the root of all evil
AGGREGATE
 * Apostasy, disobedience - to intentionally reject Gods advances/authority, my way is better
 * Disbelief/distrust - to not believe God's authority, love, exist, else
 * Pride/arrogance - to think better of yourself than you ought (satans fall)
 * Lust/coveting - to want things your shouldn't have (cf Col 3:5=idolatry)
 * Greed - to think you are of primary value (also may refer to idolatry)
 * Idolatry - to trust is something other than God (cf Col 3:5 covet=)
 * Idolatry of self?? - to rely on self for satisfaction
 * Pride of life - to rely on power, wealth etc for salvation
 * ?? - to decide what is most valuable (like idolatry)
 * to rely on self/own methods for satisfaction, because you do not trust God, therefore you also reject his advances, also because you think you possibly can satisfy self and control your life. Your method is probably different from Gods. In other words you think you're better than God.

Systems for types of sin
List of sins
 * Omission (vs. normal commission)
 * James 4:17 "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is a sin for them."
 * Lev 5:1 if you don't testify when functionally good, you're responsible
 * 1 Sam 12:23 sin against God by not help Israel
 * 1 Sam 15:22-23 to obey is better than sacrifice, rebellion is like sin of divination, arrogance like evil of idolatry
 * 2 Tim 1:3 conscience clear b/c pray ever day. Might not apply.
 * Catholic mortal sins (not legit I think) - see mortal sin connection
 * Sin of apostasy - essentially unbelief - see mortal sin connection
 * Sins due to ignorance vs. weakness vs. willful. Heart attitude
 * Ignorance Ps 19:12 hidden faults (never discovered), Num 15:27 learns about his sin later
 * Presumtuous sin. Not obeying the priest in the case of an unintentional sin? Ps 19:13, Deut 17:12. ESV cross ref to Ezra 10:8, command of the king
 * Jer 5:6, Dantes inferno, 3 categories: Wolf = no self control, Lion = violence and bestiality, Leopard = fraud and malice. (can flip Wolf/Leopard, I support this)
 * OT types (per Craig): 1 unintentional (confess, then sacrifice), 2 intentional but not apostasy (confess, then sacrifice), 3 high-handed sin / rebellion (cut off from the people, can still be forgiven with mediator or pardon)
 * 1 John 2:16 - "For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world."