LOOKING TOO LIGHTLY AT SIN:

Sin has been dummied down in our churches. The preacher has watered down the horribleness of sin to attain the approbation of his listener, to soothe the fallen nature of his congregant and to appease the assembly as a whole. It is nothing more than situation ethics played out in the modern church of our day. And it is while multitudes are going to hell from our church pews. The true nature of sin has been lost in our churches and the preachers of our day excuse their sin and disobedience to God's Word by failing to preach on the depravity of man's heart and the sinfulness of sin on the grounds of lack of love. How pathetic are the dogs that are preaching today?

Beware of looking on sin too lightly the thoughts of sin are not to be toyed around with. The deadliest poison in the entire world is sin. It took only one sin to curse this world. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But alas! Very soon the fine bloom upon these first ripe fruits is removed by the rough handling of the surrounding world: the sensitive plant of young piety turns into a willow in after life, too pliant, too easily yielding. It is sadly true, that even a Christian may grow by degrees so callous, that the sin which once startled him does not alarm him in the least. By degrees, men get familiar with sin. The ear in which the cannon has been booming will not notice slight sounds. At first, a little sin startles us; but soon we say, "Is it not a little one?" Then there comes another, larger, and then another, until by degrees we begin to regard sin as but a little ill; and then follows an unholy presumption: "We have not fallen into open sin. True, we tripped a little, but we stood upright in the main. We may have uttered one unholy word, but as for the most of our conversation, it has been consistent." So we palliate sin; we throw a cloak over it; we call it by dainty names. Christian, beware how you thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest you fall little by little. Sin a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness? Sin is not a little thing! Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Doth not the tiny coral insect build a rock which wrecks a navy? Do not little strokes bring down lofty oaks? Will not continual droppings wear away stones? Sin a little thing? It girded the Redeemer's head with thorns, and pierced His heart! It made Him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe. If you could weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity, you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil. Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be "exceeding sinful." Exceeding Sinful Is Sin! not expensive prom party dresses in color red