Good Morning Friends,
“My dear children, I write this to you so
that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the
Father in our defense -- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning
sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the
whole world.” (1 John 2:1-2)
There is a goal laid before us in this
passage – “so that you will not sin.” Sin is a big deal to God. He is grieved
by our sins – angered by our sins – disappointed in our sins. His goal for us
is that we will leave our sin behind and move toward His righteousness.
But the truth is – we won’t make it all the
way to the perfect righteousness of God. No matter how hard we try and no
matter how long we are working at it – we will never reach the goal. There will
always be sin with which we will need to deal.
What are you going to do with your sin?
You can try to cover it up, but though we
might be able to hide our sin from other people, we can never hide our sin from
God. He sees everything we do.
You can excuse it, and that will work with
some people. They will understand the forces that were at work around you and
in you that led to your sin. But is there any excuse that you can to God?
You can compare it to the sins of others and
hope you come out looking better. That works in some ways because we can always
find someone whose sins are worse than ours. But it works not at all with God.
When we compare ourselves to Him we always come up far short.
You can try to overcome it, and can have a
good deal of success, but complete success isn’t possible in this life. There’s
still sin to deal with!
There’s only one things to do with our sin --
give it to Jesus. He’ll speak in your defense, He already is. In fact, He
“lives to intercede.” (Hebrews 7:25) But there really isn’t much to say in your
defense! He has that covered, too. He’s already made the sacrifice to pay the
penalty for your sins.
Take your sins to Jesus – He’s the only place
that offers any real help!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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