Prodigal: The road we travel often seems alone.

Me: The Lord travels with us.

This is from the book Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

The apostle John wrote, “Sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4). All sin, even sin that seems so minor in our eyes, is lawlessness. It is not just the breaking of a single command; it is a complete disregard for the law of God, a deliberate rejection of His moral will in favor of fulfilling one’s own desires. In our human values of civil laws, we draw a huge distinction between an otherwise “law-abiding citizen” who gets and occasional traffic ticket and a person who lives a “lawless” life in contempt and utter disregard for all laws. But the Bible does not seem to make that distinction. Rather, it simply says sin- that is, all sin without distinction–is lawlessness.

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

1 Samuel 12:22

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org