SIN MATTERS TO GOD

SIN DOES MATTER TO GOD

Ezek. 33:12 “Son of man, give your people this message: The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.” NLT

Hear this message of God to Ezekiel. No matter how well you are grounded in Christ, if you decide to turn from righteous living and live in sin, your previous righteousness will not save you. We cannot escape God’s warning. The righteous live by faith in Christ and produce the fruit of righteousness. They do not live in sin. The sins of the heart condemn us. The Lord judges us according to how we are living, not by how we lived.

Those who turn from their sins and live righteously before God will be saved. The past, no matter how bad it may have been, is no longer held over their heads. All who repent of their sins will be saved. Those who live righteously before God will be saved. The past, no matter how bad it may have been can be changed; there is no past sin that cannot be forgiven if we turn to God and confess them.

We cannot change what God has spoken. We cannot explain it away. It is what it is. Let us take it to heart and live lives that are consistent with repentance. Why should we take the chance that we might die in our sins? Live honorably before God in righteousness and you will be saved.

Jesus died on the cross to make you righteous before God. He died so that your sins may be forgiven. He died to set you free from the bondage of sin that condemns the soul to hell. You don’t have to die in your sins. The choice is yours alone to make. Is Jesus your righteousness today?