Defined by sin

What if we were defined by the sin that we are in.  

Have you ever seen someone in person or either through television and saw that they may have homosexual tendencies and thought to yourself “look at how gay they are”? I like to be honest and real so let’s dive right in.

Don’t think that this is a post to condone a sin but for us to understand that no sin is greater than the other.

Isaiah 64:6

6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away

 James 2:10-11

10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law

I know we like to think that some sin we see others in may be worse than what we are doing. But all sin can be looked at as an abomination. Homosexuality is a sin that likes to flaunt itself on the outward appearance of a person but like all sin it started within. So really it’s no difference in the fact that we secretly commit adultery, and fornicate not only with others but against our own selves; God is not pleased with any of it because sin is contrary to His nature. He is just as displeased and grossed out by you being prideful as someone that’s dealing with homosexuality. So what does this mean? We have to learn how to look past the sin that someone may be dealing with (like Christ did for us Romans 5:8) so that we can minister to the person and not the sin. If you broke your arm, the main concerned for the doctor would be to mend the bone. The pain is just a symptom or result from the actual problem. You may receive some pain pills but the focus would be on the bone. So as ministers of the Gospel we should want to focus on the person and get to the root of what’s causing or caused the rebellion against the natural affections God intended for us to have.

Grab and go: How easy is it for us to point out sin in others yet overlook the sin within our own life. Matthew 7:1-3Judge not, that ye be not judged.2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?