Sin is Sin….

Sin is sin. It says in James that if you break one of the 10 commandments, you’re guilty of breaking them all. As believers, how are we to deal with sinful behavior? Are we to embrace it, accept it, encourage and applaud it? No, definitely not. But the world says we should. We are to show mercy to those who have wavering faith. We are to rescue those on the cusp of the wrong side of judgement. But we are to do all of this with great caution. Why? Because if we don’t take sin seriously, it will begin to contaminate our lives. Once that happens, major spiritual surgery will be required to bring you back. And it will be an extremely painful process. “Hate the sin, love the sinner”, we’ve all heard it, but in the process we must never compromise and start tolerating behavior that God calls sinful. If we do, we will suffer right along with those committing the offenses to God. “Don’t judge”, you’ve heard this too, but without good ‘judgement’ how are we supposed to recognize sin? We are not condemning anyone, their sin has already done that. Their behavior offends God. Our message is one of salvation. Our message is one of rescue. Our message points others back to God, the only solution to the sin problem. Apply this principle to your life, and to all the modern day controversial issues being promoted as normal behavior. It’s not healthy to promote sinful behavior. Anyone that tries to tell you it is, is blind to the truth, and is against God.

And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. 23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives. Jude 1:22-23

2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2