RUN FROM SIN!
Romans 6:1-2 (KJV)
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Human nature in its fallen condition always wants to make excuses for sin. We all have the tendency to skate as close to sin, justifying it in our minds. Christians have the Holy Spirit living inside them, we are temples of the Holy Spirit! (1 Cor. 6:19,20) We are called to bring God glory with everything we do. (1 Cor. 10:31) Many people treat sin like an extra creampuff to avoid, when we need to treat it like a deadly rattlesnake to run from! We need to run from sin, recognize temptation as a deadly rattlesnake and get away from it! We don’t make companions with the dead. It would be morbid and criminal for us to spend time rolling around and being a part of something dead and decaying. But that is exactly what we do when we ‘flirt’ with temptation and sin. Lies, lust, pride, hatred, and covetousness are always sin no matter the situation. When we allow a sinful thought, image or idea to ruminate in our minds it is a reminder that that old man is dead to sin and we need to cast it out! We are to bring every thought under the obedience of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 10:3-5). Guard your heart and your mind because everyday we are flooded with evil influences that want to derail and destroy our lives and our testimony. Listen how serious sin is from Jesus:
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Human nature in its fallen condition always wants to make excuses for sin. We all have the tendency to skate as close to sin, justifying it in our minds. Christians have the Holy Spirit living inside them, we are temples of the Holy Spirit! (1 Cor. 6:19,20) We are called to bring God glory with everything we do. (1 Cor. 10:31) Many people treat sin like an extra creampuff to avoid, when we need to treat it like a deadly rattlesnake to run from! We need to run from sin, recognize temptation as a deadly rattlesnake and get away from it! We don’t make companions with the dead. It would be morbid and criminal for us to spend time rolling around and being a part of something dead and decaying. But that is exactly what we do when we ‘flirt’ with temptation and sin. Lies, lust, pride, hatred, and covetousness are always sin no matter the situation. When we allow a sinful thought, image or idea to ruminate in our minds it is a reminder that that old man is dead to sin and we need to cast it out! We are to bring every thought under the obedience of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 10:3-5). Guard your heart and your mind because everyday we are flooded with evil influences that want to derail and destroy our lives and our testimony. Listen how serious sin is from Jesus:
Matt 5:29-30 (KJV)29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.