How Should We Respond to Sin. (Ezra 9 1-15)

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How do you respond when you hear that someone has fallen spiritually. 

For some people, the first response is gossip. They immediately begin collecting details. Who was involved? What happened? Who knew? How long did it go on? The conversation becomes less about restoration and more about information.

 Others respond with criticism. They become armchair analysts of someone else's collapse. Saying things like, "Well, if he had done this..." "If she had listened to that..." "If they had been more committed..." Suddenly everyone becomes an expert on a situation they weren't actually living through.

 Still others respond by barely responding at all. We've become so accustomed to stories of failure that they scarcely surprise us anymore. Every day brings another scandal, another headline, just another story of sin. 

So, how should we respond when we hear about sin? More specifically, how should a follower of Christ respond? Is there a biblical pattern? Is there a godly response that rises above gossip, judgment, and indifference? Well, I believe there is and Ezra chapter 9 we're given one of the most powerful examples in all of Scripture.

What follows is one of the most moving responses to sin recorded anywhere in the Bible. Not because Ezra was perfect and not because he was personally guilty, but because he understood something about God's holiness, God's grace, and the seriousness of sin that many of us have forgotten.  

And in doing so, he shows us how God's people should respond when they encounter spiritual failure.

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