We’re reading through Acts at church now, and one point made last week from Acts 17:16 stood out to me.

“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.” ?????? ????? ??????????

One of the men made the point of how Paul’s spirit was stirred, or deeply troubled, at the sin he saw in the city. Then he pointed the question at himself - “Am I troubled by sin, does it deeply trouble me - whether in general, or in my own life?”.

The question was then directed to Christians as a whole - “Are we stirred, deeply troubled, by sin - whether in the world, or even in our own lives?”.

The fact is - the Church is NOT troubled by sin, but rather it dismisses it all too often. Like people dismiss a ‘little white lie’, so we have made some sins ‘little white sins’ - meaning they are too small to matter.

Is this what God thinks about sin? I won’t go into a deep post today - but simply want you to ask yourself, “Am I troubled by sin, in my life, my children or spouses life, in our world?”.