Sin hardly happens at an instance; it usually involves a process. Consider how Eve fell for the tempter’s wiles. “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.” Genesis‬ 3‬:6‬ NKJV‬‬. Eve moved from beholding the tree to perceiving that it was good before she took a bite of its fruit. We noticed the same thing in Achan’s confession. “When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”” Joshua‬ 7‬:21‬ NKJV‬‬. Achan saw, coveted, and took. That was a process.

Sin hardly happens at an instance; it usually involves a process…we must learn to conquer sin in its seed form. Those who delay to nip sin in the bud often have unpleasant tales to tell.

Judas did not get to a point of betraying the Master at an instance. Checking his pedigree, we realise that he had been the keeper of the purse and had freely helped himself from it. He was the one who raised an eyebrow when a woman broke the box and anointed Jesus with the substance in it. He protested that it was a waste and wondered why it was not sold and the proceeds given to the poor. The Bible notes that his protest was not because he loved the poor, but because the money would have been kept in his charge to pilfer from as before. Judas had already sold himself as a ready candidate to the devil to do the dirty job of betrayal. The lesson is that we must learn to conquer sin in its seed form. Those who delay to nip sin in the bud often have unpleasant tales to tell.