Read the Label
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 After a minister had spoken strongly against sin one morning, one of the church members said, “We don’t want you to talk so plainly about sin, because if our children hear you mention it, they will more easily become sinners. Call it a mistake, if you will, but do not speak so bluntly about sin.” The minister went to his medicine shelf and brought back a bottle of strychnine marked “ Poison .” He said I understand what you want me to do. You want me to change the label. Suppose I take this ‘Poison’ label off the bottle and put on a label like ‘Peppermint Candy.’ Can’t you see the problem? The milder you make the label, the more dangerous the poison’s presence.” It is high time we put a “ Poison ” label back on the poison of sin. We must not be afraid to be as plain as the Bible is about the tragic consequences of sin—or about the antidote for that poison: the blood of Christ
