Many people place sins on a hierarchy from “white lies” or unimportant sins to “big” sins. This entraps many believers, including myself. It is ridiculously easy to compare something you have done to mass murder and conclude that your sins are substantially less sinful that other’s sins. This rationalization is counteracted in James 2:10-11. In this passage, James teaches that if a person commits one type of sin, he or she is guilty of all types of sin. James reminds his audience that all laws flow from one source, God. Therefore, if you reject one law of God, you reject all laws of God. For us, this means that our sins are all equally weighted, all lead to death, and all require the same amount of forgiveness and mercy from …show more content…
This is often applied to addictions; an addict will justify their sin by telling themselves that they will never commit this sin again. This promise is also a rebellion against the Holy Spirit because it implies that we can fix ourselves, we can stop through our own will, we can resist temptation with our human strength. This denies Jesus’s offer to walk through temptation with us, and it ignores His gift of the Holy Spirit to strengthen our souls. Jesus is clear that the only way to overcome our sinful selves is by relinquishing control and allowing His sacrifice to cover our sins. I believe that the only way to God is through Jesus and His cross, and that all other paths will lead to death and more