A True View of Sin.

But that which God calls sin is something infinitely terrible, far beyond our ideas of misfortune and disease, something to which even Sodom and Sinai gave but faint expression. It is something which the Law curses and the Judge condemns; something which needs a righteous pardon, a divine Savior, and an almighty Spirit; something which can destroy a soul and ruin a world, which can, from one single drop, overflow earth for six thousand years, and fill hell eternally. It is that of whose hatefulness the blood and smoke and fire of the altar speak, which is "exceeding sinful," whose wages is death, the first and second death, and of whose balefulness the everlasting darkness is the witness. He who would know holiness must understand sin: and he who would see sin as God sees it, and think of it as God does, must look at the cross and grave of the Son of God, and must know the meaning of Gethsemane and Golgotha.

Horatius Bonar (2010-04-14). God's Way of Holiness (Kindle Locations 198-205).  . Kindle Edition. 

     Sinful man is guilty of holding a false view of sin. It is easy for us to downplay it; to believe that it really is not that bad. We tend to as the question "What does it matter, it is not hurting anyone?"

But what does god think about sin? Read the above quotation by Horatius Bonar. Sadly, many of the preachers and evangelists of the past had a greater insight into the evils of sin, and all of its deadly consequences, than what the preachers of today are teaching. Sin is the destructive force behind all of the evils and injustices that have plagued the world throughout the ages. It lies behind wars, murders, hatred, dishonesty, immorality, broken marriages, and broken homes. It will destroy your life on this earth, and then lead you to an everlasting hell. It is more than a "mistake," it is rebellion against God Himself.

     When we see sin for what it truly is, and come to grips with the fact that we stand guilty before a holy God, deserving of the awful consequences of our disobedience; our despising of God and His law; when we see that it was our sin that put Jesus Christ to death, broken and bleeding on a cruel Roman cross; when we see that Jesus loved us in spite of our sinfulness, loved us enough to die for us; to bear our sins in His body; How can we refuse to humbly cast ourselves down in repentance, and give our lives to follow Him?