{"id":3452,"date":"2018-08-20T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2022-01-12T18:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:14:46","slug":"the-most-dangerous-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"The Most Dangerous Sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 5<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">[<strong>Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 2<\/strong>\u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">If you were asked to name the most dangerous sin, would it be murder, lying, adultery, slander, or perhaps some other? All of these are dangerous, both to the victim and the perpetrator. However, consider an often-overlooked behavior that one might not at first think is so dangerous, but nonetheless is: <strong>Neglect<\/strong>. The Bible calls attention to itsdanger:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Neglect not the gift that is in thee\u2026 (1 Tim.4:14a). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? (Heb. 2:3a). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"> <span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin (Jam.4:17).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Why neglect is so dangerous:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It is deceptive. <\/strong>It is easy to see the ugliness and danger of drunkenness, fornication, murder, and such like. \u201cSins of omission\u201d (i.e., <strong>not \u00a0<\/strong>visiting the sick, <strong>not <\/strong>helping the helpless, failing to study God\u2019s Word, et al.) are easily overlooked. There is no reason to believe God distinguishes between neglect and sins requiring action (Mat.25:45).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It requires no effort.\u00a0<\/strong>One must <strong>act\u00a0<\/strong>to commit murder, robbery, adultery, or even to lie. Neglect, by definition, requires no action or exertion. Failure to believe the Gospel and be baptized (Mark 16:16) or to repent and be baptized (Acts 2:38) involves no effort whatsoever.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It is at the root of other sins.\u00a0<\/strong>Just as weeds will overtake the slothful man\u2019s vineyard because of his neglect (Pro. 24:30\u201334), so one invites the \u201cweeds\u201d of life to overtake him when he becomes idle. Thus the Bible instructs, \u201c\u2026we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works\u201d and \u201c\u2026work out your own salvation with fear and trembling\u201d (Eph. 2:10a; Phi. 2:12b).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It is contrary to the spirit and purpose of the Gospel.\u00a0<\/strong>A <em>thou-shalt-not <\/em>view alone of Christianity is deficient. While character may be judged in part by the things one does <strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>do (i.e., drink, gamble, lie, steal, commit fornication, etc.), accurate and full judgment must also assess what one does. Jesus asked, \u201cAnd why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and <strong>do not\u00a0<\/strong>the things which I say?\u201d (Luke 6:46). He also declared, \u201cYe are my friends, if ye <strong>do\u00a0<\/strong>the things which I command you\u201d (John 15:14). Jesus will not bless the one who hears only, but also <strong>does not obey\u00a0<\/strong>what He Commands (Jam.1:22\u201325).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It will cause one to be lost. <\/strong>In Jesus\u2019 parable of the talents, the one-talent man was not lost because of what he <strong>did<\/strong>, but because of what he <strong>neglected to do <\/strong>(Mat. 25:14\u201330). Neglect of salvation will rob one of it (Heb.2:3).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>One is wise who recognizes the great danger of neglect.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, November 27, 2015.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Attribution:\u00a0 <\/strong>From <em>TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, owned and administered by Dub McClish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in\u00a0larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0page.] If you were asked to name the most dangerous sin, would it be murder, lying, adultery, slander, or perhaps some other? 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