Staying Under Sin....

The Grace, Mercy and Love of God are each special gifts given to us that we can never fully comprehend.  The Lord loved humanity so greatly that He willfully gave His life to redeem us from our sins and iniquities.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." – 1 John 1:9.

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A visitor at a fishing dock asked an old fisherman who was sitting there, "If I were to fall into this water, would I drown?"

It was a queer way of asking how deep the water was, but the fisherman had a good answer.

"No," he said. "Falling into the water doesn't drown anybody. It's staying under it that does."

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In the same way, falling into sin doesn't have to condemn anyone, but staying in it does. We can treat sin so flippantly, but we need to realize what it does. Sin spiritually kills us, separates us from God, and it incurs God's judgment. We can choose to stay under sin, or we can choose to repent and come out of it.

Let us not whine and whimper over things we have no control over. Let us continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when we sin, let us repent, and confess our wrong doings, and receive the forgiveness of God.

Almighty God, refashion, reshape, reform our consciences, that we might be your people in this difficult, complicated world. Where we are in bondage, set us free. Where we are lax, sharpen our consciences, that they would be channels of your word to our lives. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

Blessed Day!