If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

I am not sure about others, however, I tend to classify sins.  There are the big bold ones; then there are the little ones that I can easily excuse as mistakes; writing them off by saying things like, “everyone does that” or “it really doesn’t mean anything.”  Interestingly, Jesus never compared one person’s sin to another; rather all people’s sin to a holy God.  To that standard, we all fall short (Romans 3:23). Paul equated a quarrelsome spirit as carnality; and that a God sanctified person will exhibit no trace of that kind of behavior, by saying, “…walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh” Galatians 5:16.  If honest, I do not usually classify the sins I struggle with as the big ones; those are other people’s issues.  However, I must be careful, as Jesus challenged me to remove the log in my own eye; and only then will I be able to see clearly enough to help another.