Sin is NO GOOD!!

So many times I find myself sinning. That’s right sinning. Doing exactly what God has told me not to do, because I believe that something good, or pleasing will come from this sin. We enjoy to sin. Sin is fun! If you don’t think sin is fun, then you are not doing it right!! The problem is Sin might bring pleasure at the time, but later it hurts us.

I’m going to use my Youth Pastor’s adorable 2-year-old daughter, Mia, as somewhat of an illustration here. A few months ago I was at church. Mia was eating everything I told her not to. I was fishing things out of her mouth with my finger all morning. I looked away for two seconds and she came running over to me, tugging on my shirt. She looked up at me and said “Ka-Ka, dis no good”. She had chewed up an entire crayon. I scooped her up and rushed to the bathroom to rinse her mouth out. After her mouth was clean she said again “No good”. I replied with “I know baby, if it was good for you Kate-Kate would not have told you not to eat it. I love you so much, and I know what can hurt you so you should listen to what I say”. Right then and there my own words brought me to a point of conviction.

God doesn’t tell us to not do something because he wants us to miss out. He knows what is bad and what can hurt us. Just as I have a greater understanding than Mia of what isn’t good, he has a greater understanding than me. Just like Mia, I had been told not to do something and yet I did it anyway. I wanted to please my flesh, but I ended up saying “This is NOT good”. I ran back to God, in the same way Mia ran back to me, saying, “Please help me, I don’t like what I have done, it’s not good”. Just as I didn’t hesitate to help Mia, God doesn’t hesitate to help me. He cleans up my mess and he reassures me that he knows what’s best time after time, and he NEVER stops loving me.

The problem with sin is that we are not able to live completely sinless lives. WE ARE BORN WITH A SIN NATURE! Some people doubt this and that begs the question: Who taught you to lie? Who taught you to think bad thoughts? Who taught you to be selfish? The answer is NO ONE! You didn’t need to be taught. You were born a sinner, conceived to two sinners, who are the children of sinners, and so on. It’s only by the blood of Jesus Christ that our sins can be washed away! We can run to him over and over again saying “This is no good, help me! Make me clean” and he will because we are his children and his love for us is unconditional!