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"Little Sins"
Sin
is like a small hole in the side of a hill. Each time the rains come it
washes out a little more soil making it slide down the hill to the
bottom. Each time It grows deeper and wider until it runs like a river. The
little sins in our lives grow until it will finally destroy us. Each
time we sin and think we have gotten away with it, it becomes easier the
next time. We even sometimes think that God doesn't see nor even cares
about it. We justify that, "Everyone else does that anyway."
" Besides these are modern times and God understands that things
are different now." "That was just the Old Testament ways. He
doesn't care about that now, besides I go to church." Malachi 3:6 "For I, the Lord, do not change……. James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. Galation
6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this
he will also reap. We
all sin, but the key is repentance. This does not mean just to say,
"Oh, I'm sorry", and then go out and do again. To repent is to
turn away. We take that sin and go to God with a broken heart and ask
Him to cleanse us and to help us to turn away and overcome that sin.
I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Today
we have couples living together with no real commitment. If it doesn't
work out, just move out and go on to the next one. And we have those who
have sex with multiple partners without a second thought. One said to
me, "God understands I need sex." That's right He does
understand that some cannot control themselves. In 1 Corinthians
7:8-9 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them
if they remain even as I. But if they do not have self-control, let them
marry; for it is better to marry than to burn. "I'm only
looking what's the matter with that.?" ..but I say to you, that
everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery
with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28 We tell little lies, so we won't get caught in something. We tell little lies to get what we want. We tell little lies to make ourselves look good to others. Yet God says liars won't be allowed in heaven. In the book of Revelation in 21:8. "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." And
in verse 27, and nothing unclean and no one who practices
abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose
names are written in the Lamb's book of life. God will not allow sin in
His kingdom. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old
self with its evil practices. Colossians 3:9 Even within the church there is sin. We overlook sin many times because one goes to church. I
Corinthians 5: 6 …Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the
whole lump of dough? 11-13 …not to associate with any so-called
brother if he should be an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater,
or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler-not even to eat with such a
one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge
those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges.
Remove the wicked man from among yourselves. When sin within the
church is allowed to continue it can contaminate the whole bunch. "Be
on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents,
forgive him." Luke 17:3 You
take a "little something" that is not yours. "They'll
never miss it." "They have plenty and besides they'll never
use it anyway." "They'll just throw it away." If it's not
yours and it wasn't offered to you and you didn't ask permission to take
it, then you are stealing. The Bible is very explicit. "You
shall not steal." Exodus 20:15 One of God's commandments. Many are taking chances with their very souls everyday, failing to realize that they only have one. They continue to do the things that are done in the world. Watching TV programs with sex, violence and other inappropriate behavior. Listening to dirty jokes that others are telling. All these things will have an affect on your life. I
John 2: 15-17 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the
world. We
are to be a witness to the world. Everything we do or do not do, what we
say and how we act are all the things that make up our testimony for
Jesus. Many make their decision for Christ by what they see those that
claim to be Christians do. Many are turned off to Christ by what these
Christians do. Being a Christian carries a responsibility. You are a
representative of Christ. your are His body and His mouthpiece. A
Christian is Christ-like. For you have been bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body. I Corinthians 6:20 There are no "little sins" in God's eyes. Sin is sin. unconfessed sin blocks our communication with God. Your prayers go no higher than the ceiling when ther5e is sin in your life. "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God fearing, and does His will, he hears him." Fools
mock at sin, But among the upright there is good will. Proverbs 14:9 Ask
God's forgiveness today. Ask Him to help you overcome any sin in your
life. I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in
heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous
persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:7 Every Christian's goal should be to over come the sin in their life for there is a glorious promise made to all overcomers. "He
who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he
will by My son." Revelation 21:7 The overcomer will inherit the kingdom of God and he will be His child forever and ever. What a promise to the child of God ! ! Claim it now.
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