“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” 1 Corinthians 5:6
Sin has only one direction–to go from bad to worse: “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren.” James 1:15-16
No one can have the mastery over sin, to just use it for one’s own advantage: “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” John 8:34
All who have tried to use sin to serve themselves always end up serving sin.
The problem is, sin is the power of Satan, a power greater than man.
As Adam and Eve enjoyed serving themselves with sin, they soon discovered they had brought the bondage of sin’s consequences upon themselves and their whole world.
Leaven is very small in and of itself, but it permeates the whole of the substance it comes in communion with. At that point, it overpowers and takes on the size and strengths of the whole substance.
Sin starts out as just a thought, a desire, a lust. At that point and time, it is just something to kick around and toy with. But allowed to remain and be entertained for personal gratification, it grows unto infusing itself into one’s choices and actions.
As one becomes more committed to the allowance of sin in one’s person, one’s person begins to take on the effects of that sin. As sin continues to grow, it will eventually come to power in one’s pride, thus gaining command over one’s strengths in defending one’s pride.
At this point, rather than it be just a fight with the sin, one finds that it now has become a fight with their whole self.
SHARING
