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Sin isn't something most people talk about very much. Many churches don't talk much about it either. Forgiveness is more frequently mentioned. Clara Null tells the story of a young boy who knew the connection. After a lesson on Christian behavior, she asked, "Billy, tell me what we must do before we can expect to be forgiven for our sins."
Billy replied, "First we gotta sin" (Edward Rowell, editor, 1001 Quotes, Illustrations and Humorous Stories, 1996, p. 520).
That's the easy part! The Bible tells us that everyone sins, and that every sin earns us the death penalty (Romans 3:23; 6:23). But why is sin so bad?
Some think of sin as what we want to do but aren't allowed to do. But really it's what God says we shouldn't do because it will hurt us and others. God hates sin because it's like an evil disease that will ultimately make His children suffer and die. God is our Creator, and He knows what is good for us and what will bring harm.
You see, for eternity God has lived the give way of life—He is love. His way of life has been recorded in the Bible as His law—a set of eternal principles that can help us see how to love the way He loves.
But sin is the opposite. It's lawlessness—breaking God's laws (1 John 3:4)—and it leads to death (Romans 6:23). Murder, sexual sin, stealing, lying, warping the way God wants to be worshipped—breaking any of God's laws destroys the connections of love He wants us to have with Him and each other.
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