Redefining Sin

A recent news item told of a man who found $17,000, kept $7,000, and was surprised when he was confronted that he had done anything wrong.  His excuse?  He stated he had "only" kept a part of the money and not all of it.
     It is often interesting that each of us forget that we are all in the "same boat" when it comes to our sin and failures in life.  No one is immune.  However, as one grows in their Christian life, what pleases God should become clearer to us and we should be more like Christ. 
     One of the things that often helps us in our Christian life is having someone to whom we are accountable.  Does anyone ever ask you, as a Christian, how your prayer life is going?  Anyone ask about your Bible reading and insight into some particular passage of Scripture?  Anyone ask you to pray for them and share their deepest needs?  Each of us ought to find someone, in addition to our mate, to whom we can be accountable and who will be accountable to us.  It is clear from Scripture that those passages that have the phrase, "...one another" give us plenty of encouragement.  We're told to "love one another", "pray for one another", "encourage one another" and even to "admonish one another."  Sometimes we need someone to set us on the straight path.  And the end result will be Christ-like growth.  Let's agree to do it!