Sin is expensive; you can pay for your own sin if you wish, but consider the cost.

What did paying for your sin cost God?
“the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

It cost Him the death of His only Son, Jesus (John 3:16) to purchase the gift God freely gives to all who believe/receive; “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,” John 1:12.

Sin is serious to God and it should be to us His children! He hates it! Sin cost Him dearly and if we love God we should feel the same way about our sin. When we choose to sin it should bother us and we should want to repent of it and claim our forgiveness we have right away. We should try as hard as possible to keep ourselves away from temptation and sin; keep loving and obeying God in His power as you walk by grace through the faith God gave you.

If you have sin, no matter how socially acceptable, that you are holding on to, not repenting of or denying that it is sin then you are not walking with God. Don’t say you love Jesus and live with someone you are not married to or engage in any other sexual behavior outside of God ordained marriage. Don’t say you love Jesus and yet have nothing to do with other Christians or fail to be active in a local gathering of the Church and love other believers. This is not to say if you are saved or not, but you are not practicing truth and walking submitted to Jesus and denying self. “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;” 1 John 1:6. It is not me judging, but the Scripture saying you are not practicing the truth. Repent now and re-establish fellowship with God and walk in obedience.

As Adrian Rogers put it, “Sin is not just breaking God’s laws; it is breaking His heart.” How can you love someone and intentionally break their heart and think it is alright?

You and I deserve eternal separation from God and the earnings of your sin is that spiritual death, but God in His mercy and by grace has saved you if you are His child. Believe it, flee from sin, love God and obey Him. Learn to feel the way God does about sin by learning to truly love Him and appreciate His love for you and what it cost. It was purchased while you were His enemy. Be grateful and love and obey because by grace He has saved you and given you the freedom to love and obey Him. After all, “God demonstrated His own love toward you, in that while you were still a sinner, Christ died for you. (Romans 5:8 paraphrased)

Love God and you get to freely obey Him as a loving, grateful heir of God! (Romans 8:17)