Monday, 15 October 2007 00:00 | and posted in Q&A Corner
'You really hurt me'. Has someone said that to you? You promised you would text and then never did. You talked about them behind their back, stupidly thinking they would never find out. Worse, you accused them of something they hadn't done. Relationships break down when we fail to do things we should do or do things we shouldn't.
When we look at the world it sometimes seems like sin is in the atmosphere, polluting everything. This pollution affects everything and damages our relationships with each other, the world around us and with God himself.
We add to this pollution through our everyday choices: It's doing our thing rather than asking, "Is there a better way?" It's treating people God has made unjustly or harshly. It's abusing his world. It's ignoring him, forgetting that he made our universe and knows how life should go.
What do you think of the idea that the Bible claims that everyone - no exceptions - has sinned? Thankfully it also says that if we own up to God about our sins, he can always be trusted to forgive us and clean up the mess we have created in our lives.*