John Owen is quoted as saying: "He that hath slight thoughts of sin, never had great thoughts of God."
These are some words worth wrestling with. In other words, if you don't think much of sin - you wouldn't of thought, at any length of the greatness of God. You see - God is so much greater than sin. He is so much bigger than all our sins. And yet, we grow complacent with our sinful state.
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ntly read of a man who in the late 1980's lived in the farm country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This would be a beautiful part of the world, for sure! Anyway, he tells of life being pleasant in all respects but one. He never got used to the smell of manure. That's right, the smell of manure was the one down side. He claimed that it was the pig manure that was the worst. However interestingly though was the fact that he found the pig odor disgusting, and yet he never noticed the pigs being disgusted by their own smell.
ntly read of a man who in the late 1980's lived in the farm country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This would be a beautiful part of the world, for sure! Anyway, he tells of life being pleasant in all respects but one. He never got used to the smell of manure. That's right, the smell of manure was the one down side. He claimed that it was the pig manure that was the worst. However interestingly though was the fact that he found the pig odor disgusting, and yet he never noticed the pigs being disgusted by their own smell. J.C. Ryle once put it, "The very animals whose smell is most offensive to us have no idea they are offensive and are not offensive to one another."
Robin Boisvert rightly points out that "Fallen man, it seems, can have no adequate idea what a vile thing sin is in the sight of a holy and perfect God."
How true! I wonder if you have grown complacent or comfortable with your sins? Are you justifying or rationalizing your sin away, instead of repenting or confessing sin?
Brother, the Gospel tells us that God loved us so much He sent His Son, Jesus who was born of a virgin; who lived a sinless life; who was crucified; buried & rose again 3 days later, then revealing Himself to many witnesses; ascended into heaven and now at the right hand of the Father, interceding for us - so that we might find forgiveness and freedom. What love is this? He loves us very much. Though He, God cannot tolerate sin, He sent His Son to pay the price that we might have life. He paid the debt!
What a Savior...
This is just a tiny glimpse at how Great God is in comparison to sin. Do your kids know this?
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