Must everyone confront the sin in their lives?  What is the component built into our superstructure that allows the impact of the wrongs we have done to continually pester us?  If we are autonomous, disconnected or men, made simply from complex chemical interactions over time, shouldn’t we be free from conscience?  Isn’t the discussion of this attributable guilt the largest single point of argument between those who believe in worship and them who claim to be unencumbered?  Doesn’t how each religion deals with the issue of sin differentiate their path and subsequent appeal to a particular audience/following?

And if so, where did it come from this palpable resonance of our past ills?  Does my sin matter?  And if it matters, am I obligated to take some action to correct it, atone for it, or smooth out past ripples in my psyche or karma?  After all isn’t that why men invented the concept of atoning for past life actions through reincarnation into another form?  What if we only have one life, doesn’t that elevate the concept of accountability for my sin to paramount importance?  If I only have one change to fix, correct, remove, relieve or dispel the constant nattering of my burnished conscience, doesn’t that provide ample reasoning for the creation of all works-based religious pursuit?

If I am capable of “working” off the penalty of my sin, then don’t I have to define some measure of productivity or achievement adequate to abolishing the implications prior to my life exit?  Can’t I take, let’s say,  thirteen steps, to completely remove the implications, impacts and weightiness of all my sin?  That is the nature and difficulty of this discussion, where did the conscience come from and am I empowered to alleviate the authority or pressure it applies to my life?  I must indicate that each person must settle these answers for themselves, some choosing to ignore, some to embrace their sin, some to pursue an endless cycle of trying to be good enough to counterbalance the impacts of their transgressions against fellow humans.

Having this discussion is relevant, important and frankly unavoidable.  I am here to say that God provides the answer to this dilemma.  He provided the conscience so that we would know that sin is wrong and be consistently reminded of its corrosive power.  He provided the reminder of our deficient nature, but He also loved us enough to provide a path by which we may be cleansed of this unrighteousness.  He told us that this is a one way path, this life.  We only get one chance, one chance to make mistakes and one chance to correct them.  But He also tells us that we are incapable of freeing ourselves, cleansing ourselves or atoning for the impact of our sin.  Just as a rabbit may not free itself from rabies, we are incapable of removing the viral, bacteria of sin from our blood.

Praise be to God that He sacrificed Himself on the cross to atone once and for all for “ALL” sin.  Every person who has this internal debate and comes to the realization that God is sovereign and He provided the “ONLY” path by which sin may be removed from our account.  Then and only then is belief, salvation, redemption and sanctification possible.  We cannot reach heaven by our good works, because we cannot remove our own blood illness.  Therefore since this is a blood illness, it may only be corrected by a spiritual “transfusion”, cleansing our blood by replacement with “pure” unadulterated blood of Christ Jesus.  The price of this cleansing is “belief”, belief in God’s Plan for redemption through Christ Jesus.  Pay this price and be free from the heavy and lasting impacts of sin, for eternity.  Believe and be saved.