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I Hate Sin
by Morris D. Norman
"ABHOR THAT WHICH IS EVIL" (Rom. 12:9)
How anyone can contemplate the terribleness of sin and what it has done to all of mankind, and not detest sin, is hard to understand.
SIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Every physical pain since Eden;
Every tear of sorrow ever shed;
Every mistreated husband or wife;
Every divorce that destroyed a home; Every abuse ever heaped on a child;
Every broken-hearted parent over a wayward offspring;
Every illegitimate child ever born;
Every ruined and misspent life;
Every loved one lost by death;
Every injustice done to any man;
Every war that ever was waged;
Every ill-feeling toward any brother;
Every disturbance in any church;
Every division and apostasy from Truth;(ad infinitum).
But what is of graver consequence, sin has estranged every sinful soul from God. Every soul that goes down to hell will be there because of sin.
"The soul that sinneth it shall die" (Ezek. 18:20). "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God;" "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 3:23; 6: 23). Sin damns!!!
The terribleness of sin is seen in the extreme price that had to be paid to redeem man from sin. It cost heaven the Son of God. Sin holds man in such bondage that it is impossible for man to escape by any deed or merit of his own. It was necessary that a sinless offering be made to meet divine justice, so that man could be saved. Jesus, born of a virgin by the Holy Spirit, was God in the flesh to offer Himself for the sin of the world. "He came to deliver us from the present evil world" (Gal. 1:4).
"I HATE SIN!!" I have given the feeble efforts of life to the preaching of the gospel, God's power to save man from sin. I would that all persons would so hate sin that they would give the efforts of life to the overcoming of sin's power. There is no way to completely eradicate sin from the world in which we live, but it would be a far better world to live in if all men would apply the gospel's power to live as far above sin as possible. But only through Jesus Christ can this be made possible.
"How beautiful heaven must be!" There will be no sin there!
Other Articles by Morris D. Norman
Big and Little Organizations
Courtesy
How to Avoid a Divorce
Self-Conscious
I Hate Sin
A Matter of Choice
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