working hard to sin

i have grown up hearing the statement that "it is easier to sin then it is to follow God." or something to that extent. i have heard this based on the reason that it is too hard to do right and to follow God. you are never going to please Him anyway, so why even try? it always made sense to me, because while it takes an effort to follow God, you can sit in your lounge chair watching a basketball game and sin. (not that watching a basketball game is, but it could be glutony or sloth, maybe it is your thought life or you had a few to many beers.

but i want to take a look at what sin is. it can be defined as missing the mark. well if you have a target and miss the target you must hit something else other then a target, maybe it is the grass or the tree behind the target. so each time you sin you must affect something or someone else around you. this could be directly or indirectly affecting them in to how they view you.

now when you miss the mark, it can be unintentional, meaning that it was an accident or something that you did not quie realize it was a sin in the first place. this in a way is more acceptable because how can it be your fault when you were ignorant. every now and then someone will slip but it is easier to stand back up when it is unintentional because you are first of all trying to follow God in the beginning. but when you do realize that it was a sin it is still importan to confess this sin.

the send part of sin is where it starts to become hard work. intentional sin is an outright, blatant mentality that you are going to do whatever you want when ever you want to do it. this sin can be hidden or exposed. when you have an exposed sin and you do not care what others think, well that is easy. but trying to keep an intentional sin hidden can prove to be difficult.

most people i think who try to hide their sin know the difference between right and wrong. they are for the majority are the ones who attend church or have at least attended church in the past. these are the people sitting next to you in the pew and singing the same song and listening to the same message. but becuase they are trying to hide this sin from you and everyone else, they look, talk and act like you. trying to cover up something and keeping a lifestyle to match can be hard work, always hiding and pretending that you are someone you arent.

these are the people that are on your worship team having sex with there girlfriend. these are the ones who are gossipping but trying hard to not let everyone find out. this is the guy having an affair with his secretary. or driving dangerously fast on the interstate because you are in a hurry. this is the teenage guy who goes to bed a little later then his parents so he can download some porn from the internet or the recovering alcoholic taking a swig thinking that no one will ever find out. these are the teens at camp that sneak off to study anatomy. these are the ones that know the rules but blatany break them.

unfortunately they are sugar coating everything they are doing because they do not think it will affect anyone outside of them. no one willl ever find out. so what do we do when we are in this situation? or know someone else? what is it that you would do?