What if you visited a friend in a different state, and one day while you were driving about you turned onto a road, but this road didn’t have a speed limit sign that told you how fast you should go, so you just went the speed of the person in front of you. However, little did you know the person in front of you wasn’t actually driving the real speed limit of the road, but was in fact exceeding the limit by quite a bit. As a result, you too were driving too fast even though you might not have been completely aware of it. In that moment you really were doing something that would be considered “wrong,” and all because you followed the person in front of you.
It really is very similar to sin. Sin, by itself and without the knowledge that it is wrong, might not seem like a problem for a person. Unless you are told to stop doing something, you might not know that it is wrong. And maybe even more so, if the people around you are doing what is sinful, you are probably more likely to continue on sinning. You “follow the crowd,” because that is what everyone else is doing, blinded to the truth that sin will only lead to death.
James 5:19-20 “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”
Sin is never a good thing to get caught up in, as it is completely opposite to the teachings of Christ. There is no sin in heaven, which is why we need to forsake our sins now, so that we are ready when that time comes.
We all have sinned, the Bible has made clear, and no one is better than another. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). But when Jesus takes our sins away, we have an obligation to help others blind to their sins. We need to let them know that salvation is available.
If we see someone on a path of sin, we need to try to convince them to turn away from those sins. We need to try to convict them of the error of their ways, turning them off of the wide road leading to destruction and onto the narrow path to salvation. We need to save those people who are lost, so they can be delivered into the kingdom.
1 Peter 2:25 “For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.”
The laborers are few Jesus taught, and we must find those sheep going astray, and lead them to Christ. The world is full of these sheep, so let’s get to work.
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 