The Bible talks about kind of sin, one we rarely discuss. It’s the sin of omission. A sin of omission is a sin that is the result of not doing something God’s Word teaches that we should do. Charles Spurgeon once called this, “The sin of doing nothing.”
Main Points:
1. Maybe you are like me and you can think of the many times you have committed the sin of omission. There are times we should have shown love, but we didn’t, times we should have spoken up, times we should have shared our faith, times we should have helped someone in need, but we didn’t.
2. The Scripture is calling for us to be aware that we can disobey God by intentionally participating in sin, but we can also do so by intentionally avoiding actions He is leading us to.
3. The intent of this episode is not to make us feel guilty. There’s not a person listening who hasn’t missed an opportunity to do good. We have all committed the sin of omission. The goal of this topic is to give us awareness. It’s a call to pay attention to the voice of God. My prayer is that we will have a listening ear to the Holy Spirit. Let’s pray and ask God to help us to be alert and aware of what He wants us to do, not just what He wants us to stop doing.
Today’s Scripture Verses:
James 4:17 - “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”
2 Peter 2:21 - “It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.”
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