Sin is Sin, Don't Be A Hypocrite.

I just wanted to put this out there; sin is sin. It's all bad. There is no metric to accurately gauge "how bad" one sin stacks up against another from God's perspective- at least that I'm aware of in my personal walk. As man sees things, there is a gradient; murder is viewed as being "far worse" than jealousy, lying to someone, or stealing a pen from your job. But remember, God is so Holy, everything classified as sin to Him is detestable. He's not tolerant of any sin, or anyone who sins.

Thank God for the blood of Jesus Christ, whom washes away all sin! That gift is available to absolutely everyone. Including me and you- yes you! After letting the Lord speak to my heart, I believe the following action needs to be taken:

1. We need to love one another unconditionally (or as much as we can in this flawed human form), wrinkles, warts and all. We all struggle with different things. We all fall short of perfection.

2. We need to stop judging others in comparison to ourselves. If someone has a gambling issue, they are no better or worse than someone whom cheats. An anger issue is no worse than dishonesty. We should never 'shun' one person for struggling with one kind of sin, when we might be grappling with another type of sin ourselves.

I'm not saying we should be tolerant of sin in our lives, or in those of the people we love. We should absolutely rebuke as required. However, we need to perform some pretty honest and detailed analysis of our own struggles and faults before we cast a stone upon another person.

Romans 3:23 (New International Version)

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 (New International Version)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Luke 6:42 (New International Version)

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Good Night