Understanding our sin

The first part of Salvation is to realize we need it. You can't save someone who doesn't realize they are lost. Your desire to come to Christ is born in the recognition of your need. So often we look everywhere to discover what was right in front of us all the time. Sin is destroying us and that sin left unchecked without limitations or correction will ultimately destroy every resource and relationship in our lives. It will then destroy us. There are three basic truths to understanding sin, so we will start there.
Sin is when we ignore or dismiss the sufficiency of God. Or simply put, we decide that what God has done, is doing, or has given in any situation or circumstance is not enough. Sin seeks to make me and my wants ultimate. Example: When we are not satisfied with what God has given us we get jealous of what others have or steal what we think we need.
Sin can be active or passive. We can also sin when we determine that God’s direction or path for our life or the activities He gives us to do in a particular day is not enough to bring us the fulfillment we desire. We reject them and insert our own path or activities. Many of them will bring us satisfaction, but only for brief moments, then that happiness fades into wanting more. That desire for more creates in us a drive to abandon cost or ignore danger to satisfy our lust for more.
Sin is putting anything in front of God and making it more sufficient than Him. It is not God who seeks to destroy man, but rather man who seeks to destroy God. Separation came from our desire to leave God, not His desire to leave us. Sin creates that separation and those who choose to live out eternity without God choose to live that same eternity without any of His provision, blessings, or grace. They have chosen to find their sufficiency in themselves.

if you understand your sin and admit to its presence and control in your life, then you are ready for the next step . . .
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