WHO DO WE HURT WHEN WE SIN?

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Oneday one of the people I counselled shared the following story...
I was a virgin and I vowed to keep myself till am married but after I was diagnosed of HIV which till now I still don’t know how I got infected because as at the time I was diagnosed of it I was still a virgin. I was angry at God for allowing me get infected even though I was a virgin and keeping myself and so because of that and the pressures and insults and disregards from family members because of my HIV status, I decided not to continue keeping myself and I became Immoral and now I need help out of immorality.
My question is, when she became Immoral, who does she hurt, God or herself? Who gets guilty conscience? Who lives in regret? Is it God or her?
When we sin, we destroy our peace, we destroy our sanity, we destroy our future, and we destroy our health or those of our neighbours.
God is only offended at our sins because of the destruction sin brings to us and not Him. God is happy with your righteousness because righteousness exalts you and not Him and He delights in your exaltation and He is offended with your sins because sins destroy you and not Him and He is not happy with your destructions.
People try to get back at God for the challenges in their lives by committing sin and they forget that sin doesnt destroy God but the sinner.
When something is wrong in your life, God is not the cause and when you let the devil advice you into committing more sin and getting more angered at God, he leads you into further self destructions.
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man. Job 35:6-8
Be righteous for your own sake my friend.
God bless you.
Pastor Promise Ikpe

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