SOME
THOUGHTS ABOUT SIN
To sin is to do wrong, commit a crime, and indulge in acts of evil, wickedness, immorality, transgression,
unrighteousness, ungodliness, irreligiousness, blasphemy, impiety and
sacrilege.
Religiously
there are seven deadly sins. They are: anger, pride, lust, envy, covetousness,
gluttony and inertia.
It
is not easy to commit a sin. Conscience pricks the sinner and compels him to
repent. Sinners pray to God to pardon them and promise to become pious and
virtuous beings.
Look
at the following thoughts about sin.
1 (a).Sin is, essentially, a
departure from God. 1(b). The recognition of sin is the beginning of
salvation.----German religious reformer Martin Luther (1488-1546).
2. Sin is first pleasing, then it
grows easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then confirmed; then
the man is impenitent, then he is obstinate, then he is resolved never to
repent, and then he is ruined.---Scottish Archbishop Robert Leighton (1611-1684).
3. Use sin as it will use you; spare
it not. For it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the
world; use it, therefore, as a murderer should be used. Kill it before it kills
you. You love not death; love not the cause of death.---English divine Richard
Baxter (1618-1697).
4. Bad men hate sin through fear of
punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. -----Roman poet
Juvenal (55 Ad--?).
5. He that hath slight thought of sin
never had great thoughts of God.---English poet and soldier Wilfred Owen(1893-1918)
It
is imperative for sinners to reform themselves both physically and mentally to
deserve God’s mercy. This reformative action can be initiated at any time, for In
God’s divine court , it is never too late to apologise.
Finally,
this anonymous quote: The greatest sin is to call yourself a sinner. You are a
child of God. Though gold be covered with mud for centuries, it remains gold.
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G.R.Kanwal
29 October 2024.
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