We can all agree that one of the greatest technological feats of the last 150 years is the development of Christmas lights that don't all go out when one bulb dies. Many of us spent hours as children trying to find the one dead bulb that was preventing the entire strand from lighting up. One faulty bulb doomed the whole strand.
As Christians, we can rejoice that one little sin does not doom us to eternity without God. God is perfect and cannot tolerate the presence of sin, so any sin, no matter how small, threatens our ability to dwell forever in the throneroom of God. We would never be able to atone for our own sins -- especially given how high Jesus sets the standard, equating hatred to murder. Fortunately, Jesus is willing to pay the price for our sins. God's love is so powerful that we're set free from the penalty for sin by God's grace, and no one single sin will separate us from God forever. We can confess our sins with gratitude to God for grace and love and have confidence in the salvation God gives freely to us.
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