Most times, people wait for the ‘big’ sins like murder, adultery, fornication, etc to happen before sitting up. Whereas, they may be living comfortably with hot or bad temper, bitterness, malice, evil thoughts, slander and backbiting, envying others, even in ministry. Sometimes people live with pride all their lives - preach out of a desire to impress or be regarded, etc, but they won’t tend to all these until these same habits snowball into the ‘bigger sins’ by their own classifications. The person walking in hatred and offence is a murderer at heart; he just doesn’t have the opportunity to literally off someone.

What about taking a second look??? Or thinking unholy thoughts towards the opposite sex? People live with this habit without thinking it’s a big deal but this is what eventually leads to all kinds of sexual perversions and immorality.

It’s the little sparks that result in a wild fire. Don’t practice selective holiness or feel you’re better than others when you’re simply sinning differently and making light of your own flaws and weaknesses. God judges all the intents, motives, and the tiny acts. Go for wholesome sanctified living.

A genuine passion for a walk in holiness will make you attend to your own heart and acts first, and not turn you into someone who spares the log or plank in his own eyes and seeks to remove the ones in the eyes of his neighbor. As a matter of fact, those who have been genuinely transformed do not go about shaming and condemning those who are yet falling; they seek to help them stand. Even with the rebellious, if they eventually yield and come around, you receive them and help them become better.

This is the way of Christ!

Still Theomarky

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