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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mentioned.

Today, there continue to be racial tensions and racial fighting all over the world. There is probably not a single country of the world where there has not been or is not now some form of racial, ethnic, caste, clan, or tribal tensions. Look no further than Bosnia’s ethnic cleansing, South Africa’s former apartheid, the caste system in India, tribal genocide in Africa, and racial tensions in America.

The big question is: What does God’s Word say about this? What does the Bible say about race? Since the Bible is the inerrant, infallible, and authoritative Word of God, it is the only place where we can go to find a totally accurate and objective understanding of race. Only in the Bible can we find a trustworthy source for our racial origins.

The Bible tells us who we are racially through creation, corruption, and Christ. In reality, there is only one race, and that is the human race. Before we dig deeper in the Bible, though, let’s consider how widespread racism really is.

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