Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, enslaving and destructive.
Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge.
When your sin is exposed, you will run toward confession and forgiveness or self-righteousness and self-justification.
Sin is powerful, but not as powerful as the liberating power of grace.
We, with all of our sin, weakness, and failures are welcome to do what should blow our minds. We are not only tolerated by God at a distance; no, we are welcomed into intimate personal communion with the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the creator, the sovereign, the Savior. We, as unholy as we are, are told to go with confidence into his holy presence.
Sin is much more than doing the wrong thing. It begins withloving, worshiping, and serving the wrong thing.
Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come.
Sin makes us moral quadriplegics.
The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.
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