day eight.

“Why does God take sin so seriously?”

my first thought after reading this reflection was: why wouldn’t He? i think to pretty much sum it up, sin can be described as the act/thought of going against the Word of God. it’s going against the laws our Father established for us to follow with our lives. when we sin, we are breaking those laws. that’s why it’s so serious. God only set up these laws as guidelines to better our own lives! so when we sin, it’s hurting and negatively impacting our own lives. God doesn’t want to see us suffer or live a life full of wickedness. that’s why sin is serious! if God didn’t take sin seriously - would His people have limits? would there be a line - like the one His laws put in place in our lives - that we still wouldn’t want to cross over? i doubt it. if God didn’t take sin seriously, we wouldn’t have a problem with things like murder, lust, greed, lying, etc.

“When we sin, what sort of sacrifices are we required to bring to God?

two words: our lives.
i feel like when we sin, even though God reassures us we are already forgiven, we still owe Him something. we owe Him our praise, our glorification, our lives. through prayer and worship, we can renew our lives with Christ and show our God our true intentions; that sin plagues us daily, but it isn’t a choice we want for our lives. the choice for our lives is God, solely!