Sin creates estrangement from God, separating us from the source of our power to succeed. He created us for an everlasting relationship in peaceful harmony, but sin makes us unfit for a non-sinning bond with Him. As Isaiah 59:1-2 declares, our iniquities separate us from God. This estrangement originated with Adam and Eve when man ceased believing what God declares, and it persists because people assume they can seek Him through their own will, though none seek after God. The relationship begins only when God exercises His sovereign choice and mercy. Even when His people become estranged through repeated failures, God remains faithful to His covenant, never forsaking His own, alluring Israel back, and guaranteeing that those who continue in His way enter His Kingdom. Also see sermons and articles about Estrangement from God.
Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
Genesis 3:10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
Ezekiel 44:10 “And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
