“Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.”
Joshua 22:20

Child of God, could there be any ‘secret’ sin in your heart and life with which you would stand with this defense, “this isn’t  hurting anyone…”? Sin, in any form it takes, is akin to cuddling with a lit bomb. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death, so the question is not ‘if’ it’s going to kill and destroy, but ‘when.’ Anyone who has ever experienced its aftermath will tell you that the shrapnel from the implosion nearly destroyed the lives of countless innocent others aimlessly caught in its path. Abraham never intended that one moment of unbelief in God’s plan and promise would continue to wreak unthinkable havoc in the Middle East some thousands of years later. David never dreamed that a temporary reprieve would yield a lifetime of regret, playing out destructively through the lives of those in his own household. But for the grace of God, one act of sinful disobedience in the heart of Jonah could  have resulted in the destruction of an entire land of people. Lot didn’t consider that stationing his family amidst the degradation of the world would all but destroy any light that the lamp of faith would hang up in their hearts. Sin is a malignant disease that will consume anything it touches in destruction, save the great grace and mercy of God. If you would stop its power and dominion in your life, and its effects and consequences in the lives of others, you need look no further than the blood of Jesus. The plague of the firstborn in Egypt was checked at the sight of the blood of the Lamb, and so it is today. May we hate sin with a holy hatred, not for ourselves only, but for the sake of our marriages, our children, our families, and our testimony before a sin darkened world – applying the blood of the Crucified Lamb to our hearts by faith afresh and anew and trusting wholly in its saving, washing, cleansing, delivering, healing, and sanctifying power!