When we get caught doing something wrong, we often try to soften the consequence by explaining how the action is excusable or justified. We can get so much into that mode that we try to justify all our sin, or try to justify other people's sins because we love them so much. We fear the consequences, but justifying it doesn't make it go away. We don't need to justify our actions, we need Jesus to forgive and save us.

Justifying our sin doesn't get rid of it.

Ezekiel 13:22; 14:6, 19-20; 16:18-19, 32