In our sermon on Sunday was from 1 Peter 2:1-3 which lists sins that we don’t usually talk about about — our pastor pointed out that we generally talk about the biggies — sexual sin, addiction, stealing, murder, etc. but we have to worry about the others that do not seem so big (but are big to God).

Our pastor gave an illustration of how to deal with sins from a talk that he heard a few years ago. That speaker saw his well-fed house cat fighting with a not-nearly-so-well-fed stray cat. He was surprised that his cat one — even though he was fatter and slower. But he was also healthy, therefore stronger.

Followers of Christ have two sides in their life — the sinful nature and the spiritual nature that wants to follow Christ. Those sides are constantly fighting, like the two cats. If we want the good cat to win, we have to starve the bad cat so the good cat will be stronger.