We are all Sinners Whether We call Ourselves One or Not

1 John 1:10 “If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our hearts.”

Oh, Lord!  Keep me from presumptuous sin.  Never let me call my sin anything else but what it is.  We are in a culture that  is coming to disaster from within in the name of “tolerance”.  Sin, in many areas, is not called sin anymore, but is called “sickness”.  Some sin is not called sin because the sinners, and in some instances the church, blames You for making the sinner the way they are, or blame their socioeconomic or dysfunctional family upbringing for their actions, therefore absolving them from the responsibility or consequences of their actions.  Hence, there is no sin to be confessed.  Your word has no place in their hearts because they are arrogant or deceived and do not believe the truth that we are all sinners and in need of a Savior.  In love, You gave us Your Word as a love letter and text book/map to guide us and to teach us.  All sin is called that because it hurts us and separates us from You.  BUT, (Oh how I love the “but”s in Scripture) You built the bridge with Your cross and Your precious shed blood for those very sins we commit so we CAN confess them and be restored to fellowship with You.  Again; Hallelujah!  What a Savior!