A PROPER VIEW OF SIN!

A PROPER VIEW OF SIN!

Isa 5:20

20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Prov 30:20

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

The adulteress in verse 20 is contrasted with the woman in verse 19. Here it is not the man's way with a woman, but an immoral woman's way with men. She takes a casual approach to her sinful ways, treating them as lightly as eating a meal and asserting that nothing is wrong with adultery. (from Bible Knowledge Commentary Copyright © 1983, 2000 Cook Communications Ministries. All rights reserved.)

          Our morals and values certainly prove that our race has fallen far from God’s wonderful design. We regularly label good evil and embrace evil as being good. We sin the most grievous sins as casually as eating a cheese Danish and a cup of coffee. We daub our tainted lips with our napkin and say: “I have done no wickedness.”

          Sin is despised by God! It is not simply His preference over our own. We can’t choose wrong without incurring wrong’s consequences. Sin offends God’s holiness and purity and ultimately led to the death of His only Son. How dare we treat it less seriously?

          Sin is deceptive to the sinner! Perversion gradually convinces us that it is acceptable practice. Our minds create an alternative lifestyle that condones sin and condemns those who do not sin along with us. Be assured, sin is still sin even when its practice becomes the law of the land.

          Sin is destructive! Moral sin attacks and destroys normal relationships. This means that God’s design for the family becomes twisted and broken. Wives and husbands soon become ex-wives and ex-husbands. Children are set adrift upon a sea of uncertainty. They are forced to carry a suitcase for travel between Mother and Father.

A truly converted person hates sin with all his heart, and even if he could sin without suffering for it, it would be misery enough to him to sin at all.

-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Quotable Spurgeon, (Wheaton: Harold Shaw Publishers, Inc, 1990)

Dear Lord, let me hate sin with a holy hatred – and love the sinner with a godly love. AMEN