Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 6000 Sin and salvation » 6100 Aspects of sin » 6142 decay As a consequence of the fall, all created things have a tendency to waste away and spoil. Jesus Christ brings deliverance from this. Decay was decreed as a result of the fall In human beings In the world Genesis 3:17-19 See also Romans 8:20 Decay is the common experience of humanity Psalm 90:3-10 See also Psalm 49:8-9 A decaying world is not worth clinging to Matthew 6:19-20 See also Psalm 102:26; Luke 12:33; 1 John 2:15-17 Jesus Christ is free from decay Acts 2:24-31 See also Psalm 16:8-11; Acts 13:34-37; Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 13:8 Believers are redeemed from decay 2 Corinthians 4:16 See also Job 19:26; John 3:16 Christians are “salt” in a decaying world Matthew 5:13 See also Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34 The world to come is free from decay 1 Peter 1:3-5 See also Romans 8:21; 1 Corinthians 15:42; Hebrews 12:28; Hebrews 13:14; Revelation 21:4 Examples of the link between sin and decay The curse on the unfaithful wife: Curses for disobedience: Deuteronomy 28:22; Deuteronomy 32:24 Job 18:13; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 49:13-14; Psalm 106:15,43; Psalm 112:10; Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 17:4; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 64:7; Jeremiah 49:7 The destruction of Jerusalem lamented: Lamentations 2:6,8 Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 33:10 Punishment for Israel's sin: Hosea 4:3; Hosea 8:10 Habakkuk 3:16; James 5:2 See also
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