We need to make certain that we’re recognizing that sin has an effect on the way people think. What it presents to us is the incredible need that all people have for counseling. Because of the effect of sin on our minds we all need counseling.
A reminder though for those of you who have gone through any of the basic counseling training: We talk about the fact that we’ve all needed counsel from the very beginning. One illustration for me in my life where I learned that was with my four-year-old son. He was standing right in front of me and he gets his really awkward look on his face. Then out of nowhere, he just launches vomit right in front. And I’m sitting there looking at him thinking, “What are you doing? Don’t you know you need to go to the bathroom!? You need to do that in the toilet or outside.” But I recognized that this poor kid had no clue what to do. He didn’t know. He had this funky feeling inside that he had not felt before, he stood there in bewilderment because he had no clue what was going
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