{"id":55463,"date":"2004-11-04T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-05T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=55463"},"modified":"2022-11-04T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T01:27:32","slug":"changing-the-label-makes-sin-more-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/changing-the-label-makes-sin-more-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Label Makes Sin More Dangerous<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tAuthor Unknown\n

One of America’s great needs is to recognize sin for what it is. We are too prone to explain it away, or to soften its horrors.<\/p>\n

Wilbur Chapman tells of a distinguished minister who preached on sin, and one of the leading members came to talk to him in his study. He said to the preacher, “We don’t want you to talk so plainly about sin because the more our boys and girls hear you talking about sin the more easily they will become sinners. Call sin a mistake if you will, but do not speak so plainly about it being just plain outright sin.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The preacher took down a small bottle from the shelf marked “POISON” and showed it to the visitor. It was a bottle of strychnine. He said, “I see what you want me to do. You want me to change the label. Now, suppose I took off the label marked “Poison” on this bottle, and put on some mild label, such as “Oil of Anise,” don’t you see what happens? The milder you make the label, the more dangerous you make the poison!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD; who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things; speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits”<\/em>” (Isaiah 30:9-10).<\/p>\n

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!<\/em>” (Isaiah 5:20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author Unknown One of America’s great needs is to recognize sin for what it is. We are too prone to explain it away, or to soften its horrors. Wilbur Chapman tells of a distinguished minister who preached on sin, and one of the leading members came to talk to him in his study. 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