“And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.”
2 John 1:6 KJV,https://bible.com/bible/1/2jn.1.6.KJV
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:6 KJV,https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.53.6.KJV
Heavy Weight Removed
We’ve all done things that weigh us down and make us wonder, “Why do I do what I know is wrong?”
In Scripture, sin is used to describe actions that miss the target God has asked us to aim for: living a life centered around loving God and others. While there are universal actions that dishonor God, small acts of disobedience also pull us away from Him. The apostle James wrote that “it is a sin to know what the right thing to do is, and then not do it” (James 4:17).
In other words, if you know what God is asking you to do, yet you still decide to disobey Him—then you’re undermining God’s authority in your life. Sin entices us because it is self-gratifying, but it results in eternal separation from God and others.
For a long time, there was no way for most people to draw near to God because God cannot be a part of anything that undermines His perfect character.
But while we were controlled by sin, Jesus came and died for us. And because of Jesus’ death and ...