Is it just me or is the world pretty much full of people who can tell me the reasons why their sin is either actually not a sin or is a sin but they've been forgiven? Better still, the same people can always tell me why others sins are definitely sin and explain how there's no way God can forgive them!
Regardless of whether people like it or not, I have to assume that when we do something that is wrong in man's (generic term meaning 'everyone') eyes or in God's (when of course we call it sin, although in both cases it's sin!), it's always a matter of choice.
Of course, some will argue that they have no choice because it's all about upbringing, or it's biological, genetic and the like. Well as much as some will not like this - there's always a choice, for sin is a binary function. It's a 'do it' or 'don't do it', a "1' or a '0'.
Sin, as I understand it, is a term that means 'missing the mark' and the reality is that all of us engage in doing that - and we do it through choice.
So today, regardless where we are, before we do things that we know are wrong (in man's or God's eyes) why don't we stop and think before we do them.
The excuse that we have no choice is pretty weak as the reality is that the choice is made to give us some form of pleasure rather than to conform to some nurture or nature hard-wiring.
Let's try to make the right choices today (and how about all week too?).
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