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14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 13 And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. Scot McKnight, of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, points out that humanity was created as image-bearers, Eikons, to live in four harmonious relationships: to God, others, self, and creation.ġ2 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires. "In sum, shalom is God’s design for creation and redemption sin is blamable human vandalism of these great realities and therefore an affront to their architect and builder." And all the time we are oblivious that we must die in ungodliness and unrighteousness."Ĭornelius "Neal" Plantinga, of Calvin Theological Seminary, says sin is the “Culpable disturbance of shalom.” Sin is the breaking of the peace that God designed. 18, 19) in our drunken blurring of the distance which separates us from God in our forgetfulness of His invisibility in our investing of men with the form of God, and of God with the form of man and in our devotion to some romantic infinity, some 'No – God' of this world, which we have created for ourselves. A complete list of all Tammy Maass books in order (3 books). "Sin is a robbing of God: a robbery which becomes apparent in our arrogant endeavour to cross the line of death by which we are bounded (i. As Barth said in The Epistle to the Romans. Sin robs God of the relationship He paid for by the Blood of Christ on the Cross. The basis of our relationship with God is His infinite Love. All evil in life is based on people focusing on “I” and justifying their actions. All of creation is reconciled to God… So, what’s next? Love God and love mankind with un-expectant love.