What is today's attitude toward sin?
Today's attitude is that people do not want to recognize sin anymore. They resist acknowledging it as sin. This refusal stands in contrast to Scripture's plain warning that failure to hearken to the Lord's voice brings catastrophe, as Deuteronomy 28 describes.
Les explains that people today do not want to recognize sin anymore. He then turns to Deuteronomy 28, starting at verse 63, to illustrate the seriousness of disobedience. He notes that the Jewish people possess the same Old Testament we have, and Moses, speaking to Israel in the Sinai before they entered the Promised Land, warned that as the Lord rejoiced to do them good, He would also rejoice to destroy them and scatter them if they disobeyed. In verse 65, they would find no ease, with heart failure, sorrow of mind, and lives hanging in doubt, fearing day and night with no assurance. Les points back to verse 15 to make the reason for these catastrophes plain: it would come to pass if they would not hearken to the voice of the Lord their God to obey Him. Thus, today's refusal to recognize sin contrasts with this clear biblical warning that disobedience brings judgment.