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The theme for this year’s lectures is both timely and practical. Almost everyone admits to being against sin, but not everyone can define and recognize it. It is important for God’s people to be reminded again and again of the terrible nature of sin and of its consequences. The modern concepts of sin which think only in terms of “weaknesses” and “faults” are totally inadequate. We must see sin as...

doesn’t reflect great spiritual strength! The first picture of sin is that of Adam and Eve, by the act of free human will, making a conscious decision to disobey God. Granted, Eve was deceived by Satan, but the record clearly tells us she “saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat” (Gen. 3:6). In reference to this voluntary decision to disobey God’s word, E. R. Bernard noted, “It
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