It is so easy to
convince ourselves that we are better than we really are. The longer we live by faith, the more likely
we are to dismiss the thought that we have a sin problem. We tend to scoff at the idea that we need to
identify and deal with sin in our lives.
Confession is for the “bad” people and not us “good” guys. One of Satan’s most effective weapons is to
keep us off our knees in humility and repentance.
God says we have a sin
problem. He makes it very clear as we
read His Word that all of us fall short of His holiness. No one can claim before God that he is holy
like God is. In God’s eyes, all have
sinned and are unable to keep away from it.
We can never be good
enough to be holy enough to not let sin into our lives. The Lord exposes the sin in our hearts and
calls us to repentance. He whose heart
is right with God will agree with God about his sin and deal with it before
God. He will, with God’s help, endeavor
to get a handle on his sin problem and minimize his sinning. It is a lifetime cooperation with God and the
task never ends on earth. We are a work
in progress and God’s work in us to make us holy will not get done until we get
to heaven.
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