TO SIN IS TO REBEL

 

    By A. W. Tozer

 

    Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  James 1:15

 

        Some of you will object to my saying this---but it is my

    opinion that in Christianity we have over-emphasized the

    psychology of the lost sinner's condition.

 

        We spend time describing the sinner's woes and the

    great  burden  he  carries  until  we  almost  forget  the

    principal fact that the sinner is actually a rebel against

    properly constituted authority!

 

        That is what makes sin SIN!  We are rebels, we are sons

    of disobedience.  Sin is the breaking of the Law and we are

    fugitives from the just laws of God while we are sinners.

    We are fugitives from divine judgment.

 

        But thankfully, the plan of salvation reverses that, and

    restores the original relationship, so that the first thing

    the returning sinner does is confess: "Father,  I have

    sinned against heaven and in Thy sight and I am no more

    worthy to be called Thy son.  Make me as one of  Thy

    hired servants!"

 

        Thus,  in repentance, we reverse that relationship and

    we fully submit to the Word of God and the will of God,

    as obedient children! 

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    Yours in Christ,

    Paul N. F.