WHATEVER BECAME OF SIN?

In 1973 Dr. Karl Menninger wrote a book entitled Whatever Became of Sin? In that book he discusses the relevancy of sin for every generation and its manifestations everywhere. Do you ever stop and realize the sinfulness of the age in which we live? Sin is a word that many people, especially religious people, would eliminate not only from our vocabularies but also from our pulpits!

Sin is important to the Gospel because the Lord Jesus Christ died for sin. There can be no proclamation of the Gospel without some discussion of the subject of sin. I know it is not vogue and considered old fashioned but sin can and must be considered. Maybe that is why the world doesn’t like to talk much about Jesus!

We are a people who love sin as much as we Southerners love sweet tea!

We love sin as much as we love homemade ice cream and we love it in all its many flavors.

We love sin because we think it brings us permanent pleasure but it is always temporary.

We love sin because sin promises far more than it ever delivers.

Sin deceives all of us.

Sin condemns us and damns us to an eternal Hell!

To deny sin is to deny one of the most basic truths of the Bible. We cannot and must not make light of sin. We cannot skirt the issue. We cannot put a mask on it and call it something else. Therefore, we cannot avoid it!

Man has a problem > sin!

And only God has a solution > Jesus Christ.

One of the worst sins is our refusal to tell men that they are sinners. We must tell the world – our families, our friends and our neighbors that they need Jesus Christ because He is the only one who can pay their sin debt!