All who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless. Sin is a major disruption of God's order. Surely you know that Christ showed up in order to get rid of sin. There is no sin in him, and sin is not part of his program. (1 John 3:3-5)
There is no way to reason with lawlessness because it is uncontrollable and damages everything it meets. You cannot set down and have a peaceful mediation session with sin.
Sin will eat you alive if you try to compromise with it.
Sin is dangerous, frightening and will tear you and everything and everyone you love apart.
Sin disrupts God's plan for your life.
Sin brings stops the blessings of God upon your life and prevents Him from molding you into the image of your Lord.
Sin brings everything spiritually good to a standstill and brings a control of spiritual evil into your life.
In order to prevent the disruption of the lawlessness of sin you need to be able to recognize it. Here are some ways in which sin is described in the Bible:
"For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin (Romans 14:23)";
"So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin (James 4:17)"; "All wrongdoing is sin (1 John 5:17)"; and,
"The devising of folly is sin (Proverbs 24:9)."
We have all sinned and as long as we are clothed in human flesh, we will be capable of sin. The Bible confirms in Romans 3:23 that we have all sinned coming short of the mark of perfection. That is the bad news. The good news is that we do not have to live in sin because through Jesus Christ the chains of sin have been broken if we know Him as our Savior. 1 John 1:9 tells you what to do to remove the sin and to return to God's will and plan for your life: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1 John 3:3-5.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
(0178) 12 June 2007