Recently,
my heart was broken for someone whom I love dearly. Her story is all too
familiar among Christians. We fall into temptation and sin. Then, one sin
leads to another, and we find ourselves feeling trapped. Unfortunately, we,
sometimes, believe that God will not love us like He used to and doesn’t want
to talk and spend time with us anymore. We think, “How can I, a Christian, keep
on sinning when I’ve been redeemed and expect God to love me still?”
My friend
thought that she was too far away from God and that there was no way she could
ever be right with Him again because of her sin.
That’s a Bold-Faced LIE! I wholeheartedly
believe that we fall prey to that lie when we fail to remember that God set us
free from sin. “For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that
the body of sin might be done away with,
that we should no longer be slaves
to sin—because anyone who has died to sin has been FREED from sin” (NIV, Romans 6:6).
When Jesus took the punishment for our sins on the cross, He did so for
all of our sins—past, present, and future. Christ defeated sin and the grave
and offers us a new life living in His victory. This means that we don’t have
to feel bound to sin because sin no longer binds us. Therefore, quit thinking
you are bound to sin because Jesus shattered those chains to
oblivion. We have freedom!
Also, God saved
us out of His love and grace, not because of our merit; therefore, we can
neither lose nor gain our salvation. In addition, if you have fallen into sin,
confess it to God because He says that He is faithful and just to forgive those
who confess their sins to Him.
Remember, “There
is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ
Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans
8:1-2).
Be set free
from your sins today, knowing that God will take you back and remember your sin
no more.
Don't let defeated sin bind you. Sin's power is Dead!
Living Life Together,
Rebecca Thomas
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