John 8:31-35

1. what is a sacred cow?
   1. the cow remains a protected animal in Hinduism today and Hindus do not eat beef. most rural Indian families have at least one dairy cow, a gentle spirit who is often treated as a member of the family.
2. we have some sacred cows that we let roam
   1. one of them goes by the greek name, hamartia
      1. it’s name in English is sin
   2. when we hear the english definition our religious, sacred cow mindset & tradition begins to moo!
3. all of creation is groaning, waiting for you. why?
   1. because the whole earth is out of order and is waiting for you to put it back into order. – Romans 8:19-22
   2. jesus is waiting for us, to make his enemies his footstool. – Hebrews 10:12-18
   3. are the sacred cows mooing to loud for us to hear the truth?
      1. when we hear the word sin, do you hear moo, moo, mooooo?
4. if you don’t understand what sin truly is, and where you live “In Christ”, you will never be free to live in liberty in the spirit and partake fully of your inheritance in christ, and be free to walk by faith.
5. what is the traditional, sacred cow view of sin?
   1. wrong acts, wrong deeds, or whatever your conscience dictates to you.
   2. is everyone’s conscience the same of what is right and what is wrong?
   3. does any culture play a part of what is right and what is wrong? What about different christian denominations, do any differ on what is right and what is wrong?
   4. is there an absolute standard of what is right and what is wrong? Would it be the bible, God’s word? what books, what verses?
6. what is the biblical definition of sin
   1. 1 John 3:4 – the biblical definition of sin is the transgression of the law
   2. Romans 14:23 – whatsoever is not of faith is sin (this is the new law we who are in christ are now under) – Hebrews 10
7. law is a rule, a principle, a mark used to measure what is right from what is wrong.
   1. the purpose of a law is to administer justice.
      1. to administer justice is putting everything in order and punishing what is out of order.
8. when man put his faith into the tree of the knowledge of good and evil it became the law and it was now used by man to administer justice– Geneis 2:16-17 and Romans 8:2
   1. _____ is broken law and the punishment is death – Romans 8:2 – the law of _____ and death
   2. Ezekiel 18:20 the soul that sins shall die
9. where do you live? and under what law?
10. who cares what law we are under?
    1. you will not administer justice properly god’s way, like he wants you to and you will never fulfill God’s dream for us to put things on the earth back into order
       1. Hebrews 10:13
       2. and the whole of creation is still groaning, waiting – Romans 8:19-23