One topic you just can't talk enough about.....

There's an old Andy Griffith show episode where Barney and Andy are at church and Barney falls asleep during the service. Everyone always went up and shook the pastors hand after the service in those days.... but Barney fell asleep and didn't know what the sermon was about so when he shook his hand he said "That's one topic you just can't talk enough about.... sin" When in fact the sermon was titled "What's your hurry"....nothing about sin.

On Sunday, I heard a good sermon, about something that you just can't talk enough about.... sin... and Jesus. A couple of bullet points from the sermon include:

• If you don't sin, then you don't need Jesus.
• If you say you don't sin, then you just sinned by lying.
• Sin is rebellion against God....it isn't mistakes that you can correct by adjusting your behavior. It's something that requires you to be down on your face begging to be forgiven.
• Sin is a huge thing if it took God to come in human form and die on a cross in order for us to be forgiven of it.
• We have to find the balance between being so destroyed by our sin that it consumes us and paralyzes us (Jesus died so we don't have to be stuck in our sin)..... and where we find ourselves sinning and then thinking, it's ok because God forgives me. (God is a Father who disciplines His children)
• View God's discipline like a parent and a child.... if a kid is playing in the middle of the street, participating in something that seems fun but that could be harmful to them, a loving parent would tell them to stop....
• If we do well about recognizing our own faults and struggles....we'll be more forgiving of other's sins towards us.
• Act on your Christian liberty to say no to sin.... not to give in to it because of His grace.