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To: Chris land who wrote (11215)	3/11/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: Chris land	Respond to of 39621

Sin.....exceeding sinful -Romans 7:13 Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear, lest they should offend God. But alas, very soon the fine bloom on these first ripe fruits is removed by the rough handling of the surrounding world. The sensitive young plant of fresh consecration turns into a willow in later life: too pliant, too easily yielding. It is sadly true, that a Christian may gradually grow so callous, that the sin which once startled him does not alarm him in the least. By degrees men get familiar with sin. The ear in which the cannon has been booming will not notice slight sounds. At first a little sin startles us, but soon we say, "Is it not a little one?" Then there comes another, larger, and then another, until by degrees we begin to regard sin as but a little ill. Then follows an unholy presumption: "We have not fallen into open sin. True, we tripped a little, but we stood upright in the main. We may have uttered one unholy word, but as for the most of our conversation, it has been consistent." So we palliate sin; we throw cloak over it; we call it by dainty names. Christian, beware how lightly you think of sin. take heed lest you fall by little and little. Sin, a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows it deadliness? A little thing? Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Does not the tiny coral insect build a rock thta wrecks a navy? Do not little strokes fell lofty oaks? Will not continual dripping wear away stones? Sin, a little thing? It girded the Redeemer's head with thorns, and pierced His heart! It made Him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe. If you could weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity, you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil. Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Savior and you will see it to be "exceeding sinful." - Spurgeons Morning and Evening 11Mar