7. Sin has no existence by itself, and was not created by God, who created all things. It is simply a possible attitude of soul, and its existence depends solely upon the will of the sinner. If all sinners repented all sin would disappear: it is only the eternal refusal of sinners to repent which will keep sin in eternal existence. God is in no way responsible for it: He has created free wills, but not evil wills, as some theologians have stated, thus making God the Author of evil. Sin was the child of the first Will which chose evil, although the possibility, but not the actuality of it, lay dormant in the freedom of the will: but sin has no separate existence by itself: it is only a possible attitude of will, leading to sinful actions of body.
1 cf. Prov. 16,4. Rom. 9,6-25. Eph. 1,11.
2 1 Cor. 13,5.
3 Ezek. 18,30-32.
4 2 Pet. 3,9.
5 Numb. 23,19. 1 Sam. 15,29. Mal. 3,6.
2 Tim. 2,13. Titus 1,2. Heb. 6,18.
6 1 Pet. 1,2. Acts 2,23.
7 cf. Rev. 17,14—"and faithful".
8 1 Tim. 2,4.
9 John 15,25.
10 Ezek. 38,10-13.
11 Rom. 16,26.
12 Rom. 6,23.
13 Heb. 5,9.
14 Heb. 9,15.
15 Rev. 4,9.
16 Rev. 1,18.
17 Rev. 22,5.
18 Rev. 14,11.
19 2 Pet. 2. Heb. 6,4-8; 10,26-29.
20 2 Tim. 2,10 and 20.
21 2 Cor. 5,10. 1 John 2,28.
22 Ezek. 18, esp. vv. 19-20. Deut. 24,16.
2 Chron. 25,4. Num. 26,11.
23 cf. John 9,2-3.
24 Gen. 3,22-24; 4,8-24; 6,11, 12.
25 Rev. 20,5.
26 Isa. 53,6. Rom. 3,23.
27 Mark 14,38. 2 Cor. 5,1-8.
28 Ps. 49. Eccl. 8,8; 12,7. Luke 16,19-31.
Acts 2,26-28.
29 John 11,25-26.
30 1 Cor. 15,23. Rev. 20,5-6.
31 Rom. 1,5; 16,26. 1 Pet. 1,2.
32 Isa. 57,16. Jer. 38,16.
33 Num. 16,22. Zech. 12,1. John 3,6.
Heb. 12,9. Eccl. 12,7.
34 John 3,6.
35 Gal. 5,19. James 1,14.
36 Gal. 5,19-21.
37 1 Sam. 16,18.
38 1 Sam. 17,28.
39 John 8,41.
40 Matt. 18,10.
41 1 Kings 21,25. 2 Kings 17,17. Isa. 50,1;
52,3.
42 Matt. 11,11. Rom. 8,15. 2 Pet. 1,4.
43 Eph. 2,1-3.
44 Eph. 1,5. Rom. 8,15.
45 1 Tim. 3,15.
46 Gen. 6,3. Eccl. 8,11. Jonah 3,4.
Rom. 2,4-5. Jas. 2,13. Rev. 2,21.
47 Matt. 11,21-24. John 15,22-24; 9,41;
8,1-11.
48 Rom. 7,8, 17.
49 Judges 11,1. Matt. 1,3 & 5 & 6.
50 Rom. 4,15; 5,13. 1 Cor. 15,56.
51 Mark 1,12; 14,32-38. Heb. 4,15; 5,7.
52 Luke 22,28. Phil. 2,7-11. Heb. 2,18.
Jas. 1,4 & 12. 1 Pet. 4,12, 13.
Rev. 2,10.