The Ultimate Sin

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · Apr 14, 2026 · 2m

The ultimate sin, Scripture teaches, is the desire to reform others according to our own ideas a sinful attempt to play god by reshaping people to suit ourselves. Many of the conflicts people face in families, churches, and workplaces come from this very arrogance. God does not call us to change others; only He can do that. He calls us to change ourselves by conforming to His Word, while leaving the transformation of others to His grace. Yet our age exalts the opposite, praising leaders who try to remake society by coercion, legislation, and social engineering, all of which assume that man…