“Respectable Sins”

I was listening to Family Life radio the other day (I think 10/29/08). Jerry Bridges was the guest on the show and he was speaking about his book, “Respectable Sins”. I did not catch a great deal of the show, but the part I caught has had me thinking...

“Respectable Sins” seem to be the sins we let slide by as Christians. Either because we do not want to address the issue or because we do not think of them as sin. I am not sure which is the better option. As I looked at my life and the other believers around me, I saw those so called “respectable sins”. The sin of gluttony, laziness, being a poor steward, gossip, obsession (over TV shows, scrap-booking, sports, business, work, etc.), idolatry (putting things of this world before our one True God and being obedient to HIM), cutting other people down to make ourselves look better (pride, not loving our neighbor)

When I have some extra funds, I think I need to buy Jerry Bridges’ book. I caught one other thing he said. It was something about how we claim: “I cannot overcome a particular sin.” The truth is, we can, through Christ and HIS sacrifice overcome any sin of this world. But the question is: Do we want to? AND Are we willing to submit ourselves fully to Christ, die to ourselves so that HE can refine us and clense us of a specific sin(s)?

So many thougths...

I will end with this verse:

Romans 6:1-3

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?