What is sin? Sin is not doing what God tells us to do in the Bible. Everyday you have to make a decision to do what is right and not what is wrong. When you do what is wrong, you have sinned. When your parents ask you to go to bed; you have to make a decision to go to bed or to ignore your parents. When you ignore your parents, you are choosing to sin. The Bible tells us to obey our parents. When you ignore them, you are not obeying them- this is a sin.

“…choose you this day whom ye will serve…,” urged Joshua of old (Josh. 24: 15). Sin is a choice.

People sin because -

1. They do not know God. And those who know God, sin because they do know the Bible. It is important that you read the Bible everyday.

2. We are selfish. Think about some of your sins. Most of them are because you are selfish. You are only thinking about yourself. When you ignore your parents, you are not thinking about how this makes them feel but about how you want to continue playing that game or watching that television show.

3. Many people sin because it is much easier. It is hard to let the Holy Spirit guide you. It is sometimes a lot easier and more fun to do bad things.

Since sin is a choice, you are responsible for your sin. Our goal should be not to sin even though are friends are sinning and it looks like fun. God will talk to you about your sins when you get to heaven if you are saved. This is not going to be any fun if you have a lot of sins.