Sinners

So

Sin

We all do it

We are the reason Jesus died

The reason He was tortured

Sin isn't a fun word

People don't like to use it

Instead of saying we've sinned, we say we've done something wrong.

Maybe not even that, we say we made a bad choice.

It's too harsh to say or hear that we've sinned.

Because for one, that means we have a moral compass.

That means we believe in something.

Or that we believe something.

It started when Satan told Eve that the punishment God told her about wasn't real. 

Basically Satan called God a liar, and Even believed Him. 

Now that moment of belief cost her.. and all of the rest of humankind.

She sinned.

She realized what had happened after the fact. 

She didn't know what sin was.

Now WE have the advantage (this is the silver lining) of knowing what sin is.

We have a choice.

Unfortunately, we will make the choice subconsciously to do things that aren't right.

We are human.

That means ever since Adam and Eve acted on Satan's promise, we are presupposed to do the wrong thing.

We call it "making a mistake". 

We call it "oops" and say "I'm sorry" and think it will go away.

It won't go away.

But thankfully there is freedom from it.

It's actually okay that we make mistakes.

We aren't meant to be perfect.

That's why Jesus came.

So He could live a blameless life and take everything wrong we do and cast it away from us forever.

People that make mistakes don't need forgiveness.

We all make mistakes, we are always going to make mistakes.

But Sinners need forgiveness.

Because sin separates us from God.

The list of sins includes everyone.. every single person who has lived and will live.

This includes you.

You know it. I know it. God knows it.

But God is willing to forgive us.

Jesus already paid the price, all we have to do is tell him that we know we sinned, and we want to be forgiven.

It's that simple.

It's done.

Because we have sin, God can't be in a relationship with us until we ask.

Until we admit it.

It's like having a boundary and someone breaks it.

If someone breaks your boundary, they have to own up to it.

They have to say they know they messed up.

Trust is hard to earn.

But when we are honest, and truthful, and lay it down, we are forgiven.

This is when the relationship can continue and mend.

And your sins are forgiven.

This doesn't mean you won't sin anymore, but at least you know how to have a relationship

with the God who made you.