It is so hard to watch people we love get wrapped up in sin! It breaks our hearts (sometimes it feels like it’s literally breaking). Sometimes our conscience gets so bothered by it that we may even try to relieve our conscience by finding an acceptable explanation. We might say things like, “He’s still a good person, just a little mixed up right now.” “At least she’s happy, that’s what matters.” “God knows their hearts, and I’ll let Him sort things out. Who am I to judge?”
We may try to explain it away, but when our efforts to soften our own hurt have run their course, the reality remains that sin is still sin. After talking about the progression of sin and its severe consequences, James says, “Do not be deceived” (Jas. 1:16). Paul says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7).
It hurts deeply when a loved one gets entangled in sin, but let us not make it worse (for them or for us or for others) by trying to make anything other than what it is—pure “lawlessness” (1 John 3:4).