we think we can play with sin

Just a little. There will be something thatwe are attracted to -- people, or circumstances, perhaps. It will look attractive,we'll see it,we'll covet it, we'lltake it, andwe'll believe that just a little bit of it is all we're going to mess with; we're not going to go too far. We'll take pleasure when it pleases us, and then we'll walk away. "You shall not die," said the Serpent, "Eat of the fruit."

We think we can play with sin, just a little. Certain sins are nice, agreeable, likeable, pleasurable, acceptable, even harmless. We think we can keep sin under control, either by limiting its influence on us or our involvement in it. In reality, we fall under its control, and little by little, sin controls us. Sin masters us the moment it touches our lips.