Last Monday, I wrote a post called “Two Visuals: One Cool, One Scary.”  The scary visual was a bible verse where we see a visual of what sin looks like to God:

Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against You and cast Your law behind their back. Nehemiah 9:26 [ESV]

In this verse, we see that when we sin, we effectively take God’s Word in our hands…and toss it…with disregard…over our shoulder…behind our back (just as the Israelites did).  Truly scary.  Having this image of sin won’t keep us from sinning (it’s our nature), but it may help us make a decision when faced with a choice.

If this image were the end of the story, well...

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