Sin drives us away from God and keeps us
away from Him. Sin clouds our thinking
and causes us to think we are good enough for God on our own and as we
are. Sin is like a cancer cell in the
soul. If left untreated it multiplies
and soon takes over by destroying the good cells of righteousness. If not caught in time it cannot be
treated. There is nothing good about sin
left unattended to in the soul.
Sin must not be left untreated. It will suck the life right out of the
soul. It will so alienate the soul from
God that there is no more joy or peace for living. There is no such thing as an “innocent
sin.” There is no such thing as a little
sin. Sin is sin and must be dealt with
in order for there to be peace with God.
Some have the idea that because we live in grace and are children of
God, it doesn’t matter, that we don’t have to concern ourselves with the sin
that creeps into the soul. But, it does
matter! God commands us to be a holy
people, a people after His own heart. We
cannot be holy before God while harboring sin in our hearts.
Don’t put off dealing with sin. Humble yourself before Christ, confess it,
and ask Him to forgive you. He will do
it, but only if you ask Him to. He will
not force forgiveness on you. And, He
will not forgive you if you only partially give Him your sin. You must open your heart up to Him and give
Him permission to come in and clean house, every sin lodged there.
It doesn’t do any good to try and hide
some sin from Him. The Lord knows your
heart and every sin there. You may deny
that there is any sin there, but both you and the Lord know better. We are all guilty of sin. No one lives a sin-free life. We all sin and fall short of God’s perfect
law. We all need our Savior. We all need His righteousness and a soul free
from sin.
A heart right with God is one who humbly
knows he needs Christ’s forgiveness and turns to Him for it. It is impossible to be good enough to not
need forgiveness.
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