Most Christians tend to think that sin is like a monster, having more than two horns and looking grotesque.  They think that sin is only in darkness and we cannot but hate it.  Thus, any topic related to sin and iniquity is unpleasant and uncomfortable.  To the contrary, I must view of sin from different perspectives.  I believe that sin is sweet and beautiful.  It is very friendly, too.  It does not behave as our natural enemies.  It is like smiling neighbors whom we cannot resist.  I may personify sin by quoting a poem.  Before I am going to do it, I must seek forgiveness from the readers and Melissa Collette, who is the author of this poem.  I seek the readers’ pardon because what I am going to quote is not Christian, per se, and the author’s intention is not correctly reflected in my use of it, for I am going to use her beautiful love poem, not in the way that she wants to use.  Then relax and read the following:


You may think of your lover as you read it.  Instead of doing so, if you replace “you” with “sin” throughout the poem, you will describe the nature and work of sin in the most elegant way.  Some people say that sin is a good man’s brother.  Some say, “Everything that is so bad feels so good.”  Sin is pretty, beautiful, attractive, bold, intelligent, and strong.  Otherwise, who wants to sin?  Right from the beginning of the Bible, man has been touched and contacted by the presence of sin.  The attractiveness of sin is powerful and even destructive.  When a man is attracted to sin, his reason becomes dull, and all his logic disappears.  Our first parents, Adam and Eve, were in the presence of God.  The Bible tells us that God walked in the Garden of Eden and talked to them.  The beauty of sin was so splendid that they could not see what they should have seen, even to deny the commandment of God.  The charming of sin anesthetizes especially the mind of people.  Its anaesthetic power is almost invincible that even noble minds could not fight back.  David was a man after God’s own heart.  He knew God’s morality and ethics, but he plunged himself into a murderer’s and adulterer’s place and disgraced himself.  The most wise man on earth, Solomon, professed God to be his Lord, but at the end of his life he bowed himself before idols.  The possessive power of sin is irresistible.  Once a man is caught by it, he will have to fight a long and bloody battle, if he really wants to come out of it.  Sin is beautiful.  Thus, Samson fell in it.  Sin is tempting and self-righteous.  Thus, even Moses fell to be a victim.  


My friends, do not even try to be friendly to sin.  You may think you can handle it.  By the time you think this way, you are already a prey to sin.  The best salesperson of sin is the devil.  The best product Satan wants to sell is sin.  He wraps it beautifully, and advertises it tastily.  It often even feels good at least for a time to dwell in sin. But sin never fully delivers on the promises!  When a man grabs sin to his side, he must know that there are always strings attached to it.  Behind the smiling faces of sin, there is always something that has not been told about such as shame and remorse later.  Sin is not far away from us, but keeps close to us.  God spoke to Cain in Genesis 4:7b, “sin lieth at the door.”  Sin is a liar and very deceitful.  

I’ll quote a part of a song by Sunset Angel, not because of her faith, but because of her poem.  The title is, “Even sin feels good.”


Sin will make us feel good.  It will make our heart glad. But remember that there will be a day of accounting.  The more pleasure we have with our sin, more hurts and harms will be done to us.  Once we become friends of sin, it will refuse to leave us alone.  Hebrews 12:4 says, “Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”  Those who tasted sin, they may have to fight until bleeding.  Hebrews 3:13, “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”  

My friends, stop right there where you are and turn away from your sins right away.  Flee from sin and lust as quickly as possible, as Joseph did from his master’s wife.  “Remove thy foot from evil” (Proverbs 4:27b).  “His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins” (5:22).  “But every man is tempted, when he drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1:14-15).  Is sin sweet?  Is sin beautiful?  Is sin attractive?  Though we may yes to all of them, we also must say, “sin is a beast” that kills you and me.

Lovingly,
Your Pastor

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