"Never consider any sin as small or of no account, because every sin, though it seem ever so small, is a transgression against God. A small sin that is loved and nurtured can condemn a man as well as a gross sin. A small leak, if not repaired, can sink a ship in time; likewise a small sin if continued without repentance can sink a soul and send it to hell. Beware, then, not only of great sins but also of small. Make a habit of overcoming every small temptation, and you can be master over great ones, too. Especially shun willful sinning, that ye provoke not God to anger; for a truth it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins that were willfully committed."
When someone repeatedly hardens their heart to commit sin, to love sin. It is hard for them to turn away from it, which is repentance. Before long they would rather curse God than turn away from their sin. It is not that God is unwilling to forgive them, for God is not willing that any man should perish, but they are not willing to give up their sin in order to be able to bear God's presence.
Having put on Christ, through having faith on his name unto obedience in repentance and baptism, we should no longer serve sin, being dead to it. Read Romans Chapter 6, verses 11-14.
"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
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