Topic: Mistakes And Sin

Making mistakes is a human response to being alive. A mistake is the result of not understanding, not conceiving, and unwillingly making an error in estimating. A mistake can occur when we do not know what to do but we go ahead and do it anyway. However, sin is not an innocent mistake. Sin is an example of knowing what we should not do, yet we go ahead and do what we know is wrong with a full disregard for the consequences. Everyone is guilty of sin. No human being has ever been perfect except Christ. Mistakes in life may be made innocently and innocent mistakes may not lead you to sin. However, too often people make mistakes that are sin, and they know in advance these mistakes are sin, but they refuse to admit their mistakes are sin. A law breaker who runs from the police shows by his or her actions a knowledge of right from wrong. The law breaker who runs from the law does not just make an innocent mistake. The law breaker who breaks the law and who knows that breaking the law is wrong is committing a sinful act. Christ's message to the world is that everyone is responsible for his or her actions. Each of us must own up or take ownership over our sin or our sin will own us. When we take full ownership of our sinful actions we can fully turn away from our sin and fully turn to Christ who will cleanse us from our unrighteousness. When we take ownership of our sin, we then gain control over our life and we, perhaps for the first time, do become the masters of our fate. When we surrender our life to Christ, we have taken control of our life and aligned our will with the will of the Master.

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