The Trick of Satan

Adding hierarchy to sin.

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.Romans 3:21-26

Satan's most effective gameplay has been to lead Christians and the Church in establishing a hierarchy on sin. In the most confounding of ways, rape/murder has managed to be a greater offense than stealing/cursing. Many of us can quickly recall the varying degrees we establish the seriousness of sin.