All these actions add up. It’s not just the lust and infidelity, or the pride and anger, or the greed and vanity. It’s the way these sins make sin more plausible for others. When others face similar choices in life, our example will affect their imagination and how they respond. We almost never take the witness of our actions seriously enough. I suspect that’s because if we did, it would frighten us. It’s scary to realize that my every decision communicates to people around me something about the nature of God, the goodness of His creation and laws. It means that my sin is never containable.
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