Defining the Sin Question .......... by DianaDee Osborne

MARCH 22
Perhaps you remember when you were a child... or teen:) ... and 
wanted something.  You went to Dad first to ask, confident that 
he was more likely to quickly say "sure, ok".  Remember how disappointed you felt when he instead said,

"That's up to your mother."

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A very (very) famous pastor was recently interviewed, and the video "sailed around the globe".  The question asked:  "Does God call ______ a sin?"   (Detail omitted since detail not important to this question.)  The pastor replied, "That's up to God."

  But God ALREADY answered the question!   
  REPEATEDLY  in His Bible.  This isn't  a      matter of interpretation of a little verse or 2.   God has answered already:  It is "YES!"         

 

GOD'S BIBLE IS NOT A MENU.

WE CANNOT DECIDE WHAT IS or ISN'T a SIN

BASED ON our personal preference.

When God says "it's a sin",

we don't have to wait til we get to heaven to ask Him.

And we let others MOCK God when we
treat God's Word like this.... see God's declaration of
His opinion on our actions that lead others to blaspheme Him,   in 2nd Samuel 12:14.

 

PRAYER

LORD GOD,  I'd rather not think of the things I do as "sins."  Especially when they are as ordinary as just over-shopping or over-eating or "a little bit of innocent lying."  You know... just a little white lie.  Please forgive me for thinking I am Holy God who can decide what I shall think is sinful.  Please help me OBEY You.  To stop being self-centered.

God's Supporting Word
Ezekiel 16:49 - 50  (The "sex" chapter, but it includes other sins including a version of abortion in verse 36 as a way to get "good" from false gods): 
GOD is speaking:
"Sodom's sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.  She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen."


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