Warning:I’m using hyperbole in the second part, I am in no way encouraging or advocating such activity.
Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child.
Galatians 4.7
Lots of people wonder if God gets angry at ‘little sins’, and we all have our ideas about which sins are little. We might think we can lie, gossip, or cheat without making God too mad.
Wondering if we can be just a little bit bad, however, makes us miss the loving purpose behind God’s rules. God hates all sin,(Hab 1.13) and that should be a big enough reason for us to stay away from sin of any kind. But here’s another reason, God commands you to be good for your own good. Jesus died not only so your sins could be forgiven but to free you habits that hurt you and others. Being bad, even a little bad, keeps you a slave to sin and makes you miss out on God’s very best for you!
To point out the absurdity of the question think of these examples. It is okay hit my thumb with a hammer as long I leave the other fingers alone? Is it okay to key my parents car if it’s only the right wing mirror? It is okay to drink toilet cleaner if it’s only a capful? You see how silly it is to ask to do something stupid if you do a tiny bit of it. If it is bad, the smallest part of it is bad. If we really love, we show it by not trying to get away with sins, even little ones.
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