Romans 1

This past weekend we started our new sermon series of Romans called Unashamed. This first week Dusty preached on Romans chapter 1. This chapter is about how all are sinners and many are blatantly living in opposition to God's truth. None are exempt from this. In Romans 1:28-31, Paul goes through the things that are not proper and from a deprived mind. Such things listed are: greed, envy, deceit, gossip, arrogance, boasting, and disobedience to parents. In verse 32 it reads "that those who practice such things are worthy of death." According to this scripture, WE ARE WORTH OF DEATH! I know that every one of us have done all those things and will continue to do them throughout our entire lives. Some sins seem like no big deal. A little white lie that gets you out of trouble or slight disobedience to your parents rules that they don’t even catch seem like no big deal. But according to this scripture, even those tiny (or what seem to be tiny) sins make you worthy of death. We don't disobey the big sins like adultery or murder so we consider ourselves pretty good Christians. But those that commit adultery and murder, in God's eyes, deserve the same punishment as telling a white lie: death. It is a scary thought to think that my "little sins" are worth of the same punishment as "big sins." So the next time you are thinking about committing a "little sin" that won't hurt anyone, remember that that "little sin" deserves the same punishment as "big sins."