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“ Good Message...but what about the ref verse? ” Some challenging thoughts in this message! One thing, though, that I struggle with is the idea that there is a sliding scale (so to speak) of sins. That is, that we need to focus in on the more "major" sins. Doesn't John's message come down to idolatry (the last word in his first epistle)? The rich man that came to Jesus had kept all the commandments but couldn't let go of what he had. Likewise, aren't those "small" (so-called) sins just vestiges of the self-will that led to man's fall? Samuel told Saul that God looks at stubbornness the same way as He does idolatry. The proverb nearly equates the one lazy in business with Satan. Jesus says one's thoughts are looked at (by God) just like the thought was acted out to its fullest extent. So it's not just a matter of not excusing sin, but it's a matter of realizing all sin has hellish roots. If all unrighteousness is sin, then the believer needs to know the seriousness of sin for him. Pastor Harris says we don't know where the line is, how, then, can John say "If anyone sees his brother sin a sin that is not unto death, he shall ask, AND HE SHALL GIVE HIM LIFE FOR THEM THAT SIN NOT UNTO DEATH." So we have to be able to see the difference and then God gives life for a sin that isn't unto death. Why is giving life necessary?
Pastor Sean Harris has been the Senior Pastor for Berean Baptist Church and Academy in Fayetteville, NC since 2006. He served as a member, lay teacher and deacon at Berean from 1987 until he became the Senior Pastor. As the Senior Pastor, he oversees Berean’s ministry to over...
