Shocking title, right? You may say, "Martin, are you kidding? All Christians talk about is how much they hate sin and how desperate they are to remove it from their lives." Okay, then let me say it this way, "They love to hate sin." Now do you see?

Christians need sin in order to have something to fight, something to overcome, a reason to glory in their accomplishments "for God." They see sin as something that God has set before them as a test to see how dedicated they are, how worthy they are, to what degree they are able to impress the Deity.

But there is another bonus for the Christians: Sin allows them to condemn other people to hell. Because why is ANYONE going to hell, according to them? It's because of sin. If you take away sin, then I think the Christians realize instinctively that the result of that would have to be the salvation of all. And there's nothing they hate more than even the suggestion that everyone is eventually saved.

So now you see how I'm approaching this. The proof that Christians, in spite of what they say, actually LOVE sin, is their reaction to the truth that sin will be abolished. Tell them THAT, and they will fight practically to the death to keep sin in existence. So tell me again how much they actually hate sin? No, they LOVE sin.

I am accused of making light of sin because I teach justification, that is, being free from condemned concerning sin. I also teach the eventual abolition of sin. How is THAT treating it lightly? I believe sin is so bad that it must be banished, eventually, from God's universe. It is THEY who are making light of sin. How? The believe that sin isn't so bad that it can't eternally co-exist in God's universe. Let's review: I say it's so bad that God can't tolerate it in a perfect universe, they say it's necessary to keep certain people condemned and certain other people (themselves) reveling in their accomplishments against it.

Look at it this way: Christians revel in THEIR accomplishments, and this requires a record of their struggles and supposed successes against sin. WE revel in the accomplishment of Christ, and THIS requires the abolition of sin—the very thing that Jesus Christ came to take away.

Is it hard making this much sense for a living? Not really. It comes naturally to me.