Sin, a little thing?

(Charles Spurgeon)

"Avoid every kind of evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Sin, a little thing?
Is it not poison? Who knows its deadliness?

Sin, a little thing?
Do not little foxes spoil the grapes?
Do not the tiny coral insect build a rock which wrecks a navy?
Do not little strokes fell lofty oaks?
Will not continual droppings wear away stones?

Sin, a little thing?
It girded the Redeemer's head with thorns, and pierced His heart!
It made Him suffer unfathomable anguish, bitterness, and woe!
Look upon all sin as that which crucified your Savior, and you will see it to be utterly sinful!

If you could but weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity-you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil.

Not only do great sins ruin the soul, but lesser sins will do the same. Dallying with temptation, leads to sad consequences.

A small dagger thrust into the heart, will give as deadly a wound as a huge two-handed sword.
Just so, a little sin unrepented of, will be as fatal as living in gross transgressions.
 
Death can hide in a drop, and ride in a breath of air. Just so, our greatest dangers lie hidden in little things. The least sin may cause a great madhouse in your heart. It may conceal a host of evils, and a numerous hive of mischiefs, each one storing great harm.

Believer, beware of little sins! Watch and pray, lest you fall little by little.

Lord, save me from sins which call themselves little!