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"Is Sin a Little Thing?" "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful." (Romans 7:11-13)Christian, beware how thou thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest thou fall by little and little.Is sin a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness?Is sin a little thing? Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Doth 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?Is sin a little thing? It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns and pierced His heart! It made Him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe.Could you 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.Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be "exceeding sinful."