THE LURE OF SIN

A man is first startled by sin; then it becomes pleasing, then easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then confirmed. The man is impenitent, then obstinate, and then he is damned.
--JEREMY TAYLOR (1613–1667)

A scab is a scab, even if you smear honey on it.
--YIDDISH PROVERB

A sin repeated seems permitted.
--JEWISH PROVERB

A thing of bad quality is expensive though you may get it for nothing.
--ARABIAN PROVERB

All sins are attempts to fill voids.
--SIMONE WEIL (1909–1943)

Nights of pleasure are short.
--ARABIAN PROVERB

All the seven deadly sins are self-destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages, at least, lust and gluttony, avarice, and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self-torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape.
--ANGUS WILSON

THE END OF SIN AND SEPARATION

God does not cause us to sin, but he uses our sins to remind us of our weakness. We are less tempted to judge others, and more understanding when we become well acquainted with the wickedness of our own heart. We then learn how to view others with humility. . . . When we are caught by sin, God uses the experience to teach us about his righteousness and his hatred of sin.
ERWIN W. LUTZER

Colossians 2:13-24
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ. He forgave all our sins. He canceled the record that contained the charges against us. He took it and destroyed it by nailing it to Christ’s cross. In this way, God disarmed the evil rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross of Christ.

....You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the evil powers of this world. So why do you keep on following rules of the world, such as, “Don’t handle, don’t eat, don’t touch.” Such rules are mere human teaching about things that are gone as soon as we use them. These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, humility, and severe bodily discipline. But they have no effect when it comes to conquering a person’s evil thoughts and desires.

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