The Delusion of Sin Is Almost Tangible, but Has Mathematical Consequences Very Real and Quantifiable.
There is that touchable quality of sin that makes us want to obtain our desires and enable the basic instincts of man to reach new heights of insanity. The mathematics of Christianity are an absolute that can be measured in goodness and also the opposite, which is exponential evil. You may have the longing for a romantic and greedily lustful outcome of some unknown or even desired familiar object, yet you know of the consequences that lead to separation from a reliable future and eternity of the breath of freedom and relief. Yet, you still search into the delusion that things might reach explosive levels of gratification. The appetites of human flesh always have to be constrained in order to protect the well-being of the soul and also the security of the physical body.
Mathematics is our friend in all cases and must be given its prominent place within our psyche. Lust tries to shut out the brain, which is mathematical and computational. Without the objectivity of the deductive mind, which your physical body often wants to shut off, the consequences can be very detrimental to a multitude of different people, of which most importantly may concern yourself. Sin boils down to two words: objective vs subjective. Objective deals with what is real and scientific, while subjective concerns mostly personal beliefs and your own bias. If you wanted to obtain the truth in reporting a certain event, you might take out your own opinion and what could be a faulty observation, without knowing the underlying facts and evidence. You don´t really know what actually might have happened in some instance, because you did not know the motives of the person involved or the details of their unseen actions. You refrain from forming opinions, because you are aware of the unknown quantities that could be taking shape just beneath the surface.
That is what sin is, an unknown that always lurks just beneath the surface and then reveals itself to be detrimental to everyone. The reasoning and objective mind theorizes that it is unknown, even disastrous, and avoids contact at all costs, but the subjective and opinionated desires fall headlong into holding it closer to examine it and relish its strange closeness of disorder and chaos. Only when it is too late do we realize that it only wants to tear at our defenses and expose our limitations to weakness and defeat. That is why the resistance to sin is always mathematical in relation to the security of our soul and physical body. Mathematics deals in probabilities, outcomes, and exact scientific knowledge that the subjective personal opinions often ignore and find too difficult to observe, because of a lack of concentration. We want to be stupid and unaware of the chain of events that lead to destruction, thinking that just feeling good has no consequences. This is human nature and needs to be recognized as an enemy of the mind, body, and soul.
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-6-63/
June 28, 2022
Cliff Rhodes Christian Ministry