why do we try to find the “good” in sin? we say some pretty stupid things in order to defend and/or justify it…  like, “oh, you’ve got to see this movie – it’s amazing, and it only has a few sex scenes and hardly any swearing” – what?! or, “sorry I yelled at you, but I wasn’t feeling good, I had a bad day at work, and I felt like you were insensitive” – huh?! …how about saying: I walked out of that movie… it was sin. and, sorry I yelled, I was wrong.

bringing up this kind of subject makes people uncomfortable. “he thinks he’s so holy” (as eyes roll…) or “if we get all extreme we won’t be able to have any fun” – since when is seeking to be more holy wrong? and, do you really think living like Jesus will rob you of your fun?  maybe you just don’t understand fun… Jesus said, “A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of “John 10:10. – that kind of life sounds pretty fun!

I want, so badly, to live a life that calls sin what it is: SIN. It is wicked and, left unaddressed, it will callous my heart, deafen my ears and numb my sensitivity to the Spirit. not dealing with it may create some form of psuedo-peace with others but in the end, such false friendship will be exposed and judged.

someone said the other day, “that kind of thinking is old-school and out-of-touch…  you’ll alienate yourself from everyone with that kind of attitude towards sin.  didn’t Jesus hang with sinners?” – hmmm, Jesus never sinned or compromised – when He was with sinners, He brought truth to lies, light to darkness – He never embraced their compromises… it’s ludicrous to suggest that He was anything less than Holy – 24/7. And Jesus knew how to deal with this kind of thinking much better than me – check this out…

When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous” Luke 16:14-15 MSG.

if I’m going to experience God’s best, then I have to deal with sin – may I do it with grace, tact & total truth.  but, may I also do it with speed and accuracy.  this is where I choose to live.

sin sucks the life, hope, truth and joy right out of us.  it’s a vacuum stuck in the on position – stay far from it, or you will end up in a whirlwind that’s disgusting, dirty, dismal… and, ultimately ends in, death.

sinning less – living more, chilly