How far can I go without being a cheater?

Imagine that you are in a relationship. Imagine that your partner tells you consistently how they love you and just want to spend time with you. They tell you that you are all they need and that you are the very air they breathe. Now imagine they tell you that next week they are going to see their ex and need to know how far they can go with them before it's considered cheating. They want to know if they can hold hands or kiss or embrace and still be considered faithful to you.

This is what we do with God. We tell Him that we love Him. We say that we just want to dwell in His presence. We say that He is all we need and we even sing songs about how we need Him to survive. We claim to be so in love with Him, but in the next breath we ask how much we can play with sin before it's considered wrong. Young people go to their youth pastors and ask how far they can go with their boyfriend or girlfriend without it being considered sin. Adults ask their pastors how dishonest they can be without being a liar.

Sin goes against the very nature of God. He doesn't kind of dislike sin or sort of have a problem with it, He HATES sin. Sin killed His Son. We must hate sin the way God does. If we love Him the way we claim, we will do everything in our power to avoid the thing He hates the most.