“Sin cannot be the little thing that my pride has helped me to imagine it to be. It must be an awful thing if but one sin could ruin my soul for ever.”
Charles Spurgeon

Romans 8:3-4 (NASB)
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

The adjective we are tempted to use to describe our sin is often at the wrong end of the spectrum. We describe our sin as small, little, or insignificant; hoping that in comparison with other sins we think we haven’t committed, that God won’t notice. Unfortunately, as Spurgeon notes, any sin, no matter how we might chose to describe it, is enough to bring us down. In actual fact, there is no adjective that can accurately describe sin. It is simply sin.

When we humble ourselves before the one true God; when we recognize the pride that keeps us separated from Him; only then can we begin to understand the amazing grace that has been given to use through Jesus. It is at that point that confession becomes the only alternative. We can no longer dismiss the importance of our offenses. Our only option is to cling to Him for mercy.

Heavenly Father, have mercy on me. Strip from me the pride that reduces my sin to something insignificant. Bring it fully before me, that I can see it as it truly is. I pray that my confession is honest and heartfelt. Praises to You for Jesus, the only path to salvation. Amen.

Always praying for the glory of God,