The Ugliness of Sin
I’m in agony about current events, and realized it—ALL of it—is rooted in sin.
Slavery is a bad evil. Sin at every step. Sin by those who captured and sold humans, sin by those who traded, transported, and bought humans, sin by societies/nations that made slavery legal, sin by those who mistreated humans. (Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7)
Racial, ethnic, economic (etc.) prejudice is sin. (James 2:4)
Looting (stealing), destroying, violence, assaults, murder are sins. (Exodus 20:1-20)
Injustice is sin. (Leviticus 19:15)
Vengeance is sin. (Romans 12:19)
And the list goes on.
Even Covid19 stems from sin. (Romans 5:12)
God judges individuals
Individually we have responsibility for our personal sins. God holds us accountable and told us that the wages of sin is death. The great good news is that if we repent, believe in Jesus Christ, and receive Him as our Lord and Savior, we are saved from our sins. (See Becoming a Child of God.)
But if individuals do not repent and believe, they die in their sins. (John 8:24)
As Christians, we must continually live in a way that honors God, confess our sins, and receive His forgiveness and cleansing.
We must also continually pray for others to recognize God’s holiness, their sin, and turn to Him in repentance and belief.
National and societal sin
Sins also corrupts organizations, societies, and nations leading to bad habits, customs, laws, regulations, policies, etc.
As Christians, we have a responsibility to work towards societies that support godly behavior and condemn sin. Not all of us are called to making that our focused mission, but we cannot ignore the problem, and we must pray and act as God leads us.
What to do. What to do…
PRAY!
