When was the last time that you cried? Did you cry over good news? You found out you were going to be a new parent or grandparent. Did you cry over bad news? You found out someone you loved has cancer, or a friend died. We cry when we’re sad, and we cry when we’re joyful. We can cry when we are in pain or even when we are overwhelmed. When was the last time that you cried over your sin?

Luke 22:62 says that Peter went out and wept bitterly. He did so after he had done what he said he would never do, He denied knowing the Lord. That truly was a grievous sin but aren’t all our sins grievous. David prayed in Psalm 139 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me. Every sin grieves God and should grieve us.

Our problem to often is that we compare our sins to others and so we can say I am not that bad. But every sin that I commit is as R.C. Sproul said, an act of cosmic treason against a holy God. We live by singing, I did it my way instead of what we should, live His way. Because we take our sin so lightly, and we choose to feed our sin rather than kill our sin. We excuse our sin rather than weep over them.  The quickest way to kill our sins is to think about Jesus. When we truly understand that Jesus took the hell we deserve for every sin I commit, so that we can receive the heaven He deserves then we will weep for the pain that we caused Jesus. So when was the last time you wept over your sin?