David Brooks, writer for the New York Times, states, “Sometime over the past generation we became less likely to object to something because it is immoral, and more likely to object to something because it is unhealthy or unsafe. Smoking is now considered a worse evil than six of the Ten Commandments… and the word sinful is now most commonly associated with chocolate.”
“What is this you have done?” the Lord God asked. A single act of disobedience and unbelief sent the entire human race spiraling into a depraved digression of sin and death.
How did Eve respond? How do we respond? It must be someone else’s fault! There has to be a cause… that takes the responsibility off of my back! Surely, deep down inside there is a greater amount of good in me than bad! That’s what Adam and Eve argued… to no avail.
Is every sin we…
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Resting in His Grace 
OH, my goodness, how often have I seen that very tempting stack of chocolates in the past couple of weeks! Anyway, I have commented on this post over at CB, but will add here that we need to call a spade a spade, a sin a sin.
We can try to quantify sin away by weighing different types according to measure, but it still doesn’t change the fact that the sin is still sin. even a small sin is enough for us to miss the mark and lose our place in the kingdom. That’s why repentance is key. Through the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ are we saved and free.
Thanks for sharing.
God Bless
Sherline 😀
I replied at Christian Blessings.
Here I’ll just add sin is sin, is sin, is sin, is sin, is sin. No matter how we try to sugar-coat it or excuse it, sin is sin, and sin (my sin) is what sent my Saviour to the cross.
What an amazing Saviour!