God gives grace to the humble, and most sin preachers don't. Here's a brief look into my life. I love preaching sin. I use a teaching called Hell's Best Kept Secret that talks about how the law is used to bring conviction to a person, so I agree with every single quote joevberry3 posted. But to live by the law makes one die by the law. The tree in the garden had both the knowledge of good and bad, and both led to death. The law is perfect, and it changes one. Jesus always used the law when proud people came to Him. But to Nicodemus, He used grace. And in Acts there was grace, as these were devout Jews who had come to celebrate the law. If you don't understand the grace, be careful in the law. It took a near divorce (the papers were filled out), and coming close to wishing I was dead for me to understand the grace of God. I almost left my two children, one who was one, the other was four. It did nearly kill me. I see sin as horrible, but my heart has empathy. Fall on the rock before it falls on you. But I also saw that in that, you want people around who will just be there for you. I had one person who came and said "Vince, I know you're going through a hard time. If you want to talk, I'm here for you. If not, no problem. Let's go golfing." while the rest were telling me what I should or shouldn't do. That one person showed me more of God's love then all the rest, except my pastor. Someone caught in sin? I can say they need to repent, but I'll lend a hand to get them there, and I sure as stink won't think it could never happen to me.