Ranking sins
April 22, 2022
We humans like to pick and chose what is really bad, not so much, and ‘Oh Well.’ Adultery is bad, greed, not so much. Scripture does not stack rank sin. We pay little attention to I Thessalonians 4: 6 “that no one exploit a brother or sister.” Is that happening in our world today? Is that happening in some churches today?
Exploit means to selfishly take advantage of someone in order to profit from them or otherwise benefit oneself.’ Examples are taking a vulnerable persons money, sexual exploitation, taking funds and using those for purposes other than stated. And this is a short list.
Found in our culture? For sure. Found in our churches? We need to hold each leader, each person accountable. That only happens with transparency.