It was only a little lie. Maybe I embellished a bit, but that’s ok. Ok, I exaggerated, didn’t hurt anyone.
It was only a 5 cent piece of candy, it’s not like I robbed a bank or anything. He’ll never notice one pencil missing, he’s got so many.
I can look but I can’t touch. There’s no harm in looking at her/him, God created the human body and it’s beautiful. We know what we’re doing, we’re two consenting adults.
Life would be so much easier without him. I wish she was the one that died in the car accident. I could strangle you right now! Go to hell! Damn you!
We’ve all heard these, and possibly said a few of them ourselves.
When is one sin greater than the other? Each sin is sin, regardless of how big or how small. Sin in the sight of God is still sin. Be it a stolen pencil, an exaggerated story, a hateful word or an act of self-indulgence. Sin is sin.
SO? You haven’t committed adultery, or murdered. But if you’ve thought of either of these, then you’ve committed sin. The same as doing them.
Let’s not be foolish with the things of God. We may try to ease our own conscience by minimizing our sin, talking it down. In that case, we’re only fooling ourselves into a blatant lie.
God knows the hearts and minds of each man. You can’t ‘get away’ with it or ‘talk yourself out of it’. All man has sinned.( Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God)
1 John 1:9
The Message (MSG)
8-10If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won't let us down; he'll be true to himself. He'll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we've never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God.
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