SIN’S SECRETS

I KINGS 3:16-28

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE SAD STORY OF SIN [v. 16-22]

1. It is a Story of Degradation [v. 16-18]

God never intended humans to have to live in sin.

2. It is a Story of Disaster [v. 19, Rm. 5:12]

3. It is a Story of Deception [v. 20-22]

II. THE SELFISHNESS OF SIN

1. Willing to Steal [v. 20]

2. Willing to Lie [v. 22]

3. Willing to Murder [v. 26]

III. THE SOVEREIGN SOLUTION TO SIN [v. 23-28]

1. The Sword of Justice [v. 23-25,Proverbs 5:3-4]

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

2. The Revelation of the Hearts [v. 26-27, Hebrews 4:12]

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

3. The Testimony of the Believer [v. 28, Acts 4:13]

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.