The Sins of the World

The Sins of humans are their failures in choosing their actions, their thoughts, and their emotions to love God and to love others. Their failures in choices lead to their misbehaviors and wrong judgments, with their self-deceptions and self-illusions stored in their subconscious minds living in their flesh. 

The truth is that all humans, without any exception, commit sins every day because they all rely on their minds to tell them how to think, what to do, and when to act or react according to their thoughts.

Repeating Sins

Humans always repeat their sins, which’re their failures to love God and to love others around, even though they might have already received their forgiveness from God.  Satan, the Devil, is an expert in creating doubts in human minds, causing them to question in their hearts if God had “really” forgiven them.

Denying Sins

Many humans, living in a sinful world, simply deny their committing sins with no victims, such as stealing a pair of sunglasses from a grocery store, instead of stealing money from someone’s home. But on Feb 23, 2023, a Washington, D.C. man was shot dead by a police officer for stealing a pair of sunglasses.

Accepting Sins

Many humans have accepted sins as social norms, such as watching pornography on the Internet, indulging in gambling, or even lining up to buy their lottery tickets out of greed. Acceptance is based on “everybody is doing it” and “it’s not against the law.”

Rationalizing Sins

Self-justification is finding “excuses” for committing sins, such as “pointing fingers” at the sins and crimes committed by those distinguished celebrities around to justify their own commitment of sins.

Rebuking Sins

Rebuking sins can surprisingly lead to committing more sins, instead of stopping and restraining sins.

As an illustration, in Houston, Texas, a man using his gun robbed diners in a taqueria restaurant. The robber was on the verge of leaving that restaurant when he was shot 9 times by a vigilante diner, who then helped diners recover their money robbed at that restaurant, before disappearing. The police later found that the suspect's weapon was only a "plastic gun." Texas police began searching for that vigilante diner, with that "you-took-my-money-I-took-your-life" mindset of rebuking sins.

Indeed, many in the process of rebuking sins commit their own sin. That's a testament to the prevalence of sins in everyday life and living.

Rejecting Sins

Rejecting God and refusing the offer of forgiveness and the offer of a new life is a major mortal sin in humans. Unfortunately, many are vulnerable to rejecting not only God but also their loved ones.

Enjoying Sins

Nowadays, there’re many who indulge in sins, such as serial killers and rapists, because they derive excitement, pleasures, and smartness from their sins.

To illustrate, John Wayne Gacy, who grew up in an abusive family, became a notorious American serial killer and rapist, who had killed more than 33 young men and boys at his home in Norwood Park Township in Illinois. He was also known as the “Killer Clown” who had many public performances as a clown to attract young children and to lure them into his home to be victimized and then buried in the crawl space of his home. Eventually, Gacy was caught by the police, prosecuted, and sentenced to death in 1980. His execution took place in 1984. After four years in prison, Gacy showed that he had enjoyed his killings with no remorse. His final words on the day of his execution were: “Kiss my ass!”  

The Bottom Line

Had you committed some or all the above sins before your exit from the world? 

Living by faith: You're vulnerable to committing sins. Only God can save and deliver you with spiritual wisdom, which gives you trust and obedience.

Stephen Lau

Living By Faith Is Living In Miracles