- 1. because we did not repent

- luke 16 “for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

- 2. because we do not know the root sin

- “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.”

- ‭‭Romans‬ ‭1:28‬ ‭

- “They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.”

- ‭‭Romans‬ ‭1:29-32‬ ‭

- Root sin is not acknowledging God

- Jesus says it more simply

- John 16:9

- “concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;”

- Root sin is not believing in Jesus

- How do we believe in Jesus?

- Believing in Jesus first as Lord then savior

- Jesus savior 12 times. Jesus Lord 179 times almost 20times more

- John 20:28 My Lord and my God

- Who can save us from sin, death, and the devil but God? When we realize Jesus is God that's when we realize Jesus is Savior.

- Root realization!