James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

Would you try to drive a car that has got a wheel missing? How about sitting on a chair that has got a leg missing?

When we look at the obvious we don’t have to think too hard about what is right and wrong; but sin is not always that simple to spot from our point of view.

If we are inside the car already, we may not see one wheel missing. When we live our lives without caring for God’s ways we will not spot when we do things wrong until it may be too late… but we are still guilty…

Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law.

God’s law is perfect and it will always be upheld by Him because He is perfect! Man’s laws are certainly not perfect because we see people get away with things because of holes in the law.

If we ignore the law totally then we will still be judged, even if it is just that we are judged according to what we do know.

God will not allow us to get away with everything just because we bury it under a really large carpet!

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Just because we live in a corrupt world does not mean that we have to live by those corrupt rules!

God has given each of us a beautiful mind that can discern many things. For some that mind is much more able than others, but to each of us He has given what we need to learn from Him.

It is hard to understand God’s ways, but by listening to Him we can continue to learn how best to approach the sinful world we live in. It is a case of listening though because the world can be very loud!