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None of us wishes to die, so perhaps we should understand where our wrong actions can take us.
by Les McCullough
hen was the last time you sinned? Do you
know? Were you even aware of what was taking place?
Many people are not that concerned about the subject of sin. It has become so much a part of life and the society in which we live that, sadly, many of us are unaware of sin when it occurs. We may have sinned this morning or sometime yesterday. We may not sin tomorrow or the next day, but we will sin.
Often, sin results from a thoughtless response to a circumstance because sin has become a habit. Sin can be that common and that much a part of our lives. It may be an expletive left undeleted, a thought, an action or a reaction, deliberate or inadvertent. But we need to realize that sin is much more than just a single deed. Sin is a way of life. It's as natural as breathing.
Ignorance of the ubiquitous nature of sin is a tragic sign of our times. Sin isn't talked about much today. Mothers speak approvingly of their sons' or daughters' live-in partners. Youths talk about ripping off someone's automobile and taking it on a joyride as though car theft could be part of a normal holiday excursion. The use of cocaine and other drugs has become a recreational pastime.
Successful motion picture or television series routinely contain profanity and explicit sex. Rape and murder appear daily on the front page. Political leaders lie to their citizenry or instigate ethnic cleansing, and it's no one's fault. Religious leaders condone "alternative lifestyles." Single women bearing children outside of marriage isn't unusual or considered immoral. Cheating of business, government, insurance companies, the welfare system or the general public is accepted as routine.
Some recognize what is happening, but most do not realize these acts are actually crimes. They are punishable by death. Only the few in the religious sphere make a point of addressing such activities as sin, and when they do, they are criticized. Only the few warn people that to sin is to die. In the sight of God, the transgression of His law is that serious. Unrepented of, sin exacts the death penalty.
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