In Ezekiel 33:11 the prophet is instructed to bring the following word to God’s people:
Say to them, “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you [...]
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In Matthew 12, Mark 3 and Luke 12 Jesus speaks about the unpardonable sin.
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or the age to come. (Matthew 12:32 NIV)
This is obviously a very sobering [...]
Tags: Sin, The Unpardonable Sin
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Voice of Vision is one of the blogs listed on my blogroll and one I would recommend. The Christmas day message there is very challenging. It’s called Indecent Exposure and looks at the things to which we expose ourselves. In particular the following paragraph is deeply challenging:
A.W. Tozer said, “Every one of us is the [...]
Tags: Discipleship, Sin
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David Wilkerson has written a posting on his blog in which he says
I’m convinced that without the fear of God, we cannot experience lasting deliverance from sin. Yet, in many churches the fear of the Lord has become a taboo subject. When was the last time you heard a sermon on the fear of God?
Read [...]
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During his thoughts on acquaintance with grief in “My Utmost for His Highest” Oswald Chambers said the following:
“We have to recognise that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life. The New Testament brings us right down to this one issue. [...]
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In Psalm 103 as David praises God for all His goodness he says the words:
“he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities”
David knew only to well the reality of sin in his life. This is a man who after all had committed both adultery and murder. He [...]
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This morning I read Psalm 66 and was struck by verse 18
“If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened”
According to the dictionary the word cherish means: “care for, be fond of, be attached to.”
So if I apply that to any sin in my life the obvious challenging questions to [...]
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Tim Challies has written a posting on his blog entitled “The Practice of Confession” that makes some very good points.
Tags: Confession, Sin
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Yesterday morning in our communion service we prayed a pray of penitence which started as follows:
“Lord God, we have sinned against you; we have done evil in your sight. We are sorry and repent.”
I wonder if we really regard our sin as evil? Do we really believe that the wrong things we have done, thought [...]
Tags: Evil, Sin
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