The Deceitfulness of Sin
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of
you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Heb. 3:13.
"The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). Sin, however small it may be
esteemed, can be persisted in only at the cost of eternal life. . . .
Adam and Eve persuaded themselves that in so small a matter as eating
of the forbidden fruit there could not result such terrible consequences as
God had declared. But this small matter was sin, the transgression of God's
immutable and holy law, and it opened the floodgates of death and untold woe
upon our world. Age after age there has gone up from our earth a continual
cry of mourning, and the whole creation groaneth and travaileth together in
pain as a consequence of man's disobedience. Heaven itself has felt the
effects of his rebellion against God. Calvary stands as a memorial of the
amazing sacrifice required as a propitiation for the transgression of the
divine law. Let us not esteem sin as a trivial thing. Are not the hands and
feet and side of the Son of the infinite God to bear an eternal testimony
before the universe of its untold malignity and curse?
O that a right impression might be made upon the minds of young and old
in regard to the exceeding sinfulness of sin! . . .
God is not deceived by appearances of piety. He makes no mistake in His
estimation of character. Men may be deceived by those who are corrupt in
heart, but God pierces all disguises and reads the inner life. The moral
worth of every soul weighed in the balance of the heavenly sanctuary. Shall
not these solemn thoughts have an influence upon us, that we may cease to do
evil and learn to do well? There is nothing gained by a life of sin but
hopeless despair. . . .
Let faith lay hold on the promises of God. Jesus is mighty to save His
people from their sins. Light from Heaven has illumined our pathway. Sin has
been revealed to us by the Word and the Spirit of truth, that we may not be
found transgressors of the divine precepts, and there is no opportunity to
plead the excuse of ignorance. The command is "Depart from iniquity" (2 Tim.
2:19).
>From That I May Know Him - Page 255
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