WE HAVE SINNED

“WE HAVE SINNED, EVEN AS OUR FATHERS DID; WE HAVE DONE WRONG AND ACTED WICKEDLY.” PSALM 106:6

Perhaps these words stir pity within your heart. Perhaps you say, “Poor man; how terrible!” May I suggest that you need pity only yourself? This man is on his way to redemption for he recognizes his sin. You and I may still be stumbling in the darkness and calling it light.

Sin creeps in. Sin comes in so subtly as to not to disturb the slumbering saint. Quietly she steals into the room offering first one compromise and then another and before long, if you should awaken; you realize that you are now doing what you once proclaimed you never would or never would again!

Perhaps you are startled out of your sleep by the realization of your desperation or worse yet, perhaps you merely roll over becoming even more comfortable with sin sliding next to you in bed.

Do not be deceived; sin is progressive; sin is relentless. Sin has not come to be your friend; sin has come to rob, steal and kill you. Sin is always accompanied by his unseen friend; death. Sin may appear to you as a beautiful girl or a comforting drink or a numbing smoke; he may offer you lots of money or lots of comfort or lots of love, but you will also receive the one you do not see, for when you reach out to take the spoils of your sin, you will also grasp the cold hand of death; something in your life; something or someone you care about will die. “FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.” ROMANS 6:23

Only when we recognize that we can no longer control our lives; only when we understand that we are all vulnerable to temptation and prone to sin are we even close to the salvation that awaits us. Only when we understand how close to darkness we stand, do we begin to understand our need for the greater Light. Amen!