Did you know that the world does not
want to hear anyone speak against sin? But then, neither does the church. I
understand the world not wanting to hear all the sin talk because the sinner
will then come under condemnation which will bring him to repentance and satan
does not want that; but the feeling in the church appears to be the same or
maybe worse. We have a strange type of self- righteousness in the church today that
makes us angry at anybody that speaks against sin. Isn’t it amazing? Should we
not be comfortable with a sermon that speaks against sin? Shouldn’t that help
us reappraise and rededicate (where necessary) our lives particularly because
we have to hear and hear the word again and again to continue in right doing?
I hope I don’t sound self-righteous
here because I do have weaknesses but we really must address the reality of our
faith which teaches that we are to move away from a life of sin. Not only did
Jesus come to save us from a life of sin; when we got born-again, we chose to
turn our backs on a life of sin. The shed blood is not in vain and we as
believers cannot be seen to make the blood of non- effect. We must never lose
sight of the purpose for which we came to Christ and the price God/Jesus paid
that we may truly achieve this purpose.
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Timothy 2: 19 “But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this
inscription: the Lord knows those who are His, and all who belong to the Lord
must turn away from evil”
If therefore, you belong to the Lord,
how can you justify living in sin and unrighteousness? It is even sadder when
we boast in our ability to sin and act like God expects us to continue in sin that grace may abound. I believe in the
reality of grace and like the saying “but for grace….,” I truly cannot imagine
where I would have been but for the grace of God. However, God obviously did
not make grace available that we may continue in sin. Whether or not we want to
accept this reality, sin does create a “dis-connect” between God and us. Sin
does not harm God; but it harms you and I; it kills our relationship with God.
Isaiah
59: 2 “Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor His ear too deaf
to hear you call. It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of
your sins, He has turned away and will n0t listen anymore.”
Without God we have no power. If sin
creates a gulf between God and us, that suggests that we are unable to attain
to those heights that only God can bring us to if we we continue in sin. Do not
let anyone deceive you- anything that upsets God is bad for us. We can only
overcome through Christ so that if we walk our way out of Him, how can we be
more than conquerors?
Moreover, if we have the seed of God
in us, we cannot be happy living in sin. It has nothing to do with how often
you are in church or how many gifts of the Spirit you operate in; if you are a
child of God, you would have to depart from iniquity. If you are a winner in
other things, then you can also win in this fight to let go of a life of sin.
You and I can do this because God is on our side and we are born to win every
battle satan engages us in.
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John 5: 18 “ We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for
God’s son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.”
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