and you know people do not talk about Sin much anymore it is a word that’s gone out of our vocabulary the awareness of sin used to Shadow our forefathers Christians of another generation hated sin they feared it they fled from it they grieved over it some of our grandparents agonized over their sins a man who lost his temper might wonder if he could still go to Holy Communion that week a woman who for years envied her more attractive and intelligent sister might worry that this sin would threaten her very salvation
in today’s group confessionals it’s harder to tell we’ve come up with a new way to deal with sin the newer language of Zion is like this let us confess our problem with human relational adjustment Dynamics and especially our feebleness in networking or I just like to share that we need to Target Holiness as a growth area where sin is concerned people just Mumble they don’t ever come to grips with what it is a sociologist by the name of James Davidson Hunter has observed School teachers no longer say anything is
pointed as stop it please you’re disturbing the class for these are judgmental words instead to a strong-armed youth who is rattling classroom windows with his tennis ball educationally correct teachers put a sentence together like this what are you doing why are you doing it and how does doing it make you feel Hunter goes on to say that the word sin Finds Its home mostly on dessert menus peanut butter binge and chocolate decadence are sinful lying is not and we all know that don’t we that we have we have fudged away the meaning of sin
and that’s why there are so many guilty people walking around in our world today because there’s no way to get rid of guilt until you first of all acknowledge that you’ve done wrong and I’m not talking about big things I’m talking about anything if you want forgiveness and relief from guilt you have to step up to the line and take responsibility for what you’ve done you have to acknowledge that what you’ve done is wrong and then you have to make your confession to almighty God nothing is as profound as the word of
