Sin Separates from God

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“Sin Separates from God” 
Isaiah 59:1-2


    Building on last week’s work, we know that sin is what separates us from God (Is. 59:1-2). Mankind has a sin problem (Rom. 3:10). While all sin is treated equally, eternal separation from God (2 Thess. 2:6-10), there are different descriptors for certain sins. “And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matt. 18:5-6). Jesus explains that to make children stumble would result in a punishment that would make one long for a death by drowning. Furthermore, Peter describes Christians who have fallen away as “The last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them” (2 Peter 2:20-21). All sin separates us from God, but there is certainly more anguish for some rather than others. I’m not purporting a Dante’s 9 levels of hell situation here, but certainly there are some that will suffer more, even if it is mental anguish over their sins in the previous life. Let us strive to break the shackles of sin through obedience to the One who shed His blood for our eternal salvation (Heb. 5:9; 9:22). I love you all!


In His service,
Steven Hugley