Sin Disease.

Rom_3:23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Rom_5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned

You're sick, yes? Or are you feeling pretty healthy, and even kind of good right now? Well, we've all heard about silent killing diseases right? Very few of us adults grow up without knowing about the dreaded "Big C", which for the most part starts out as a very stealthy, silent would be killer. No one knows instantly when they've been infected with the "Bid C", they either find out later by accident- or through signs and symptoms, then tests to determine.  Another silent killer is the "Big HD", yes, you got it - heart disease. Oh, and let's not leave out things like diabetes, hypertension, blood clots, aneurysms among many other hidden but very potentially deadly diseases. The thing is, even when you realize you may have one of those silent but deadly diseases (sbdd) it doesn't mean you can be cured. Often the sbdd's are incurable, and most times lifelong companions for however much longer your life may be. So, yes, there is the potential for every human being alive to be harboring sbdd, and there isn't a thing they can do about it. You can't prevent a lot of sbdd even though there are measures you can take to ward off potential sbdd. If you eat right, exercise you may possibly prevent a heart attack, but what about those who aggressively do so and still end up dropping dead from a sudden massive heart attack? Or those who have eaten right and exercised only to get cancer? They exist in a very real way. Haven't you heard more than once about the person who died of lung cancer having never smoked a day in their life or even lived with a smoker or lived/worked around lung crippling chemicals and such? It happens.  Children are sometimes born with sbdd through NO fault of their own- if blame is something we try to place on some people with sbdd. We say things like- if only they'd taken better care of themselves this wouldn't have happened. Or if only they'd gone to the doctor sooner they might have had a chance. And maybe, just maybe those things are true, but then again, maybe they aren't. How many have beaten sbdd only to turn around and have to begin the fight again, and again. No, I'm not advocating anyone giving up the fight, everyone has to deal with sbdd in their own way. So, what am I doing besides explaining things you already know and don't really want to dwell on? I'm hoping to reiterate truths within myself and by doing so, maybe by the grace of God help a single person.

You see, we ALL truly and very much really have a known silent but deadly disease from the moment we are born.  This sbdd has a name and as soon as some of you read it, you'll read this no more. If it were a book you were reading you'd be closing it instantly maybe with a little bit of a slam. The disease name is… sin.

Yes, sin is a silent but deadly disease. Fortunately, babies and children are exempt from inherited sins consequences. Don't get me wrong, they're still born with this disease but until their own personal day of accountability arrives whenever it may be, they aren't going to suffer the end results of uncured sin.

Yes, I said UNCURED sin.  There is a CURE, a complete cure for this sbdd and it is available for everyone.

Why am I talking about sin in this way? Because recently a read something so horrific it traumatized me a bit so that I was crying out that I want certain people (complete strangers who truly are faceless and nameless because what I read never identified them just reported their horrific actions)I wanted these people to just suffer and die because they dare to inflict agony upon helpless animals.  I cried out to God just telling Him that these people deserve death for what they've done! Nothing less, just death! And then after my outburst of anger and tears I repented of my cry for the execution of others, knowing that these awful people still deserve forgiveness and it was my responsibility to offer forgiveness to what part of my brain shouts, is unforgivable.  So round and round and round my thoughts go for the next day or so and I'm trying to shut out the horror as it flashes back into by brain and I despise the faceless, nameless evil people all over again and I continue to beg my God to end this awful world and for my Savior to return now…now!

The wrestling with how to forgive, how to comprehend that even the worst of the worst of all people deserve forgiveness not hatred, consumes my thoughts. I tell myself there is such a thing as righteous indignation, justified anger - that even Jesus overturned tables in the temple area- and He did so in anger. Even Jesus said things like…

Mat_12:34  O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

O generation of vipers… did He use those words gently and softly? He called an entire generation of people vipers- snakes and it was meant derogatorily not to incur their friendliness. These people were snakes, deceptive, deceived, deplorable vipers. 

If Jesus could  feel this way and say these things then surely He'd understand my condemnation of animal abusers, right?

You see, the thing is… Jesus is a God, and He has the ability as a God to judge the hearts of people. I don't and never will have that ability so therefore while Jesus can say things like this--

Luk_13:34  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Luk 13:35  Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

A house left desolate.  Jesus could know, He could recognize the unrepentant, those who refuse the cure for their disease, I cannot.

There I go again with the disease bit and I have to because only if I truly believe that people are suffering from a disease and have the potential for be cured from it, can I forgive their actions, otherwise it would be impossible.  I shouldn't be wanting these awful people to die I should be wanting them to be cured from their sin sickness that causes them to commit atrocities.  I will forever despise their actions, as I despise my own sins, but by the grace and mercy of my Savior, I have to look beyond those actions to the root cause of them, and the root cause of ALL evil is Satan and the resultant sin.

We tend to forget the sin disease and condemn people when it is only for God to do the ultimate condemnation.

Mat_7:1  Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Mat_7:2  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Luk_6:37  Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven

Jesus said- Joh 5:30  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 

We can know right from wrong and look at various actions people commit and know they are wrong. We know when we have done wrong, for the most part. How people can commit heinous atrocities without conscience, without thought for their evil actions is beyond my comprehension except to believe that Satan has deceived them and their sin disease has progressed farther than most peoples.

We are born with sin disease and as we grow it grows as well until the day we are truly cognizant of our actions being wrong, being sinful and we still commit them- then we become accountable for those actions. Unless you are mentally deficient in some physical brain altered manner there is no excuse for sinning, none. We need to go to our Savior for the cure, and we need to go to Him daily, hourly, always forever seeking to live in Him, trusting Him to cure us through His forgiveness and our repentance and seeking of that forgiveness.

While my heart cries out against the evils committed in this world too numerous to count, and knowing but few are truly exposed to our knowledge, and much evil is committed in secret, I know to be forgiven of my own sins, I must forgive others of theirs.  I can do this, only because my Savior can do this.

Sin has its origin in Satan, and if my hatred of the results of sin rises over and over again, I have to place that hatred where it belongs, with Satan, with the originator and perpetuator of all evil - who without there would be no evil, NONE.  I must look forward to the day when all evil is ended, when Satan and all those who choose him over the cure for all evil, Jesus Christ, are wiped out of all existence and that will only occur after our Savior returns. We can't wipe evil out of existence, we can only forgive it and seek not to commit any evil ourselves. We must forgive the most vile of all evil doers, through God alone this is possible.

God help us all!

God bless us all!

God forgive us all!

God save us all!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord!