‘We have to recognize that sin is a fact of life,
not just a shortcoming.
Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.
The New Testament brings us right down to this one issue— if sin rules in me, God’s life in me will be killed; if God rules in
me, sin in me will be killed. There is nothing more fundamental than that.
The culmination of sin was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and what was true
in the history of God on earth will also be true in your history and in mine—
that is, sin will kill the life of God
in us. We must mentally bring ourselves to terms with this fact of sin. It
is the only explanation why Jesus Christ came to earth, and it is the
explanation of the grief and sorrow of life.’ CHAMBERS
That seems pretty
straight forward doesn’t it? Who or what
controls my life … the great lie is to believe that ‘I’ do. But we have a master .. whether we want one
or not .. it is either sin or God. Those
have always been the choices. We have a
free will … we can choose one master or the other. There is not third item on the menu. Now some may argue .. I choose to believe
there is no God .. Atheist .. it is a very lofty view … I think mostly educated
people hold that view … but the fact is they are just in denial … agnostics are
wanna be atheists … I’m not certain there is a God … so I will go the way of my
brother the Ostrich and stick my head in the sand. At least I don’t have to watch while the lion
eats me.
Both views are a deception
of sin. The result is a rejection of God
and the acceptance is sin as their master. They just don’t know it .. they actually
believe there is a third item on the menu.
I am teaching a Bible study with the Haitian staff at the Children’s
Home. We are studying the Book of
John. I was explaining to them that we
have two choices … we can choose to go to heaven or we can choose to go to
hell. We can choose to believe in God or
we can choose not to believe in God. We
can choose to live in the bondage of sin or in the freedom in Christ.
For the Christian
there is more to the story … you see, the master “sin” may have been tossed out
the door, but he waits crouched on the door step waiting for an opportunity. He may never own you again, but he can still
influence you if you are not on your guard.
In Hebrews
12:1 we are told to throw off the
sin … the picture I have is sin leaping onto my back .. I grab it and throw it
to the ground. You have to be ready for
it .. sin that is … because it will spring on you when you least suspect it …
the element of surprise is important in any battle. Many have fallen because they were not paying
attention. So be ready .. “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy
the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to
devour” 1 Peter 5:8 You
are in a spiritual battle every day.
“[…] when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with
the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put
off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:20-24
Be Ready .. Shine
Brightly
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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