The Effects and Results of Sin!

The Bible speaks plainly concerning the condition of the person living in sin:

he is spiritually sick (Matthew 9:12)
he is lost (Luke 19:10)
he is a child of the devil (John 8:44)
he is a slave of sin (Romans 6:16)
he lives in darkness (Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 2:11).

The final result of sin is death. The Bible speaks of two types of death: fleshly and spiritual.

Fleshly death is a result of Adam's sin--not of our own personal sins. All people, regardless of their spiritual condition, must face death of the flesh. However, everyone will be raised or resurrected from the dead. All people will be resurrected regardless of whether they lived good lives or evil lives.

"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of
the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die,
so in Christ all will be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:21, 22).

"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all
who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out –
those who have done good will rise to live, and those who
have done evil will rise to be condemned." (John 5:28, 29).

We will not have to answer for the sins of Adam. God does not hold us responsible for the sins of others, but only for our own personal disobedience of his law (2 Corinthians 5:10). "So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God" (Romans 14:12).

Death of the Spirit is the penalty for our own sins--the Bible calls it "the second death."

"But for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic
arts, the idolaters and all liars -- their place will be in
the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second
death" (Revelation 21:8).

This horrible death is an eternal separation from God and Christ. It keeps the person who continues in sin from going to heaven. Jesus said to those who refused to turn from wrong ways:

"I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will
die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come" (John 8:21).

These "will be punished with everlasting destruction and
shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty
of his power..." (2 Thessalonians 1:9).

This is the final result of a sinful life. (Read Romans 6:23 and James 1:15.)