Sacred Syntax · Itemised Account

THE WAGES
OF SIN
Established - Before the Foundation of the World
TRANSACTION DATE: BEFORE TIME
ACCOUNT: ADAM & ALL DESCENDANTS
REF: ROM 3:23 · ROM 6:23
1x Pride ὑπερηφανία - hyperēphania DEATH
The original sin. Self-exaltation above God. The root from which all others grow. "Pride goes before destruction" - Prov 16:18
∞x Unbelief ἀπιστία - apistia DEATH
Refusing to trust God's word. The soil in which all other sins germinate. "Whatever is not of faith is sin" - Rom 14:23
7x Lust of the Flesh ἐπιθυμία σαρκός - epithymia sarkos DEATH
Disordered desire - seeking satisfaction in creation rather than Creator. "The flesh desires what is against the Spirit" - Gal 5:17
1x Idolatry εἰδωλολατρία - eidōlolatria DEATH
Placing anything - person, comfort, reputation, money - above God. All sin is idolatry in final form. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols" - 1 John 5:21
∞x Covetousness πλεονεξία - pleonexia DEATH
Greed - the relentless want of more. Paul calls it idolatry in disguise. "Covetousness, which is idolatry" - Col 3:5
1x Spiritual Death (Inherited) θάνατος - thanatos DEATH
The status we inherit in Adam - dead in trespasses before a single act. "In Adam all die" - 1 Cor 15:22
Subtotal DEATH (×∞)
Mercy Discount - AVAILABLE
Justice Tax NON-NEGOTIABLE
TOTAL OWED DEATH
Payment Method AWAITING
Paid by -
PAID IN FULL
Romans 6:23 · John 19:30 · Colossians 2:14 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

The debt was real. The penalty was just. And it was cancelled - nailed to a cross - not by ignoring it, but by absorbing it. He said tetelestai. It is finished.
ROM 3:23 · ROM 6:23 · COL 2:14

ROMANS 8:1 · NO CONDEMNATION · IN CHRIST JESUS
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