The other day a friend said, “Black
is black!” I have no idea what point he was trying to make since I
had “tuned out” minutes before.
I took his statement literally and said
to myself, “He’s wrong.” For you see I had read an article
that a new standard for black had been set by a vertically aligned
carbon nanotube material. A super black that is ten times “blacker”
than the previous black standard.
What makes black, black? Black is
black because of its ability to absorb light. The more light that is
absorbed, the less is reflected and thus the darker the black. The
material coated with carbon nanotubes is capable of absorbing 99.5
percent of the light striking its surface at any angle not just in
the visible spectrum but also from the ultraviolet to the far
infrared as well.
Think of this material being like a
shag rug only so small you can only see the tubes with an electron
microscope.
However if my friend was speaking
metaphorically, saying that sin is black and therefore sin is sin,
then I would agree with him.
Our culture would tell you that there
are degrees of sin. Just as there are shades of black there are
shades of sin. It would say that a lie isn’t as bad as cold
blooded murder. But that’s not the way that God sees it. To Him
breaking any of His commandments is breaking the whole law.
I’m here today to tell you that while
there is a new standard of black, sin is still sin. We need to stop
sinning and start being obedient to God.
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