Our Sin - what is known
"For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment."
Two always know of our sin. We know. God knows. We hide our sin from others, but we do not hide our sin from God, or from ourselves. Sin is embarassing. At the same time, sin is choice that exemplifies the autonomy of the individual. While autonomous choice is not sin, nor is it embarassing, rebellion is sin, and exposed rebellion to God is certainly embarassing. Ask any sinner.
I would say that for the most part (the vast, most part), we know our sin. We know when we do, think, or say the wrong thing. We also know when we fail to do, think or say the right thing. That is the very definition of sin. Especially during Lent, we know our sin. We spend these 40 days taking a look at ourselves, and what we see, we don't like. How could we?
And while we do sin against one another, our sin is always against God. God is righteous, we, in our sin, are not. So according to the psalmist, God is both just and blameless when God passes judgment on our sin.
This analysis of sin has something of a "matter of fact" sense to it. Sin is definitely a problem.
posted by the sojourning pilgrim @ 1:17 PM
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