“Doing this would hurt someone else, but not me. I can do this much without getting hurt. I’m not dumb; I know what I’m doing.”
Sin has its consequences and they are always inescapable for everyone.
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” (Proverbs 6:27).
Sometimes it is so easy to answer, “Yes.”
If I were to pull a glowing coal from a barbecue grill and drop it in my pocket, how can I expect no burning?!
Let me always see all sin that way, because that’s the way it is.
Adultery, covetousness, unkindness, speeding, lying, pride, contentiousness, rebellion, selfishness — on and on I could go. They are all burning coals!