LETTING THIS THING GO ON
Today's reading: 1 Corinthians 5-6

"How terrible that you should boast about your spirituality, and yet you let this sort of thing go on. Don't you realize that if even one person is allowed to go on sinning, soon all will be infected?" 1 Corinthians 5:6 NLT

We have had a bout with Influenza Type A in our house this winter. It was a nasty bug that knocked the stuffing out of our big, tall teenager. Kept him down with a fever for a week. Caused him to miss out on school and all the activities surrounding it.

We have Lysoled, hydrogen peroxided and bleached every surface imaginable in an effort not to pass it along, or get it again.

There's no telling where he picked up the germ. Might have been at school. Could have been at church. Maybe WalMart or his friend's house. We just don't know--and now it really doesn't even matter.

Those infectious germs are what I immediately thought of when I read this portion of Scripture.

I have to be solidly grounded, forgiven and seeking to live for Christ so I don't infect others with my sins!

We've all seen one 'small' sin grow in a person's life until every aspect of them is affected.

What if it is us--and we infect our families? Our churches? Our neighborhood?

Think your tiny sin won't do that much damage? Then you're not believing your Bible!