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3 Sermon Illustrations on Nature of Sin

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Sin is the inherent moral failing that separates humanity from God, affecting all people universally (Romans 3:23). Christian preaching often depicts sin as a pervasive darkness or a corrupting poison, emphasizing its destructive power over the soul and its consequences for both individuals and communities (1 John 1:8).

Sin, Universal

Sin is universal, affecting every person everywhere without exception.

The existence of sin; of sin as an acknowledged fact; of sin as an acknowledged evil, which has not only tainted the nature, but which has poured its corruption upon every part of every man; found everywhere, — alike in the crowded city streets, and among the seantier tribes of the savanna; alike where refinement and civilization gild and soften crime, and where, in the swarthy-bearded Druse, it reigns tameless as the pennon that flutters upon the lance of his djerrid; alike in sordid man and lost woman, in generous youth and smiling babe, in all circumstances, in all countries, in all parallels of latitude, in all diversities of language, — there is no escape, and there is no exception from this disastrous uniformity of evil. The fountain has been corrupted, and the streams of necessity must flow polluted and impure. Every mouth must be stopped; for all the world is guilty before God. W. M. Punshon.

from New Cyclopaedia of Prose Illustrations · Elon Foster sin

Two Pictures Of Same Boy

Sin corrupts the innocent nature of man, transforming purity into depravity over time.

An artist who desired to produce a picture representing purity and innocence, found in a sunny-faced little boy the very type of goodness and loveliness he wanted. So he painted the boy’s picture and placed it in his study. Then he said, in substance, “Now, when I find a person whose face, because of sin and depravity, shall be the opposite of this sweet-faced child, I will produce it on canvas also, and hang it by the side of this, so producing the awful contrast between childhood’s purity and manhood’s depravity.” Years after, as he was passing a prison, he saw looking out from behind the iron bars the most sin-scarred face he had ever seen. At last he had found what he desired, a result of the marring effects of sin as shown upon the human face. He gained permission to paint the man’s picture, and then hung it by the side of the sweet-faced little boy. How great was the contrast, but mark the sequel: The two pictures, differing so widely, were really of one and the same person. The innocent-faced little boy and the sin-blackened prisoner were one and the same person. The lapse of years in a world of sin and temptation had changed the innocent child into a depraved man.

Bird Notes

Birds use distinct calls for love, alarm, fellowship, and distress signaling natural instincts.

Most of our song-birds have three notes expressive of love, alarm, and fellowship. The last call seems to keep them in touch with one another. I might perhaps add to this list the scream of distress which most birds utter when caught by a cat or a hawk--the voice of uncontrolled terror and pain which is nearly the same in all species--dissonant and piercing. The other notes and calls are characteristic, but this last is the simple screech of common terrified nature. (Text.)--JOHN BURROUGHS, _Country Life in America_.

from Cyclopedia of Illustrations for Public Speakers · Robert Scott and William C. Stiles nature of sin

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