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I've got something on my mind this morning. Last night at church, we talked about the condition of the world today in comparison to biblical times. We discussed which sins were still an issue, which are just today, and which were just back then. The list of sin was your normal list; drinking, sex, worshiping idols, things like that. There were a few less severe ones mentioned but those were the basic few. But what is "serious" sin?

The problem I have is this. We like to point out serious sin. We think, just because we don't get drunk, have sex, or murder, that we are living an ok life and Jesus should be proud of us. How wrong is that? I am definitely not pointing my finger at anyone. I fall short everyday. But what we have to realize is that we can't point at other peoples' sin if we don't see our own first.

I watched a movie the other day that I am sure was not bringing glory to God. I talked bad about a group of people and I know God didn't like that. Every person who breathes will at one time or another mess up and sin. Just because it is not a sin that we as humans consider bad doesn't mean that God dislikes it any less. The most kind and generous person sins. The worst sinner alive also deserves redemption. Those people have to depend on us to see God. We are the ones who spread the Gospel of Jesus. We are the ones who are supposed to love all people like Jesus loved us. But instead we avoid people with questionable life styles and sinful habits. We talk bad about them and tell everyone they don't need to have anything to do with these kinds of people.

I am not perfect but I do love God. I hate it when I mess up. I want to be close to Him so I will mess up less and less. I will be the first to admit how much work I have to do to get closer to the life God intends for us. I am not saying that we need to compromise what we believe and put ourselves in the position to sin by hanging out with a rough crowd. But we cannot just shun these people because God loves them too. And we definitely can't assume that we are any better than them, we are just fortunate to already have Jesus. Now we have to share Him with them.