TODAY'S WORD FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 2014.
SIN
Transgression of divine law; willful violation of some religious or moral principle; an act of violating God’s will.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. I John 3:4.
We are living in a day and age when people do not know what is sin. The basic problem facing our world today is just not social inequity, or lack of education, or even physical hunger. The highly educated and well-fed people have greed, hates, passions and lusts. Sin is not eliminated by education or more government subsidies, or more laws.
The root of sin is in each of our hearts and is extremely deep. Sin is the cause of the world’s problems. Only the fire of the Lord can burn this out and that is why He came to this earth.
If people know what sin is they ignore it and live according to their own desires regardless. Their consciences have become immune to sin. Society today whitewashes sin and makes it acceptable. Those who do not think it is acceptable are told they must be more tolerant. Sin is a problem for all people but unfortunately most people do not understand or seemingly do not even care what the consequences of sin are to a person.
To sin is to err, miss the mark or an offence or transgression. In the verse we have put above we see that sin is the transgression of the law. In simple terms we know that the law is summarized for us in the Ten Commandments. In Romans 14:23 it reads, “Whatever is not of faith is sin.”
We all know that sin in this world began with the first man and woman in the Garden of Eden at the instigation of Satan. According to I John 3:8 we read: “The one that practices sin is of the devil and the devil has sinned from the beginning.”
God is Holy and without sin. Sin is an offense to God. It separates us from God (Isaiah 59:2). God does not tolerate sin nor does He ignore it.
We are all sinners according to God’s Word and the result is that we have to pay a penalty for our sin. That penalty (James 1:15) is death. God cannot accept sin, He cannot look at sin and God will bring every sin into account. God wants us to dwell with Him in eternity but we cannot enter into His Holy presence unless our sins have been removed.
The good news is that God did provide for us His Son who died on the cross for our sins. All we have to do is to repent of our sins and accept Jesus as our Savior, the one who paid the penalty for our sins and the result for us is eternal life in heaven with our Father and His Son Jesus Christ. When we repent and accept Jesus as our Savior, God has promised to forgive us and blot out our sins for eternity.
What an awesome God. Have you responded to His great offer of paying the penalty for your sins?
Our memory verse for this week is found in Colossians 3:17:
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
How grateful I am for what You have done for me. Thank You, dear Father, for sending Your Son to this earth to die on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins. Thank You for raising Him from the dead so that He can be with You preparing a place for me to spend eternity with You.
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