Tuesday, May 7, 2024

 ‭Romans 7:19 For the good that I will to  do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to  do, that I practice. 


On my street, next to a major highway, seems to be an easy area  to throw out trash and litter the roadway. In retirement, I've been down there on numerous occasions to clean it up. When I do, people are less likely to litter. But, once someone litters, it's like a magnet for others to discard their trash. 


If you are a Christian, you probably try your best to avoid sin. God expects us to avoid it out of love for Him. But once the door to sin has been opened, it becomes easier to continue in sin, eventually numbing your awareness and feeling guilty. This is a dangerous place to be in your relationship with Jesus. Sin moves you away from God's presence. 

That's why it's so important to daily confess sins and avoid them at all cost. You might have good intentions, but Satan will always accompany an act of sin and try to convince you it's ok. It's not ok!


‭Matthew 5:29-30 NKJV‬

[29] If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  [30] And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 


Jesus was serious about how to overcome sin. You may not need to gouge your eye out or chop off your hand, but just know that allowing sin to multiply will entice you into a habit of sinful living, and God can't bless you for living in sin.

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