March 26, 2014 Exact Nature Of Our Wrongs (3)
Wednesday March 26, 2014
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19 NIV)
It’s time to agree with God and our own conscience about the exact nature of our wrongs. It’s time to admit that wrong is wrong and that we are guilty of wrong thinking and wrong behaviour. God sees the damage of sinful choices and hates the destructive impact on people He loves. When we finally face the reality of our sinning, it is helpful to recall God’s faithfulness and His kind and merciful nature. No sin is too great to be forgiven. Jesus has paid the price for our sin with his death on the cross. We do not have to earn forgiveness but we do have to acknowledge our need for it and receive it. The Bible tells us:
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. (1 John 1:8-9 NLT).
When we choose to live in truth, we find internal peace. We have accepted God’s forgiveness for all our wrongs and know that He has promised, "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool." (Isaiah 1:18 NLT) When we have admitted the exact nature of our wrongs and accepted complete forgiveness from God for all our sinfulness, we are now declared by Him to be “free indeed”. Because of Jesus there is no record of wrongs against us. No condemnation! We need not fear the future. Why? Because God is always with us, we need never face our problems alone. Together, with God, any difficulty can be worked out and overcome. Our lives have been transformed and our future is secure. We are building on the solid rock which cannot be shaken!
For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? (Psalm 18:31 NIV) All of them ate the same spiritual food, and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:3-4 NLT)
Have you invited Jesus to travel with you? Jesus said that rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in Him. Is there a well of joy bubbling up inside of you?
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