How to Handle a Multitude of Sins

How to Handle a Multitude of Sins

Nov 24

There is an old familiar cliché to the effect that we should “hate the sin, but love the sinner.” This may sound a bit trite because of over-use, but it is nevertheless both Biblical and practical. It is easy and tempting to be critical and condemnatory toward someone who has sinned, (especially if the sin has affected us directly), but such an attitude seldom, if ever, produces repentance on the part of the sinner. As the above proverb reminds us, it will more likely generate an angry, defensive response and further strife.