Sin and Coral

I was reading through my devotional this morning and something stuck out to me in a big way, sin. Sin is something that gets tossed around quite a bit in church circles things like, “Hey brother, how is God’s provision for your life right now and are you living righteously or as a sinner?” (Because naturally that’s how people talk). But sin in general has become an abstract idea, something that we are “working on” but never eradicating.

And for seasoned Christians like myself and many others, sin turns into something we discuss, something we don’t really care to disclose, but something we know has to be talked about, something that other people do, but not the righteous who sit in the pews Sunday after Sunday. And it is a shame that people who have had a relationship with Christ for so long can go their entire life devoid of knowing that they are sinning.

When we are first introduced into this relationship with our maker everything is so fresh and new, and when we sin as a new believer it stings, its is like putting on a shirt when you have a killer sunburn, its uncomfortable, it just doesn’t feel right. But pretty soon that sunburn goes away little by little, and pretty soon you don’t feel the discomfort that was once nearly unbearable. So we start to give into little sins thinking they are not as bad as others, we think well I am not killing anyone, or this sin only affects me, or me lying is easier than me telling the truth or whatever it may be. We soon become calloused and hardened to the reality of the little sins in our life.

But what is a little sin? Doesn’t the tiny coral creature build a rock that destroys Navies? Doesn’t the slow dripping water destroy boulders? Doesn’t one teaspoon of oil destroy thousands of gallons of drinking water? Is there such a thing as a little sin or is the little white lie you told this morning responsible for Christ being on the cross. Is there such thing as a little sin or is the website you saw today in the privacy of your home to thank for Jesus suffering? What is a little sin?