Romans 1:24-27

Sin is sin, no matter what form it takes, but it seems these days that some view certain sins as more allowable than others. That’s like saying it’s okay to have a little cancer in your body. Paul states later in this letter that the wages of sin is death; in other words, death is ultimately what sin will produce in our lives.

Don’t get mad at me—I didn’t write this! But one thing I know: I don’t want to pick a bone with the One who did.

Deep down in our hearts, we know this is true, yet we are often tempted to make exceptions for the people we love. But is that really love? If someone were trapped in a burning building and you knew the way out, would you remain silent because you were afraid of offending them? Of course not. Love warns. Love points to the way out. And spiritually speaking, Jesus is the way out.

People are free to live how they want. God has given us that choice. But to say something is okay when He clearly says it is not is foolish. No judgment here—just presenting the truth in love.

We each decide how we want to live our lives and whom we will serve. As I have heard it said, we are free to make our own choices in life; however, we are not free from the consequences of those choices. Paul, writing to the Galatians in Galatians 6:7–8, states:

“Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.”

We will always reap what we sow in life.

Some like to argue with their Creator, as God spoke through Isaiah:

““What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’”
(Isaiah 45:9)

There is a certain foolishness in arguing with the One who created us about how He created us or how He designed us to live. The clay doesn’t get to redefine the intentions of the Potter.

Ecclesiastes states it this way:

“Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?”
‭‭(Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

There are a lot of things that God calls crooked that people are trying to make straight. We can change the terminology, redefine the standards, or convince ourselves otherwise, but none of that changes what God has said. His truth remains His truth.

And then there are these words spoken through Isaiah:

“What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.”
‭‭(Isaiah‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

We cannot call truth error and error truth. It really is as simple as that. God is our Creator and has made us as we are. There are no mistakes. We can either trust His design and live according to His truth, or we can attempt to go against the way He created us—but ultimately, going against the Creator’s design will never produce what He intended for our lives.

Our bodies were not made for sin. Neither were our souls. Sin promises freedom but ultimately produces bondage; God’s truth may confront us, but it leads us to life.

Every one of us has areas where God’s truth challenges what we want, what we feel, or what we would prefer to believe. The question isn’t whether His Word agrees with us; the question is whether we are willing to agree with Him.

We can choose to live according to error or according to truth.

I prefer truth—better benefits!