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CHERISHING SIN
CHERISHING SIN
PSALMS 66:16-19 Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; But God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer.
John 17:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
HEBREWS 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. < B>
People often site that God doesn exist due to the evidence that He hasn done anything for them, or some disaster. But then Why should He if this person hasn submitted to Him in the first place, He is a gentleman who doesn interfere with people who refuse Him.
Even so- often there are those of us who claim we have submitted to Him and are suffering yet we do not in Him, we do not Him, we do not repent. We are busily cherishing our sins in our hearts, we do not acknowledge them before God and ask for forgiveness. We hang on to our hatreds we hang onto our anger and feelings of retribution, or require at least an acknowledgement that someone has wronged us and needs punishment. A dictionary definition:
Repentance is a change of thought and action to correct a wrong and gain forgiveness from a person who is wronged. In religious contexts it usually refers to confession to God, ceasing sin against God, and resolving to live according to religious law. It typically includes an admission of guilt, a promise or resolve not to repeat the offense; an attempt to make restitution for the wrong, or in some way to reverse the harmful effects of the wrong where possible. 2 CHRONICALS 30:6b-9 "People of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. Do not be like your fathers and brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. Do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; submit to the LORD. Come to the sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. If you return to the LORD, then your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will come back to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him."
LUKE 13:1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them--do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
PROVERBS 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
God is telling me that no matter how I shake it or justify myself if I in sin, If I haven asked for forgiveness, then He just can help me. Death is the only thing left for me. So if I refuse His free gift of salvation, I will earn death, God will turn His face from me and I be left out when others are marching off to heaven, but it even more immediate than that. When I expect deliverance from troubles in this life God is not predisposed to help in now either.
Lord, I seen how my sin affects others and how it affects me, I am so sorry for all of the wickedness and iniquity in my life. I have sinned against you and I am heartily ashamed and sorry, I ask that you forgiveness and know that you are true to your word and are even now, restoring me to the righteousness that Jesus placed on me, as your child, on the cross. In Jesus Name, Amen
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