I hate sin, not because it takes away the righteousness of God, but because of what it does to me.

When I lust, I objectify a complete human being.

When I'm greedy, I take advantage of someone.

When I refuse to stretch out an arm of love, I deprive someone of comfort.

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This is why I hate sin, I don't hate it because God will ostracise me from his presence, I am his temple, his presence lives in me, I am the new covenant's ark of covenant, who shall stand with railing accusations against the lord and his anointed.

So, I deny myself of pleasures

Not because God is a doting father who rejoices in self-flaggellation and stigmata, but because sin hurts me and hurts my neighbor, and if heaven will be on earth, I who name myself by the name of the lord must depart from iniquity, a reign of peace must begin, and if it will

Begin, it must begin with me.