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October 18, 2026

 

NO LITTLE SIN

 

OPENING SCRIPTURES

James 2:10 (KJV): “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

1 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV): “Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”

Romans 6:23 (KJV): “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

 

 

MEMORY VERSE

1 John 1:9 (KJV): “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Song of Solomon 2:15 (KJV): “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.”

 

 

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No Little Sin – EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL: October 18, 2026

Beloved, there is no little sin. Sin is sin before God. What men call a little lie, a little anger, a little compromise or a little secret is, in the eyes of a holy God, a rebellion against His nature and His word.

The size of a sin is not measured by how big it sounds before men, but by whom it offends, and every sin offends the holiness of the Almighty God.

What then is sin? Sin is any thought, word, action or attitude that goes against the character, the command and the will of God.

Sin is not only in what the hand does; it begins in the heart, it lives in the mind, it speaks through the tongue and it hides in the attitude.

Jesus said that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart (Matthew 5:28). The Bible says, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4).

Sin is not only the wrong thing you have done; it is also the right thing you knowingly refused to do. The Bible says, “to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”

The prayer you refused to pray, the forgiveness you refused to release, the instruction you refused to obey, the help you refused to render when it was in the power of your hand: these too are sins before God.

Many believers comfort themselves because they did not do evil, yet refuse to address the little sin that convicts them.

Unfortunately, many people do not know that what they consider little sin has great effect. The enemy has deceived many into treating sin lightly, but sin is never light in its consequences.

As a little leaven leavens the whole lump, so a little sin, left unconfessed and unchecked, spreads into every area of life. It is the little foxes that spoil the vines.

The first thing sin does is to separate. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve walked with God in the cool of the day. There was fellowship, there was communion, there was open heaven.

But one act of disobedience, which many would call a small matter of eating a fruit, opened the door to death, shame and separation. The same Adam who once ran to meet God began to hide from His presence among the trees of the garden (Genesis 3:8).

Sin always makes a man run away from the God he was created to run to.

The prophet Isaiah declared that the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is His ear heavy that it cannot hear, but iniquities have separated between man and his God. This is why many pray and their prayers seem to hit the ceiling.

It is not that God has lost His power; it is that sin has built a wall. The Psalmist said, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Psalm 66:18). A little sin kept in the heart can close a great heaven over a man’s head.

Sin does not only separate; it corrupts. Grace is the divine enablement that makes a man shine, rise and succeed beyond his natural ability. But sin is like poison poured into a fountain.

The Bible says, “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour” (Ecclesiastes 10:1). Notice it is not a big folly but a little folly that spoils the reputation of the wise.

Samson carried an uncommon grace. The Spirit of the Lord moved upon him, and he tore lions apart with his bare hands. But step by step, compromise by compromise, he played with sin on the lap of Delilah until the day he rose up and said, “I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself.

And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him” (Judges 16:20). The tragedy of sin is that it can drain the grace from a man’s life while he is still boasting of yesterday’s power.

Many people are still carrying the title, the position and the outward form, but the oil has dried up. The little foxes of secret lust, small dishonesty, unforgiveness and pride have entered the vineyard and spoiled the tender grapes.

Sin can make a person rejected, even after God has chosen and anointed him. Saul was the first king of Israel, anointed by the prophet Samuel. Yet when God commanded him to utterly destroy Amalek, he obeyed partially.

He spared King Agag and the best of the sheep, and he called it a sacrifice to God. To Saul it was a small adjustment, but to God it was rebellion.

Samuel said to him, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king” (1 Samuel 15:23).

Moses, the great man of God who spoke with God face to face, was told to speak to the rock, but in anger he struck it twice.

To many, it looked like a small act of frustration, but God said, “Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them” (Numbers 20:12).

One moment of disobedience kept Moses from entering the Promised Land he had laboured forty years to reach.

Esau sold his birthright for one morsel of meat, and the Bible says that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears (Hebrews 12:16–17).

Beloved, what you trade for a moment of pleasure can cost you a lifetime of destiny.

Sin is a jailer. It can arrest a person’s life and cage their destiny. When Israel crossed the Jordan and brought down the walls of Jericho, God gave a clear instruction concerning the accursed thing.

But one man, Achan, saw a goodly Babylonish garment, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold, and he coveted them and hid them in his tent. To Achan it was a secret matter, a small thing among the great spoils of war.

But the next battle at Ai, a small city, turned into defeat and death for Israel. One man’s hidden sin arrested the progress of a whole nation, and the judgement that followed fell upon Achan, his household and all that he had (Joshua 7).

Gehazi served the great prophet Elisha and stood at the doorway of a double portion. But when Naaman was healed, Gehazi ran after him and collected silver and garments with a lie.

It looked like a small lie for a little gain, but Elisha said, “The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever” (2 Kings 5:27). A destiny that could have carried a mantle ended under a curse.

Ananias and Sapphira sold a possession and kept back part of the price, while pretending to give all. It was a little deception in the eyes of men, but Peter said, “Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God” (Acts 5:4), and both of them died that same day.

Lot’s wife only looked back, and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). Many destinies are not destroyed by great storms but by small sins that were never dealt with.

The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death.” Every sin carries wages, and every wage is eventually paid. Sometimes the wage is physical death, sometimes it is spiritual death, sometimes it is the death of a marriage, a ministry, a career, a reputation or a destiny.

The Bible warns, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). It also declares, “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).

All sin has consequences. You may hide it from your pastor, your spouse and your friends, but you cannot hide it from God, and you cannot hide it from its own fruit. What is sown in secret often grows in the open. What is ignored today may become tomorrow’s battle.

Why then do many people treat some sins as little? First, because they compare themselves with others.

They say, “At least I am not a murderer or an armed robber.” But God does not grade us by other people’s sins; He judges by His own holiness. The Bible says, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10).

Second, because the world has normalised sin. Lies are called “white lies”, fornication is called “relationship”, bribery is called “settlement”, gossip is called “sharing”, and pride is called “self-confidence”. When sin is renamed, it becomes comfortable, and when it becomes comfortable, it becomes deadly.

Third, because judgement is often delayed. The Bible says, “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil” (Ecclesiastes 8:11).

Many people mistake the patience of God for His approval. But the longsuffering of God is meant to lead us to repentance, not to make us bold in sin (Romans 2:4).

Beloved, the devil does not usually begin with big sins. He starts with a little compromise, a small lie, a secret glance, an unforgiven offence, a little pride. He knows that once a door is opened, even a little, he can bring in more.

That is why the Bible warns, “Neither give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27). Give him an inch, and he will take your destiny.

Beloved, the message of “no little sin” is not meant to condemn you but to awaken you. The same Bible that says the wages of sin is death goes on to declare, “but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

God has made a way of escape through the precious Blood of His Son.

The first step is honest confession. Stop calling sin little, and call it what God calls it. The Bible says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

Confession is not merely telling God what He already knows; it is agreeing with Him about what He already said.

The second step is genuine repentance. Repentance is not only sorrow; it is a turning away. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13).

Mercy is promised not to those who only confess, but to those who confess and forsake. Where you have wronged others, make restitution as Zacchaeus did (Luke 19:8).

The third step is to take refuge in the Blood of Jesus. No amount of good works can wash away sin; only the Blood can. “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). Plead the Blood over your past, your mind and your life, and receive a clean heart from God.

The fourth step is to guard your heart and close every door. Catch the little foxes before they spoil your vine.

Flee youthful lusts (2 Timothy 2:22), make a covenant with your eyes like Job (Job 31:1), and keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23). Remove whatever is feeding the sin, whether a relationship, a habit, a device or a place.

The fifth step is to walk in the Spirit. “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Stay in the Word, stay on the altar of prayer, stay in fellowship and stay accountable to godly people. A man who is full of the Holy Ghost has no room for the little foxes.

Today, the Lord is calling you higher. Whatever little sin has been eating away your grace, caging your destiny and building a wall between you and God, bring it to the cross.

There is no little sin, but there is also no sin too great for the Blood of Jesus to wash away. Come as you are, confess, forsake and be made whole.

Final Word

Beloved, there may be sins people call little, but there are no sins worth keeping. The pleasure is temporary, while the consequences can reach far beyond the moment, into your marriage, your children, your reputation, your purpose and your eternity.

Today, surrender every hidden compromise to Christ. Bring it into the light. Lay it at the foot of the cross. And pray with David, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10).

There is no little sin, but there is a great Saviour who is ready to save you but not condemn you. Run to Him today, and He will cleanse you, deliver you and teach you to walk in victory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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