The seriousness of sin
Monday, May 30th, 2005“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Romans 5:19
“Only one sin. Some of you see little evil in one sin, or in a hundred sins; but here you see one sin cast Adam and all his children out of paradise. God did not wait till it was repeated. It appeared a small sin. The outward action was small – only stretching out the hand and taking an inviting fruit. Some of you think little of sins that make no great noise; such as breaking the Sabbath, drinking too much, speaking what is false, sitting down Christless at the Lord’s table; but see here, one small sin brought a world under the curse of God. God would rather a world should perish than one small sin go unpunished.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, from God Makes a Path, a book of daily devotional readings compiled by Stanley Barnes, p73.
