June 11, 2023: Little Sins???

"Now Nadab and Abihu, ... offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them... and they died before the Lord." (Leviticus 10:1-2 ESV)

Have you ever thought to yourself, "That is just a little sin"? Let's ask ourselves a few questions. What makes a sin small? What are the characteristics that qualify a sin to be small? Does everyone have the same 'markers' that judge a sin small?  
    
The Bible is full of people who sinned. Some of them sinned 'big time!' David committing adultery, that's big! Judas betraying Jesus that is really big! But the Bible is also filled with people whose sins were small, but it cost them greatly. Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Lots' wife just glanced back. Moses struck a rock with a stick. Some guy reached up to keep the Ark on a cart (that's a good thing), and God struck him down. Ananias and Sapphira told a little white lie, and they died.
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Sins are small because we judge them to be so. Therefore each person judges them differently. The danger is we do not always see sin as God sees sin. To God, sin is sin. To see through His eyes, we must realize that, big or small, sin still required the death of His Son. That's huge! Our sin cost God His Son. Therefore no sin is small!  

So our job is not to determine whether a sin is small or big but to walk in His amazing grace and "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." (Ecclesiastes 12:13, ESV)