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I remember when my uncle and aunt informed me that their son, one of my younger cousins, had been murdered. I was stunned. That event brought home to me, in a very personal way, how appalling an unlawful, sinful act like murder really is.
My cousin and I weren't that close, having grown up almost a decade apart in different states. But we were kin, and that was important! Such a tragedy wasn't supposed to happen in my family. But it did!
His murder was incredibly sobering to me. And in my cousin's immediate family it created an emptiness that could never be filled.
Perhaps many of you reading this article can recount a similarly tragic story. Murder is much more than just a bad event. Besides being a crime, it is a heinous sin. It is a direct affront to the God who created us.
Yet many people today are embarrassed when "sin" is brought up in a conversation. This is puzzling since they witness the terrible results of it all around them, every day.
The contradictory distaste for sin in conversation
Excluding even the mention of sin from polite conversation is becoming increasingly common these days. But expressing an opinion about crime is perfectly acceptable—proof of civic concern.
Yet, when considered fairly, crime and sin are both violations of similar laws established to safeguard people and their property. Human laws that define criminal acts and their penalties usually enjoy broad public support.
So why doesn't divine law that defines sin receive the same support? As most of us are probably aware, we will likely enter testy waters if the relationship of human law to divine law is brought into a discussion.
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