Wrong Judgment
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
--Galatians 6:7
Sin, I repeat, in addition to anything else it may be, is always an
act of wrong judgment. To commit a sin a man must for the moment
believe that things are different from what they really are; he must
confound values; he must see the moral universe out of focus; he
must accept a lie as truth and see truth as a lie; he must ignore
the signs on the highway and drive with his eyes shut; he must act
as if he had no soul, and was not accountable for his moral choices.
Sin is never a thing to be proud of. No act is wise that ignores
remote consequences, and sin always does. Sin sees only today, or at
most tomorrow; never the day after tomorrow, next month or next
year. Death and judgment are pushed aside as if they did not exist
and the sinner becomes for the time a practical atheist who by his
act denies not only the existence of God but the concept of life
after death....
The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the
serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt
altogether out of touch with life will not stand up under scrutiny.
Sin is basically an act of moral folly, and the greater the folly
the greater the fool.
"Keep me from sin today. To sin is indeed so foolish, and yet the
tendency is so strong! Deliver me from 'moral folly,' again in the
power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen." |
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