{"id":1691,"date":"2015-02-04T21:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T02:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2015-02-04T21:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T02:54:28","slug":"the-spin-on-sin-wow-write-on-wednesday-is-back-read-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/04\/the-spin-on-sin-wow-write-on-wednesday-is-back-read-in\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SPIN ON SIN – (WOW! Write on Wednesday is back! Read in <3.5 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"10405259_873484722673397_8460082224567518866_n\"<\/a>We\u2019re so good at putting a spin on sin<\/strong>, that we almost don\u2019t think we sin or that there is even such a thing anymore!<\/p>\n

The word sin is seldom used. We might hear someone say, \u201cI made a mistake,\u201d or \u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking when I did that,\u201d or \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the all too famous, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t MY fault.\u201d We say everything we can think of besides the word \u201csin.\u201d We justify, lie, blame \u00a0others, etc. but the truth is: that is all just a spin. When we sin there is only one person to blame and that is ourself.<\/p>\n

Sin (according to Webster) is defined as \u201can offense especially against God; a weakened state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God.\u201d Perhaps the reason we don\u2019t use the word \u201csin\u201d much anymore is because we have conveniently, even as believers in Jesus, talked ourselves right into thinking we\u2019re not wrong, we\u2019ve not wronged anyone, and why would Jesus really even care.<\/p>\n

The problem is this: He does care, and He knows when we sin. Furthermore, so does everyone else. It\u2019s like the big hole I had in my kitchen ceiling that needed to be fixed. For years I left it. I didn’t want to deal with the mess of dry wall, sanding, and repainting. I didn’t even have to fix it; I just had to clean the mess. So after a while, I didn\u2019t even notice the hole. Everyone who walked in however, did <\/em>notice it. Yep – big hole\u2026asking themselves, \u201cI wonder why nobody bothers to fix that. It\u2019s a mess.\u201d The reason? It was just plain easier to leave it alone than to deal with what it would take to clean up the mess and fix it. It\u2019s not bothering anyone and who really notices?<\/p>\n

Sin is just like that. When someone walks into a room with their adulteress – everyone sees it. They see the sin. They also recognize that they don\u2019t want to do the work to fix the marriage they’re still in because, you guessed it, it\u2019s just too much work to clean up the mess. There are other sins. Fill in the blank and put your own sin spin<\/strong> to the test.<\/p>\n

Gossip?<\/strong><\/span> We don\u2019t want to stop talking badly about someone because it\u2019s easier just to keep the lies going and it feels good. It feels good to be better than the person we\u2019re gossiping about. It feels good to be \u201cone up\u201d in knowing something no one else knows. (Sadly it\u2019s usually a lie\u2026)<\/p>\n

Lying?<\/strong><\/span> We don\u2019t want to stop because we sound good. We sound \u201cbig.\u201d We like knowing (or thinking we do) information no one else does, and who cares if we\u2019ve stretched the truth a bit? It\u2019s okay if we steal a person\u2019s reputation or character. What does it matter to us? It\u2019s not <\/span>my <\/em>reputation!<\/span><\/p>\n

Stealing?<\/span> <\/strong>People\u2019s reputations, items from work; clothing from stores\u2026.it\u2019s not hurting me personally, right? Someone else can pay for it. Other people can afford it.<\/p>\n

Well, some day, the spin on sin<\/strong> will affect you. <\/em>Suddenly it won\u2019t be you who\u2019s doing the sin and hurting others, soon you will be the one betrayed by an affair or a friendship, or it will be your business from which someone steals and it\u2019s not only going to hurt and devastate you, it will have a ripple effect on others. Suddenly there is a sting to sin because it touched you.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start to call it what it is. Let\u2019s hold others accountable by helping them stop their sin instead of pampering and coddling them through it. Help them grow up and take responsibility rather than demanding what they think are their rights. We all totally understand forgiveness and God\u2019s redemption but let\u2019s not forget that He can and will provide consequences \u2013 and not always in the same way in which sin was committed. The consequence will be manifested somewhere. We can mock sin (\u201cFools mock at sin,\u201d Prov. 13:9) and think we\u2019ll never get caught, that God doesn\u2019t care, or that others don\u2019t notice or aren\u2019t affected by it. But He does notice and \u201cGod will not be mocked\u201d (\u201cDo not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.\u201d Galatians 6:7)<\/p>\n

Whatever you need to do to fix the mess, get started. Make apologies and stop sinning. Turn around and away from the sin. Flee from it. They\u2019ll be a mess to clean up but it can be done.<\/p>\n

And when that gaping hole in your heart, like my ceiling, gets fixed\u2026things will look a lot better, and it will <\/em>be noticeable and oh, so very worth it.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re so good at putting a spin on sin, that we almost don\u2019t think we sin or that there is even such a thing anymore! The word sin is seldom used. We might hear someone say, \u201cI made a mistake,\u201d or \u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking when I did that,\u201d or \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the all too famous, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}