Ephesians chapter four.

You know, as a pastor, you get kind of a front row seat and a lot of people's problems and challenges.

We have a lot of law enforcement that attend Athy Creek.

And it's one of the things I talked to our police officer friends here about how our jobs are kind of similar.

And often that we see the human condition.

And sometimes some of the worst things that go on in people's lives, it's police and pastors.

The only difference is I don't get to shoot them, but other than that, our role is the same.

No, I'm just kidding, that's not nice, especially in Portland.

But, you know, we see things. And the problem with law enforcement

is you start to get jaded about humanity and cynical about humanity. That's a real problem. As a pastor,

I have the advantage of knowing that the Lord is able to restore, redeem, save, forgive. There's hope

for the worst of the worst. And I can see why

in law enforcement it would be hard to even think that way. But I do believe in the Lord's ability.

And one of the greatest things is how he forgives us of our sins. And that's good because we

have a lot of sins. The backside of humanity, not that beautiful. And that's just the truth. What is, as a pastor being the front row, you kind of, what is the worst sin? What is the most dastardly of all the sins? Have you thought about that? Now, we know that all sin will send you to hell. The wages of sin is death, uh, eternal death and hell.

That's what the Bible says. But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. Praise the

Lord for that. That's the gospel message that we love. But when it comes to sin, while all sin can

get you to hell, um, are there sins that the repercussions are maybe worse than others?

What's the worst sins?

And you might think, well, maybe it's pornography, because it really messes you up.

And it's an addiction that nobody wants to talk about and messes with your life emotionally and even physiologically and sexually can really take away

from what God really originally intended.

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