Questions About Sin & Repentance
Bible Studies on Sin & Repentance
The Sin Offering
Leviticus 4 introduces the sin offering (chatat), addressing unintentional sins that still require atonement. This chapter reveals that even unknowing...
6 min readThe Guilt Offering and Specific Sins
Leviticus 5 continues with cases requiring sin offerings and introduces the guilt offering (asham), which addresses violations that require both atone...
6 min readAchan's Sin and Israel's Defeat
Israel is defeated at Ai because Achan took devoted things from Jericho; his sin is discovered and punished.
5 min readDavid's Census: Sin, Plague, and the Temple Site
This chapter records David's sinful census prompted by Satan, the resulting plague that killed 70,000, God's mercy at the threshing floor of Ornan, an...
5 min readThe Joy of Forgiveness
David celebrates the blessedness of forgiven sin, describing both the misery of hiding guilt and the relief of confession, then inviting others to tru...
6 min readA Prayer for Cleansing and Renewal
David's profound psalm of repentance after his sin with Bathsheba. This deeply personal prayer reveals the path from guilt to restoration through God'...
5 min readA Rebellious Nation Called to Repentance
Isaiah opens with a stunning indictment of Judah. God's own people have rebelled worse than animals who know their master. Yet even in judgment, God o...
6 min readSin Separates, But a Redeemer Comes
Iniquities have made a separation between the people and God. A powerful confession acknowledges transgressions and rebellion. Yet God, seeing no one ...
6 min readNineveh Repents
God calls Jonah a second time. He goes to Nineveh and proclaims: "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" The entire city—from king to cat...
5 min readJohn the Baptist Prepares the Way
John the Baptist emerges in the wilderness, calling Israel to repentance and baptizing those who confess their sins. Jesus comes to be baptized, and h...
5 min readRepentance, the Narrow Door, and Jerusalem's Tragedy
Jesus calls for urgent repentance, illustrated by tragedies and the parable of the barren fig tree. He heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath and teach...
7 min readDead to Sin, Alive to God
Paul addresses the misuse of grace. Shall we sin so grace may increase? Absolutely not! United with Christ in death and resurrection, we are freed fro...
5 min readThe Law and Sin
Paul wrestles with the Law's role and sin's power. The Law is holy, but sin exploits it to produce death. The inner struggle between wanting good and ...
5 min readGodly Sorrow Leads to Repentance
Paul rejoices that his severe letter led to godly sorrow and genuine repentance. His joy is complete because Titus was encouraged by the Corinthians' ...
5 min readThe Word of Life
John opens his letter by declaring the Word of Life—what was heard, seen, and touched—inviting readers into fellowship with the Father and Son. Wa...
5 min readChildren of God
John marvels at the Father's love in calling us His children. This identity transforms conduct—God's children don't continue in sin. Love for brothe...
6 min readNathan Confronts David
Nathan the prophet confronts David with a parable about a stolen lamb. David confesses his sin. Though forgiven, he faces consequences: the child will...
6 min readThe Righteous and the Wicked
Proverbs 28 presents stark contrasts between the righteous and the wicked, exploring themes of justice, integrity, confession, and the consequences of...
6 min readA Prayer of One Afflicted
David cries out under the weight of sin's consequences, describing physical suffering and abandonment by friends, yet holding onto hope in God alone.
6 min readBlessings for Obedience, Curses for Disobedience
Leviticus 26 presents the covenant blessings and curses—the outcomes of obedience versus rebellion. This dramatic chapter outlines escalating conseq...
7 min readDespite Our Failures, His Love Endures
Psalm 106 confesses Israel's repeated rebellions throughout history while celebrating God's steadfast mercy that saves even when His people fail.
6 min readThe Fifth and Sixth Trumpets
The first two woes: locusts from the bottomless pit torment those without God's seal for five months; four angels release an army of 200 million bring...
6 min readCain and Abel
The first murder reveals how sin escalates from jealousy to violence. God warns Cain, judges him, yet shows mercy even in punishment.
3 min readSamuel's Farewell Address
At Gilgal, Samuel vindicates his integrity, recounts God's faithfulness, warns against disobedience, calls for thunder as a sign, and promises continu...
5 min readCorruption and Grace
As humanity's wickedness reaches its peak, God grieves and plans judgement. Yet Noah finds favour, demonstrating that grace exists even in the darkest...
3 min readJohn the Baptist and Jesus' Baptism
John the Baptist preaches a baptism of repentance in the wilderness, preparing the way for the Lord. Jesus is baptized, and heaven opens as the Spirit...
7 min readThe Steadfast Love of the LORD
David contrasts the wickedness of sinners who have no fear of God with the priceless steadfast love of the LORD that preserves both man and beast.
5 min readGreatness, Sin, and Forgiveness in the Kingdom
Jesus teaches that the greatest in the Kingdom are those who humble themselves like children. He warns severely against causing others to stumble, tea...
8 min readThe Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Prodigal Son
When criticized for receiving sinners, Jesus tells three parables of stunning grace. A shepherd leaves ninety-nine sheep to find one lost. A woman sea...
8 min readThe Sin at Peor and Phinehas's Zeal
Numbers 25 records Israel's seduction into idolatry and immorality with Moabite women, the resulting plague, and Phinehas's dramatic intervention that...
5 min readTola, Jair, and Israel's Renewed Apostasy
Two minor judges provide stability; then Israel's idolatry leads to Philistine and Ammonite oppression and genuine repentance.
5 min readThe Destruction of Sodom
God's judgement falls on Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot and his daughters escape, but his wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.
2 min readCalling the First Disciples
Jesus calls His first disciples by the Sea of Galilee after a miraculous catch of fish. He heals a leper and a paralytic, demonstrating authority over...
7 min readOh That You Would Rend the Heavens
One of Scripture's most passionate prayers: if only God would come down as He did at Sinai! All our righteous deeds are like filthy rags, yet You are ...
5 min readAll Have Sinned
Paul completes his case: Jews and Gentiles alike stand condemned under sin. No one is righteous by works. But now, apart from the Law, God's righteous...
5 min readThe Golden Calf
While Moses receives the covenant on the mountain, Israel rebels by making and worshiping a golden calf. This devastating chapter shows the depths of ...
6 min readJudah and Tamar
Genesis 38 interrupts Joseph's story with a shocking account of Judah, Tamar, and the continuation of the messianic line through unexpected means—a ...
6 min readFaith, Healing, and Forgiveness
Jesus heals a centurion's servant, marveling at the Gentile's great faith. He raises a widow's son from the dead at Nain. When John the Baptist sends ...
7 min readThe Temple Dedication
Solomon assembles Israel to bring the ark into the temple. As the glory cloud fills the house, Solomon blesses the people and offers an extended dedic...
6 min readThe Seven Bowls of Wrath
The seven bowls pour out God's wrath: sores on beast-worshipers, sea and rivers to blood, scorching sun, darkness on the beast's throne, Euphrates dri...
6 min readThe Covenant Renewed
God renews the covenant with Israel, revealing His character in a magnificent proclamation of mercy and justice. Moses receives new stone tablets and ...
6 min readDavid's Census and the Plague
David sinfully orders a census of Israel. God sends a plague killing 70,000. At the threshing floor of Araunah, where David builds an altar, the plagu...
5 min readThe Tent of Meeting and God's Presence
After the golden calf disaster, the question becomes whether God will still dwell among His sinful people. Moses pitches a tent outside the camp where...
6 min readHealing at the Temple Gate
Peter and John heal a lame man at the temple's Beautiful Gate, creating opportunity for Peter to preach. He proclaims that faith in Jesus' name has he...
7 min readThe Suffering Servant
The most detailed messianic prophecy in the Old Testament describes the Servant who would be despised, rejected, and pierced for our transgressions. H...
7 min readTrue Fasting and Sabbath Keeping
God rejects religious ritual that coexists with injustice. True fasting loosens bonds of wickedness, feeds the hungry, and houses the homeless. Then l...
6 min readNot Because of Your Righteousness
Deuteronomy 9 emphatically denies that Israel deserves Canaan, reminding them of their repeated rebellions—especially the golden calf—to prevent t...
6 min readIsaiah's Vision and Commission
In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah sees the Lord in breathtaking majesty. Overwhelmed by his own sinfulness, he is cleansed by a burning coal and co...
5 min readThe Burnt Offering
Leviticus opens with detailed instructions for the burnt offering, a sacrifice of complete dedication to God. This chapter reveals the holiness of God...
5 min readThe Day of the Lord
Peter addresses scoffers who mock Christ's return, explaining that God's patience allows time for repentance. The day of the Lord will come suddenly, ...
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