What Are the Consequences of Sin?


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Genesis chapter three states that we are fallen beings. Mankind has produced it's first act of disobedience and we have become guilty of breaking the Creator's rules. The penalty for this act was known ... death. We now deserve to die. In the physical, this does not occur immediately, but living life now comes with a curse, distance from the Eternal, and much pain.

The Fall of Man Kind

Man kind had it perfect in the Garden of Eden until the fall. After that, he knew that no matter what was true, honorable, and righteous he could choose to do something different and go the way of pride, selfishness, and evil.

Many things have changed since sin has entered the world. Death has appeared. Animals eat other animals and man hunts for animals as food as well. Man not only uses natural resources, but abuses them. Animals are also used for doing work. Plants are used for food and building. Man changes the habitats to his liking at the expense of others. It has become difficult to fulfill the responsibility to both serve and master the Earth. Man is neither righteous nor loving. Instead he has become selfish and pursues things that are destructive to life. This list includes idolatry, pride, envy, the lusts of the flesh, and acts of violence.

Who Helped Cause the First Sin?

In fact, for the purposes of his own self-indulgent schemes, Satan has used lies, pride, and the lusts of the flesh to cause unrighteousness and rebellion to flourish and to hide what harms life. Because of this, we see angels and demons, blessing and cursing, as well as miracles and magic battling in the background of our lives.

How Does Sin Effect Our Lives?

Because of these things, it is startling how little man makes sin out to be. Although Scripture clearly states the dire consequences of sinful action, both man and Believers live and act with little regard to the consequences of their actions or their thoughts either physically or spiritually. Many disregard sin as just being a weakness of the flesh, as being indiscreet, the absence of goodness, as selfishness, ignorance, or as a sickness that is to be treated by science. Sin is far more than any of these things speak. And of course man would want it to be only such as these because then one could explain it away, treat it with something, or not be concerned with it any further. Man must recognize the fact that sin carries a heavy price and affects both our physical and spiritual lives here in the present and also for eternity. To deny this, is to risk everything.

It is equally startling to see how much the Creator makes of sin. Sinfulness and unrighteousness is an abomination. To Him it is enough to separate us from Him temporarily, long term, and even for eternity. The fact that the One Most High has created a means by which a sinful person can transfer their sin onto another (through substitution and sacrifice) and then live in righteousness is an incredible act of Mercy. It shows His desire for life, and especially His relationship with man, to continue.

How Do We Return to the Eternal?

While we must not forget that we cannot earn righteousness and salvation by keeping the law; we must also remember, none-the-less, as members of the Kingdom of Heaven, we are expected to obey the laws and commandments given by our Elohim, our King, as they teach us and remind us of what righteous actions are. Many people are unable to apply Scripture to their life because they either never study the Bible or because they never finish studying the Bible; yet, obedience to His word brings great peace and blessing to our lives even while surrounded by a wicked and perverse world.

If Scripture is true, then man kind has lost the close relationship that originally existed with Elohim and now faces death; however, through the covenants and priesthood, He lovingly offers a path back to life and close relationship which would be impossible for man to do on his own. This means we have a choice to help or harm our relationship with our loving Heavenly Father, to receive blessing or cursing in this lifetime, and to obtain salvation or destruction for eternity.