How did sin change when you became a Christian?  The answer is, it didn’t, you did.  How then do we view sin now that the relationship has changed?  Should we ignore it?  Make light of it?  Do we have to set up special precautionary measures designed to keep us from sin?  Should we be overly concerned about it such that it rules our existence attempting to cache and avoid sin?  Should we have little preoccupation with sin in the Church, maybe even refraining from teaching on sin awareness and such?  Do we view sin as a problem for other people, that we are somehow immune to its effects, temptations and marring influences?

The consideration or view that “my sin is my problem” is wholly imperfect.  My sin is the world’s problem and the worlds’ my own.  We either get there together or we don’t get there.  This trip is not about me but all mankind, for it was for all men that Christ died.  If I take the central view that if I have my salvation all is determined then I have perhaps enacted my greatest sin of all, not loving those who have yet to answer the call to salvation.  It is for them that I continue to die to self each day not simply for self-edification.  The concept of serving self is a worldly, fleshly perspective and when I see those vestiges of self focus show up I am generally embarked on the broad avenue or a lonely path without God’s direction.

I remain focused upon my sin so that I may repent and then learn from which I hole I must refrain from further foot fall.  It is not about committing and committing and committing the same sin in perpetuity for what then has Christ died and resurrected?  Sanctification is the prerogative of each maturing Christian, we must choose to turn from that which is unrighteous and how may I turn from and opportunity that I have yet to determine or discern is unpleasing to God?  Knowing God’s Word gives us a path to place our feet without snare and though we are prone to tread in the same mud, often times up to our knees and repeatedly, it is the hope of God’s indwelling guidance that directs us to the next step in our maturation for Christ.

Pay attention to your sin, pay attention to the sins of your family, friends and colleagues that you might avoid their impact upon your own life and at the appropriate moment give them the milk or meat of God’s divine intervention to help them avoid the same snare once again.  This is the training ground.  When did anyone ever graduate the training ground without learning the lessons intended by the Plan.  I believe in God’s faithful hand and His promise to complete the work he once began in each of us, but that doesn’t mean that I am unwitting participant.  I love my teacher and try my best to follow his lead and learn from his counseling hand.  Trust God, Know Jesus and Follow the Holy Spirit as guide.