All agree that sin exists and that it is most appalling.In regard to sin, there are at least four prominent characteristics:Love of sin – Psalms 52:3Hebrews 11:26Practice of sin – Romans 1:28-32Guilt of sin – Genesis 4:7Punishment of sin – John 5:28-29Matthew 25:46Sin and its cure as it relates to the sinnerIn the gospel there are at least four prominent characteristics that have to do with the cure of sin:Faith – Romans 5:1Repentance – Acts 17:30Matthew 21:26-28Baptism – Acts 2:38Pardon – Acts 2:38Sin and its cure as relates to the ChristianFaith destroys the love of sin.Repentance destroys the practice of sin.Prayer destroys the guilt of sin.Pardon destroys the punishment of sin.