‘For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal light.’ Romans 6:23
The old lady called her electrician, ‘Could you come and change the bulb in my living room.’ ‘Madam,’ was the rebuking reply, ‘they are called lamps not bulbs. Bulbs are what you plant in the garden.’ I’m not sure if that is accurate, but the lady knew what she wanted, a good light in her living room.
Usually it doesn’t matter what we call something, we know what we mean. But God is very particular about one word, though we might call it something else.
To God sin is sin. We might call it an error of judgment or a matter of opinion. God calls it sin. We can think it is unimportant but God calls it sin. Is it really something to get hung up about, we can easily dismiss it. Sin is what God calls it. When we worship other gods, we call it multi-pluralism and tolerance. God calls it sin. As we ridicule the time-honoured faith and values of our fore-fathers, we consider it enlightenment. Do we want to be considered old-fashioned? When we covert our neighbour’s possessions and position we name it as ambition. God calls it sin.
Surely the Ten Commandments are out of date. No! God’s decrees are timeless. The Ten Commandments are God’s guidance to us. Let us heed them!