GOD HATES SIN

 

Ps. 5:4,5  O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the slightest sin.  Therefore, the proud will not be allowed to stand in your presence, for you hate all who do evil.

     We must hear this message from God!  God does not tolerate the slightest sin.  Stop right here and chew this over in your mind.  Not even the slightest of sins is acceptable to God.  There is no leeway here for even the slightest of our sins. God is absolutely holy and He will not allow any sin whatsoever in His presence.  He cannot, otherwise He would cease to be worthy of our devotion.

     We tolerate sin, don’t we?  Be honest.  Take a look at yourself in light of God’s holiness.  How close are you to being sin free?  Do you ALWAYS act and think in godly ways?  Can you say that you have no tolerance for sin in your life?  No one can.  We are all sinners.

     We like to indulge in sin, otherwise we wouldn’t do it.  If sin was detestable to us, we would not do it.  Period.  We are weak in character and sometimes feed our sinful desires.  Yes, we do.  We watch sin depicted in movies and on TV, we read about sinful activity in books and magazines, we listen to sinful lyrics because we like the beat of music, we tolerate sin in our favorite shows, we gaze upon others with sinful thoughts, etc.  Instead of avoiding sin, we tolerate it for our own entertainment and pleasure.  If you say it isn’t so, you are in total denial.  God says we sin.  But the good news is that Jesus died for our sins.

     We don’t have to sin when we are in Christ.  Instead of it happening because it is the natural thing for us to do, we do it unnaturally.  We are given the ability to say no to sin.  We can resist temptation when it confronts us.  We won’t always do it, but the Spirit of Christ is there to urge us to do it and sometimes we do.  We are able to not feed our sinful desires.  In our weaknesses we can be strong through Him who is able to deliver us.  He who lives humbly before God will be allowed into God’s presence because He relies upon Jesus to make him holy.

     Just one final thought for today.  Living in Christ does not excuse us from our sins.  His blood applied to our souls does not allow us to sin against God.  Sin is an abomination to God and will not be tolerated.  He knows our hearts and whether or not we are trying not to sin.  If we live in sin thinking God’s grace will allow it, we will have a rude awakening when we face God and have to give an account for it.  It is a mockery and blasphemy to use God’s grace as a license to sin.