When facing hard decisions, many excuse wrongdoing by identifying and appealing to a so-called “lesser evil.” But Scripture does not measure guilt by the size of sin. This poem is a warning to the conscience: even our most rationalized compromises remain subject to the judgment of a holy God.
The Lesser Evil Remains an Evil
The ‘lesser evil’ remains an evil;Thus has it ever been.
God justifies NO evil acts
Even if the lesser sin.
The ‘lesser evil’ remains an evil;
Thus will it ever be.
No one is good except God alone;
Even the majority.
Who nullifies the least commandment
Is called least in God’s domain.
The ‘lesser evil’ we may choose
But guilty we remain.
There is no sin God condones,
No matter how just the cause.
We all like sheep have gone astray,
Absent any mortal laws.
Though we vainly seek to justify
Our unrighteous means and ways;
Condemned, we’re as guilty as Pilate,
Though we wash our hands for days.
Next poem: You Shall Know Them By Their Fruits
Author: Jerry Dan Deutschendorf
from: Warnings to the 'Christian' Church in America