Why Does Sin Always Cost More?
What if sin doesn’t just break rules, but quietly drains your peace, your family, your future, and your ability to hear God clearly?
In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks through Genesis 27 and shows how deception, fear, favoritism, and appetite never stay private. They always cost more than they promised.
This isn’t ancient family drama locked in the past. This is the mirror of real life today. Jacob gets what he wanted, but loses more than he expected. Esau cries bitterly, Isaac trembles, Rebekah’s plan fractures her own home, and the covenant family feels the weight of sin’s hidden bill.
Through a Hebraic worldview and Ancient Near Eastern context, this episode helps us see Genesis not as distant biography, but as covenant truth for real people making real choices under pressure.
Question for your heart:
Where have you seen one small compromise cost more than expected?
Watch on YouTube:
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