Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.

Why should He have to suffer on behalf of humanity? Nomoral imperative required God to sacrifice His Son. He would be no less holy or righteous if He allowed the race of sin-sick humans to suffer the just consequences of their own rebellion. Nothing compelled Jesus to complete the mission—nothing, that is, except love for the people He had made and obedience to His Father.

What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.

Sin, too, is real. All we have to do is look at the news or, if our vision is good enough, look in the mirror.

Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.

And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.

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What should we say then? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may multiply? Romans 6:1

Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.

The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.

There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

We've tried calling sin "errors" or mistakes" or "poor judgment," but sin itself has stayed the same. No matter how we try to salve our conscience, we've known all along that men are still sinners; and the results of sin are still disease, disappointment, disillusionment, despair, and death.