At Least My Sin is Not as Bad as His!

It’s been my observation that all of us, Christians and non-Christians alike, “rank” sins. And I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about it, but we Christians generally tend to rank at the top, the sins of others, rather than our own.

So, the gossip and the legalist notice the pastor is getting liberal. The pastor’s wife who struggles with envy, judges those in the church with money. Responsible, but stingy Christians are quick to remind everyone that it’s the poor and the lazy, who are being ruined by the welfare system.

And, conservative evangelicals have this in common; they all rank the big three, worst of all - pro-choice, gays and liberals. Thank heavens for them, or we’d never get out of bed in the morning with our guilt!

Ironically, Jesus is far more condemning of what some Christians tend to think of as soft sins or the “misdemeanor sins” of pride, materialism, failing to care for the poor, religious hypocrisy and failure to forgive generously, than he is of what we often think of as “felony sins.” Felony sins, like adultery, divorce, pornography, alcoholism or homosexuality.

So here’s what I think: To lessen our guilt, we Christians tend to vilify the sins we’re least likely to commit ourselves.
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Published on May 11, 2015 01:00
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