The Weight of Sin: A Burden on Life
Sin has come to weigh you down, exhaust you, and leave you feeling hopeless to where you want to give up on life. It’s here to try to end you, your family, and anyone it can. Sin will work through you to bring others down and will work through others to bring you down.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. – John 10:10 – KJV
The above scripture is Jesus speaking, and the thief he refers to is Satan. He also tells us Satan is here to kill, steal, and destroy. That message is for you and everyone around you, including your spouse, children, family, and anyone else you come into contact with.
Origins of Sin: The Fall of Man
After the fall of man, I’m Referring to when Adam and Eve took the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. You can read about it in Genesis chapter three, which outlines man’s disobedience to God. Even after man’s disobedience, God’s willingness to accept man if he will do what’s right is displayed in Genesis Chapter Four, verse seven.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. – Genesis 4:7 – KJV
The above scripture points out that if man was to do what is right, he’s accepted by God, and if you do not do the right thing, sin is at your door, and his (Satan’s) desire (lust)is you, but you must rule over it.
So, if you don’t do what is right, you give yourself away to sin out of your own free will. I say out of our free will because it says we must rule over it (sin). By choosing not to rule over, we accept it and put it in charge, and that is the path the world chose, which led to the flood of the earth.
God’s Judgment: The Great Flood
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. – Genesis 6:5-9 – KJV
The above scriptures highlight God’s judgment on sin (the flood) and establish God’s willingness to accept man (Noah) as a just man before God. Which supports Genesis 4:7: You are accepted if you do what is right. Even after the flood, the world continued to sin, and that’s when God, out of love, sent his only Son, Jesus, as a propitiation for our sins.
Redemption: God’s Love Through Christ
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8 – KJV
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. – John 3:16-18 – KJV
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. – 1 John 2:2 – KJV
Assurance in Redemption: Christ’s Purpose for You
If you have called on Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and
If you’ve asked God for forgiveness in the name of Jesus and have asked God for the Holy Spirit, who will guide you through this world and into God’s eternal kingdom. You can rest assured it will happen. You can do all things in Christ!
Christ didn’t die on the cross for you to become a failure. He died because he knew you would become a champion. Our Redeemer makes no mistakes. Jesus saw something in you when you couldn’t see “it” in yourself. Don’t give up; you were chosen for a purpose.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. -John 15:16-17 – KJV
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, – Ephesians 1:4-5 – KJV
The Power of Repentance and Forgiveness
It doesn’t matter your sin or how long you’ve been doing it. What matters is that you acknowledge your sin to God, repent, and seek forgiveness through Jesus. Ask for The Holy Spirit and let God know that you desire The Holy Spirit in your life.
The Gift of the Holy Spirit: A Heavenly Promise
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? – Luke 11:13 – KJV
The above scripture points out that if an evil person knows how to give a good gift, you should know that your heavenly Father, who knows no wrong and is the definition of love, will freely give you the gift of The Holy Spirit if you ask him.
The Practice of Prayer: Communicating with God
Here I am, Lord. I need you. I desire you, God; I depend on you to get through each day. I need The Holy Spirit to guide, teach, discipline, and create a worthy heart, soul, and mind to please you, Lord; I want to be a pleasure to you, Lord! In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen!
Surrendering to the Holy Spirit: A Path to Guidance
Holy Spirit, I surrender to you. That means everything you say, think, and do is constantly checked by the Holy Spirit. You’ve yielded your heart, soul, and mind to him (The Holy Spirit). He has become your mentor, and my mentor knows no failure.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. – John 14:16-18 – KJV
Living in Redemption: Embracing a Transformed Life
You have been redeemed; do not doubt it. However, do not abuse God’s forgiveness.
Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. – James 4:17 – KJV
Thanks for reading.
Keep your mind on heavenly things.