We need a new way of looking at sin; a fresh understanding of it that recognises it involves denial and moral blindness. And the only way to see it clearly is through the eyes of the One we\u2019ve sinned against. David prayed, \u2018Against You, You only, have I sinned.\u2019<\/i> <\/p>\n
A Christian college professor put it like this: \u2018I\u2019m nice to my students; respectful to my colleagues; love my family; don\u2019t steal, commit adultery, use drugs or swear; and I floss regularly. But when I look at myself honestly, I see that I harbour bitterness, hoard my time, and resent others intruding on me. I\u2019m vain and consumed with how others perceive me. I wrestle with my sexuality and have strayed with my eyes and my heart. I pretend to listen, but I don\u2019t. I think more about being great than being good. I act more spiritual than I am. I\u2019m a mess\u2014broken in every way\u2014and my only hope is God\u2019s mercy.\u2019 <\/p>\n
When Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on His throne, he cried out, \u2018Woe is me, for I am undone!\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a06:5\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) Then an angel took a burning coal from the altar and touched his lips, saying, \u2018Your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a06:7\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) <\/p>\n The realisation of our sinfulness can be as gentle as a nudge, or it can knock us down with hurricane force. What\u2019s important is how we respond. Regardless of how often you\u2019ve fallen or how badly you\u2019ve failed, today God extends to you His grace, and a chance to begin again if you\u2019re willing to accept it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We need a new way of looking at sin; a fresh understanding of it that recognises it involves denial and moral blindness. And the only way to see it clearly is through the eyes of the One we\u2019ve sinned against. David prayed, \u2018Against You, You only, have I sinned.\u2019 A Christian college professor put it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}