Five Areas of Sin As a result of our sinfulness and fallenness, we do not correctly understand who we are spiritually, mentally, emotionally, sexually, and racially. The fall of man through rebellion and sin has radically affected these five areas of our lives! However, the spiritual dimension is the root, while all the others are the fruit. One is the cause, the others are the effects. We all have fears in these five areas, which are interrelated and intricately intertwined. Only the Bible can bring clear and accurate discernment. The primary focus of this study is the last area: racial fears, or understanding who we are racially. Racial tensions, struggles, and warfare have always plagued man. Both biblical and secular history reveal that man’s hands are dripping with the blood of his brothers, beginning with Cain just outside the Garden of Eden as previously
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