Sin, Sin, Sin....

Everywhere we turn this year it seems like we're talking about sin. It's like it's going out of style. Last year it seemed as if all we talked about was sex this year it seems as if we turned from that to some extent to sin in general. Sex outside of marriage falls into this category and it is especially bad because it effects the inside of the where the other sins affect the outside.

Anyways back to the reading assignment. Wesley uses 2 Samuel 24:17 as the main verse in his sermon. "Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: But these sheep, what have they done?" The thing to think about here though is that the sheep have sinned too. To steal Ben's verse "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." This means that everyone is subject to the punishment. We did in fact talk a lot about innocent people getting people getting punished. But who is innocent? Are good people innocent? Jesus asks the rich young ruler why the ruler called Jesus good then tells him that no one is good except for his father. Obviously Jesus is referring to his Heavenly father, God. So now we know that good people aren't innocent since in fact there are no good people. That leaves me to wonder if there are in fact any innocent people in the world. Even Noah who was the last just man on earth sinned after he got off the ark by getting into a drunken stupor where he was found naked by his sons and therefore causing them to sin. This leads me to believe that there is no good man or woman. Which brings up the thought of who's the least bad. There is a simply answer to this too. James 2:10, if you break any part of the law you break it all. After thinking all this through I am left with one thought from John Newton. "Although my memory is fading, I remember 2 things; I am a great sinner and Christ is a great savior."

P.S. I commented on Ben's