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IT USED TO BOTHER ME “Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.” — Ephesians 4:19 There was a time when your sin **bothered you.** You knew it was wrong. Your conscience troubled you. You felt ashamed. You knew something needed to change.But instead of dealing with the sin, something else changed— **YOU DID.** You **justified** your sin. You **ignored** your sin. You **excused** your sin. You **defended** your sin.And eventually, instead of **fighting AGAINST your sin, you began fighting FOR your sin.** That is a dangerous place to be. The sin didn't become right simply because it stopped bothering you. **God's Word didn't change—you did.** The Bible warns about becoming **“past feeling.”** Repeatedly resisting truth can harden the heart until what once brought conviction barely troubles you anymore. “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” — Hebrews 3:13 KJV** Don't measure right and wrong by whether something **bothers you.** A hardened conscience can become comfortable with what God still calls sin. If you find yourself constantly having to **justify, excuse, ignore, or defend** what God's Word condemns, the answer isn't to silence the conviction. **Agree with God. Confess it. Forsake it.** “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” — Proverbs 28:13 It used to bother you. If it doesn't anymore, ask yourself—WHY?