Christians are often confronted by non-Christians with accusations of sin, inconsistency and hypocrisy in our lives. The sad truth is that they are probably correct in most of their accusations. We are worthy of their reproach and rebuke when we do not practice what we preach and believe to be true. Sin is ugly. Sin is very ugly.
Sin is very, very ugly.
The nature of the offense is even more aggravated when we observe the practice among brethren in Christ. It is merely the leftovers of an unforgiving heart. It is a clear manifestation of a lack of love. If these and a host of other similar passages were observed, the harboring of grudges and its antecedent evils would not exist. All sins have a deteriorating effect upon those who commit them.