Sin is anything we do that displeases God.  It may be an action, word or even a thought.  We may even sin by failing to do what God wants us to do. 

     Psychologists tell us that we think some 10,000 thoughts every day - and say between 20,000 and 80,000 words.  Let us pretend that we know someone who is a very very good person.  He keeps his sinful thoughts down below 10 a day.  He only thinks 3 bad thoughts a day. 

     Seem possible?  Impossible?  If it were possible do you realize that  only 3 sins a day  equals over 1000 in a year and in a lifetime of 70 or 80 years that would be 70,000 or 80,000 sins!  And that's if a person is a "good" person.  The problem is, that we sin and we sin a lot! 

     If you wish to try to pay for the whole gift, or save yourself by good deeds do you know how good you would have to be?  Jesus said...

     If you went to court for a traffic ticket and the judge asked you, "what are you here for?" and you answered "a traffic ticket."  To which he asked, "How many do you have?"  And your response was "Only 70,000 or 80,000 of them!"  What do you think the judge would do? 
 

Despite our sin...

 
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