Are there small sins?
In this passage we’re reading about how God allows the unrighteous to choose their lusts and passions. Thankfully, as His children, we know from Hebrews 12 that He disciplines us. We also know that He completes the good work He started in us – because, well, we invited Him in. We are secure in Him.
But still, we sin because we’re human.
And some of these sins listed in this passage are often our pet sins even as Christians: envy, covetousness, gossip, boasting.
I just thought it was a really good check – as we should be always checking our hearts and repenting and continuing to walk with Christ – to not let what we think of as “small sins” have their way in our lives.
These are things God calls out.
And again, we are secure in the Lord and He is working in us. There’s no fear that if we do these things we’re not His. But it is a helpful check to cast off our “small” or “pet” sins that aren’t actually small.