No such thing when it comes to your sins. There is never a little sin or sinning just a little. And don’t get me started on ‘just a little white lie…’ There is absolutely nothing ‘little; about a lie. A lie is a lie – period! Just as Sin is killing. And attempting to cover a sin with ‘a little’ or ‘just’ won’t work. Sin is Sin and rephrasing it as ‘missing the mark’ is only self-serving.
I’m being too harsh? Really. Then you explain, not to me or others or even yourself, but to God about ‘little’. Is that how you think He will excuse or overlook your words/behaviors? There are scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments that speak to God’s view of sin.
“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to Him; haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.” (Proverbs 6:16-19, ESV)
“Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived… (1 Corinthians 6:9)
But what happens when we slip. Are we doomed? Again, from His Word:
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness,
but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that
all should reach repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)
Again… not an exhaustive list but it too indicates what our Father God wants for us and is willing to do for us to maintain fellowship. The supposed ‘little’ we think we are doing is unimportant proves to be the test we are given… at least in my thinking. We can’t have one foot in the world and one foot in God’s – we choose each moment when we are faced with challenges. We can be more than conquerors (Romans 8:37) and we have a ‘helper’ (John 14:15) to walk with us in our world.
We are light in this dark world and we can’t compromise this with… ‘just a little’.
