Judges

Judges Chapter 19-21

Timeless Truth = Sin Sucks!!!

Well, yeah, there is absolutely nothing attractive about sin, I nod my head to this but have failed to really believe it. A few weeks ago I was at my church and one of the youth leaders was talking to the high school students about how he is indeed attracted by sin but that it is not what is best for him as God’s son. I was shocked to realize my disdain at the statement… for I have come to see and really understand in my heart how utterly unattractive sin is. I hate sin. I don’t at all like it. My flesh is attracted to it… but I sure hate it… yeah, it is altogether worthless in my eyes. I am amazed to realize that I see this reality… not only nodding consent to it… but really truly believing it. I can say with all confidence that I hate sin. I hate my own sin, I hate the sin of others, I hate the sin of the nations… there is absolutely nothing good that comes out of sin. I see the consequences of sin… not only in my own life but also in the lives of those I care about and those I don’t know who God lovse… and it makes me absolutely sick. Sin brings only more evil… the consequences of sin are bondage, oppression, pain, insecurity, division, and death. This is the REALITY of sin and I am getting a further revelation of the TRUTH about how terrible it is. Yeah, I hate sin… I don’t believe I can ever say that it is attractive to me… and for that I am so thankful.

I am not sure how to practically apply this other than that I do not want to sin anymore. I dare not be deceived into thinking that I am going to be perfect for the rest of my life… but I surely want to fight all the more harder against it. I am realizing that confession of my sin is one of the other crucial ways to fight against it… so yeah, I will continue to unashamedly confess my sin… giving it no power in my life. Most importantly though I want to be zealous about hating sin… being a voice against it… speaking the truth that it only brings oppression and death. I will do this in love, for I do not know how condoning sin or even proclaiming its attractiveness is a good thing.

(This is Samson destroying the temple of the Philistines' false god Dagon... killing himself in the process after he was given to the Philistines by Delilah's deception... his sin cost him his life)