Sin

After mission prayer we debrief together, sharing what the Lord revealed to us in prayer. Recently it's been sin, what it is, why it's killing us, and how the Lord is saving us from it.

In the neighborhood folks are hungry to learn about sin. "Sin is the reason your life is a living hell" comes as good news for many. Hell has become part of the wall paper; back stabbing and gossip, endless addiction and hopeless unemployment, unquenchable fears, surrounded by the lies of the Enemy. There is no way out. It is just the way life is. But we proclaim sin is killing us and God is here to save and folks repent and are glad. They hear and see God saving them changing their lives.

The only commandment folks seem to know is "thou shall not steal" and some know "thou shall not murder." We once told a guy, "look, when you sleep with your girlfriend before you are married to her, it causes all kinds of problems." He was astonished, "wow, you know you're right." He then immediately told his 4-5 friends with him and they all agreed, but as if struck for the first time by the revelation. Some replied "no one can actually do that though, right?" No one had ever told them it was wrong to commit adultery and no one had ever lived that way either. Many we meet have no men in their entire family, because of this. Kids without commitment.

"Look, God says that when we commit these things we deserve death," we point out, "and that isn't a statement of how terrible God is but how terrible sin is." In a world where Satan wants us blind to our sin that he may kill us, southsiders rejoice in the 10 Commandments and repent.