“Maybe in YOUR mind a child stealing a pencil is not equal to stalin...but then we do not have the mind of God ..we do not see things from a spotless holy perspective ...we see sin as it relates to us, not God...”
The commandments are even harder to keep than not stealing a pencil as Jesus clarified. Where He explained that even if you don’t ACT on stealing it, but “only” coveting it is a sin. And of course men don’t see it as “equal”, nor should we in our laws, etc. But both keep us apart from God.
Amen ... When I heard the quote from that preacher that" there is enough sin in my prayer to damn me " I realized how often even our prayer is selfish, self centered, self glorifying, demanding .. etc.. even our prayer reflects our inability and sinfulness