Seeing Sin

No matter how it's sliced, sin is sin.  This is a simple and convicting reality.  Yet, despite the facts humanity continually, since the very beginning, will always try to rationalize our sin, claiming it to be either something less-than sin or calling sin not sin.  Neither one of these is acceptable.

The key to this is perspective, God's perspective.  As we come to Christ in faith, our perspective is sanctified.  Paul writes, "Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect (Rom. 12:2)."

This world is full of sin.  Everywhere we turn, we see debauchery, immorality, idolatry, unbelief, paganism, and political correctness.  Additionally, sin creeps and lurks at the doorsteps of our hearts, waiting to devour us by trapping us in our own desires (Gen. 4:7; James 1:14-15).

Sanctification is all about transforming our vision so that we start to see sin the way God sees sin, which is far different from how our culture would like to view sin.  To God, sin is disgusting and foul.  There is no acceptable measure of sin to God.  Therefore, there should be no acceptable measure of sin to us either.  Let us then take sin as seriously as death, because that's what it is.