A Better Understanding of Sin

(new series - A Better Understanding of Sin)

(series based on Jay Adams' A Theology of Christian Counseling)
(condensed and modified in wording and format)

Old Testament Hebrew word... Avah

(literally) bent, wrong, wrung out of shape

like a bent key that will no longer fit into the lock
twisted out of shape
it can't accomplish the purpose for which it was intended

Biblical antidote: straighten bent lives
enable proper function as God intends

note: parallel New Testament remedy - the word restoration (Gal 6:1)
mending broken bones and torn nets
make them functional once again