What sin does to all of us

We are ruled by Christ’s love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died. And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us. - 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

• Sin turns us in on ourselves
• sin makes us shrink our lives to the narrow confines of our little self-defined world
• Sin cause us to shrink our focus, motivation and concern to the size of our own wants, needs and feelings
• Sin causes us to be offended most by offenses against us and to be concerned most for what concerns us
• Sin causes us to dream selfish dreams and to plan self-oriented plans
• Sin causes to to really love us and we have a wonderful plan for our lives

We, however, as followers of Christ, are kingdom-oriented people. 

The self-orientation of sin can produce a powerful attraction to another person, but that attraction should not be confused with love, because that attraction cannot do what love will do when the reasons for the attraction die. God, in His love, writes a better story.  He has a better dream. He knows better as to what is best for us. He will take us places that we never intended to go.  We will become more of what He has re-created us in Christ to be.