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Destructive Power of Sin
07-21-2024 | Rev. Matthew R. Paratore, S.T.L., J.C.L.,PastorDear Friend,
Sin demands to have a person be alone. It withdraws the individual from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him or her, and the more deeply the person becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is the isolation.
Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. In the darkness of the unexpressed, it poisons the whole being of a person.
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