Is Sin So Bad?

(#214, Imperial, 1956, 1964)

Read 1 John 1:5-2:2; James 1:18; Rom. 7:13.

Men everywhere are trying to find out what ails the world.  Many causes are hinted at but of the many there is just one real cause: SIN is the cause.

Why don't men see this?  Because they don't see sin in it's true light, as God sees it.  There are several wrong attitudes taken in regards to sin:

    1.  To deny the reality of sin.

    2.  To lay the blame for sin on someone else.

    3.  To deny sin's possession.

    4.  To excuse sin, saying "We must sow our wild oats."

According to the Bible sin is a willful aggression against God and is a factor in life that must be dealt with if we are to see God and live and be happy.

    1.  Ps. 51:5: in sin did my mother conceive me.

    2.  Prov. 14:9: fools make a mock of sin.

    3.  Prov. 28:13: he that covereth his sin will not prosper.

    4.  Num. 32:23: be sure your sin will find you out.

ƒ    How bad is sin?

    1.  Paul says sin is "exceeding" sinful.

    2.  Christ revealed the horrors of sin (Mark 9:42-48).

    3.  Sin mars the image of God in man.

    4.  Sin brings broken hearts, broken lives, broken homes.

    5.  The bitterness of sin is seen in the death of Christ.

ƒ    Sin must be dealt with.

All sin must be paid for, it's bitter consequences faced by all.  Will we permit Christ to face this for us.  One of the greatest verses in the Bible says, "If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7).  Christ is our propitiation; that is, He has satisfied God with His death and covered me with His blood.  (Isa. 53:6; 1 Cor. 15:4)  Sin must be dealt with now!

To trifle with sin or to compromise with it, to keep on in it is like making your bed with leprosy or hugging a deadly cobra to your bosom.