A Sin? only a minor one !

 

Ah...

A Little Sin

"So that Satan will not outsmart us—for we are familiar with his evil schemes." 2 Corinthians 2:11

"Ah!" says Satan, "It is but a minor sin—a little pride, a little worldliness, a little lust, etc. You may commit it without danger to your soul. It is but a little one."

But there is great danger, yes, many times most danger, in the most minor sins. 

Greater sins startle the soul sooner and awaken and rouse up the soul to repentance than lesser sins do. Little sins often slide into the soul and breed and work secretly and indiscernibly in the soul—until they come to be so strong as to trample upon the soul and to cut the throat of the soul! 

Little sins multiplied become great sins. Nothing is less than a grain of sand, yet nothing is heavier than the sand of the sea when multiplied.

Little sins are very dangerous!

A little yeast leavens the whole lump.

A little hole in the ship sinks it. 

A minor breach in a dyke, carries away all before it. 

A little stab in the heart kills a man. 

Many are eternally undone by the 'little sins,' as they call them, that are nourished in their bosoms. 

A little sin, without a great deal of mercy, will damn a man! 

 

If the serpent sneaks in his head, he will draw in his whole body after him! 

Though the scorpion is tiny, it will sting a lion to death! 

Just so, a little sin may at once bar Heaven's door and open Hell's gates! 

The most minor sin is contrary . . .

  to the law of God,

  to the nature of God,

  to the being of God,

  and to the glory of God!

Therefore it is often punished severely by God. 

The most minor sin will damn us—if not pardoned by the death of Christ!

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