I’ll bet that even if you usually don’t read these, you opened up this one.  I would have.  That word “sinful” catches our eyes and we’re intrigued, even if we don’t know what we’re in for.  Since it’s coming from a church forum you would have reason to believe that you’re not really going to see something sinful, but if you’re like most of us your first response was not aversion, but curiosity.

Why is that?  What draws us to things we would do better to avoid?  Is it the devil?  Is it a “sinful nature?”  Sin is one of those Christianese words, but one the world is quite familiar with.  However, I think even most Christians don’t really understand what it is.  How many commercials have we seen where something is portrayed as so good it must be sinful.  Herein lies one of Satan’s tricks.  By getting us to equate all pleasurable experience with sin, he hides its true nature and sucks all the joy from our lives in the bargain.  So, we’re going to talk about sin in church.  I hope you’ll leave with a better understanding of what it is, why you want to avoid it, how to avoid it and the only Reason why you can.