A Little Sin is Just as Evil
08/08/10 21:23
I was
talking with someone the other day and the
conversation turned toward a certain person’s
perspective of sin. You know, it’s funny, the
sin we see in others is usually twice as bad as the
sin we see in ourselves. We like to excuse our sin
with statements like, “I know I have this
little problem…” and, “I really
didn’t think it was all that bad.”
Francis Frangipane, senior pastor of River of Life Ministries said it well, “A certain degree of hypocrisy exists among us. What I mean is, without qualms, we condemn the world for not being Christian, yet without remorse we accept we are not Christ like.”
Too often I have found myself in these “shoes” and to put it bluntly, I am getting very sick of my own failure to be more like Jesus. What? Do I think I have arrived? Is there no more that Christ can teach me along this pilgrim path? Far be it from me, to settle onto to some complacent plateau of “status quo.”
I have always said that Heaven isn’t Heaven without Jesus Christ and if I want to enjoy Heaven, well then, I better align myself up with Him. Wouldn’t it be disappointing to find out in eternity that some of the desires, attitudes and actions of this life are absolutely not acceptable in the next life? And so, a remedy is needed for us who will not accept the status quo of the American Christian life and desire to press on toward the mark and high calling in God.
I have a tendency, in this day and age, to look at all the world and truly condemn it as evil. I am so distraught at the kidnapping of children, especially when I begin to think about what is going on in their little minds while all this is happening to them. I hate the random violence and people “going off” and killing a dozen of their co-workers or classmates. I am tired of the corporate greed and the oppression of the helpless. I am sick to death of the many lies of religions and the relativistic views of the powerful. I am upset with the glamorization of sin from Hollywood and the world’s opinion of the sexual relationship in mankind.
First off, homosexuality always was and always will be an abomination; second, in the eyes of God, the act of sex was intended to express the love between a man and a woman who were married. It was not intended to be an entertainment, nor was it supposed to be practiced solely to relieve tension and stress.
Despite all my disgruntling, I do not want to fail to see sin (all sin and every sin) for what it really is. You see, I know that Jesus died for the sins of the world. He died for all sin and when I think of all the wickedness that has ever occurred, I tend to look at my “short-comings” as not so bad. This is a big mistake!
You see, I have to admit that sin is sin, and whether it be murder, or gossip, its still sin. It still took Jesus to the Cross! So, even the smallest of sin that may yet be in my life is still so very, very ugly and wicked. Why? Because even if that was the only sin that ever existed –Jesus suffered because of it. My little sins… O God, help me, I am tired of the suffering it causes.
Think about it!
Pastor Jim
Francis Frangipane, senior pastor of River of Life Ministries said it well, “A certain degree of hypocrisy exists among us. What I mean is, without qualms, we condemn the world for not being Christian, yet without remorse we accept we are not Christ like.”
Too often I have found myself in these “shoes” and to put it bluntly, I am getting very sick of my own failure to be more like Jesus. What? Do I think I have arrived? Is there no more that Christ can teach me along this pilgrim path? Far be it from me, to settle onto to some complacent plateau of “status quo.”
I have always said that Heaven isn’t Heaven without Jesus Christ and if I want to enjoy Heaven, well then, I better align myself up with Him. Wouldn’t it be disappointing to find out in eternity that some of the desires, attitudes and actions of this life are absolutely not acceptable in the next life? And so, a remedy is needed for us who will not accept the status quo of the American Christian life and desire to press on toward the mark and high calling in God.
I have a tendency, in this day and age, to look at all the world and truly condemn it as evil. I am so distraught at the kidnapping of children, especially when I begin to think about what is going on in their little minds while all this is happening to them. I hate the random violence and people “going off” and killing a dozen of their co-workers or classmates. I am tired of the corporate greed and the oppression of the helpless. I am sick to death of the many lies of religions and the relativistic views of the powerful. I am upset with the glamorization of sin from Hollywood and the world’s opinion of the sexual relationship in mankind.
First off, homosexuality always was and always will be an abomination; second, in the eyes of God, the act of sex was intended to express the love between a man and a woman who were married. It was not intended to be an entertainment, nor was it supposed to be practiced solely to relieve tension and stress.
Despite all my disgruntling, I do not want to fail to see sin (all sin and every sin) for what it really is. You see, I know that Jesus died for the sins of the world. He died for all sin and when I think of all the wickedness that has ever occurred, I tend to look at my “short-comings” as not so bad. This is a big mistake!
You see, I have to admit that sin is sin, and whether it be murder, or gossip, its still sin. It still took Jesus to the Cross! So, even the smallest of sin that may yet be in my life is still so very, very ugly and wicked. Why? Because even if that was the only sin that ever existed –Jesus suffered because of it. My little sins… O God, help me, I am tired of the suffering it causes.
Think about it!
Pastor Jim
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