The Ugliness of Sin

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And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." </I></div> <div> <I>Genesis 2:15-18</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>For the wages of sin is death...</I></div> <div> <I>Romans 6:23</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> I was deep in thought one day regarding these scriptures. I thought, I wonder what the connection between sin and death really is?</div> <bR> <div> I then saw a vision of a corpse in my mind.</div> <div> A rotting, stinking, filthy, frightening dead body.</div> <bR> <div> If you dare, look at this picture <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Body"><U><B>here</B></U></A><B>.</B> It's not real, but you get the point.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Is that not the most offensive sight to us?</I></div> <div> <I>Can you think of something uglier?</I></div> <div> <I>Can you think of something more upsetting?</I></div> <div> <I>Is there anything that scares you more than that?</I></div> <bR> <div> I believe that our sin is that offensive, ugly, and upsetting to God. </div> <div> I believe that is why He chose our bodies to decay in this way. </div> <div> Our sin separates us from God. God is Perfect and Good.</div> <bR> <div> Our sin goes against God's perfect and good nature. </div> <div> Our sin is the opposite of God.</div> <div> Death is the opposite of life.</div> <bR> <div> I believe that a rotting corpse is so offensive to us because it is the tangible evidence of our fall, our separation from God, our choice to turn from our Life-Giver.</div> <bR> <div> I believe a corpse is "The Ugliness of Sin" incarnate.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Thank you, Jesus, for delivering us from ourselves </I></div> <div> <I>and our foolish choice to turn from our loving, caring, perfect Father.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deep Thoughts"><U>Back</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=1450558; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=13; var sc_security="f0109818"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c14.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1450558&java=0&security=f0109818&invisible=0" alt="invisible hit counter" border="0"></a> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>