In the article “Secret Sins Will Harm Others,” the author Greg Morse states that “sin never stays alone.” When we sin, even if it’s in secret, we “sin as a member of a community.” Sin makes us weak and unable to be for our friends and family in times of need.

Not only does sin prohibit you from helping the people you love, but it spreads to them. The sinner will “lead others astray” and drag them into the same sinful path that the sinner is going. A person who “rejects godly reproof” doesn’t just lead themself astray but, brings their own mother, daughter, son, with them (Morse).

This reminds me of the Scarlet Letter in how Pearl is seen as a “demon-child” and tries to copy her mother and her scarlet letter.

Not only do sinners harm others, but they also harm God. The author of the article says that in the book of Psalms, we see Uriah’s family and Daniel apologizing to God and not to Uriah who was betrayed and murdered. Morse explains that David meant, “compared to all others he sinned against God alone”(Morse). But, though he sinned “only against God,” there are consequences to his actions. The consequence of sin, like that of Davids for example, affected all the husbands and wives, and sons and daughters that looked up to him as an example of a man after God’s own heart.

Dimmesdale in the Scarlet Letter was like David in a way and how his sin, after being revealed, confused the minds of the church that he was leading.

Satan will try to hide sin as a “small” thing that won’t hurt others but in reality will grow into a much messier problem and harm all the people around you. Proverbs 10:1 says “A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.” The sinner will put in danger those they are close to.