Sin matters a lot but if we focus on beating it too much we’ll end up with a very negative view of the world and of our faith. As well as NOT sinning we need to DO good things.

Example…I actually really like eating fruit - it’s nice and tasty and gives me a healthy, “yes, fruit is good” glow when I eat it. Yet I still snack on junk food a lot of the time. If I focus on how good fruit is and eating fruit all the time I’ll come to enjoy it more and more and eventually forget about the junk. If I keep thinking about how bad the junk is I’M STILL THINKING ABOUT THE JUNK!

(It’s not a great analogy but it kinda works)

Are we meant to stop it? I think we’re meant to try our best and with the holy spirit’s help we can get a long way but we will always have sinful natures. Then we hit more questions…Can we ever completely beat sin? Should we stop other people sinning? And if so how?

But just beating sin isn’t enough. Jesus wants us to be active in doing good and loving God and our neighbours. I think He wants more than a sin-free world, he wants a new world where Adam and Eve’s original sin is replaced by love and worship.

Sin will always be around but I think that love always overcomes it. With forgiveness in the world, sin matters less….gosh I’m tying myself in knots now.

Did that help move the thought on at all? Bible references are left as an exercise for the reader. I’d certainly like some.

R