Sin, the great equaliser

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. – 1 John 1.8-10

Sin – what an ugly word. And its not a very popular word or even a concept for today. Society, in its modernism and postmodern thought has basically written the whole concept of sin or right and wrong our of our culture. Not only is nothing right or wrong, but there is no right or wrong. At best society determines what is acceptable and what is not – of course that is another issue which we don’t have to go into.

So what about sin? First of all it is real. Secondly, even when we are saved we still sin. Even though we are cleansed we still sin. If we say that we don’t sin we are calling God a liar. Sin is a problem. Sin is real. Sin is a problem we all face.

We’ll look more at dealing with sin tomorrow. For today I want to try to make an application about what it means that we all sin.

I think the key element here is that since we all sin none of us has any claim to superiority. Sin is universal. Our sins may differ in number or type or seriousness in our eyes, but we all still sin. With the the monster sin plank in my eye who am I to search out the speck of dirt in my brother’s eye?

The fact that we all sin should, instead of making me judge and jury, make me more compassionate because I realise we are all in the same boat. Instead of judging we ought to be helping each other in dealing with our sins.

If we think we are somehow better than our brother we are sadly mistaken. Our coommon sin should only increase our compassion for each other.