When we sing ‘All to Jesus I surrender’ and we do not, then we commit the sin of A + S.
Acts 5
When we commit our lives to God to work for Him but then on Monday we enter into that workplace and steal in time, effort, things and then go to the house group and ask people to pray for us to be a light then we commit the sin of A + S.
When we stand before God and make a vow with our babies in our arms and promise to honour them and let them be whoever God wants them to become but then at home as they grow up we exasperate them and we begin to live our lives in them and get them to do what we wanted to do but never did or failed at and then we tell people how great our children have become we commit the sin of A + S.
When we write a tithe cheque before church but you remember this week you’ve spent too much money and before you write 10% you think Id better write 5%. During the service you listen as a person is made a member and you hear how they commit themselves to the vision and community of the church through the giving of tithes and offerings. It’s a wonderful moment and you remember the lovely day when you became a member also. Ten minutes later you step forward to the communion table to give your tithe and no one knows that its actually halved in size, well not everyone, you know and God knows. It is the sin of A + S.
Not one of us has been immune to this sin.
All of us have committed the sin of A + S.
Cheap Christianity.
Many deny the cross but take up the benefits of Christianity.
Mission is everything.
Missions Paul 