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Sunday 11 September 2016

Dead - Children of wrath

(Ephesians 2: 3) “… And were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”

We just like the rest of mankind were never exempt to the curse of sin, and so many of us in times past loved to play, “I’m the not so bad” card, hoping to excuse ourselves from the wrath of God; just another magic illusion found in Satan’s bag of tricks which the world loves to hold onto with all they have got. Test if what I say fits; how often are you quick to shoot someone down for there disgraceful conduct? And yet when God looked upon us we were the disgraceful ones, guilty as charged. Sure, the rapist and the murder will be judged but so will the fornicator, or the gossiper and what of the one who is filled with fits of anger, or the converter and so on; all of us guilty before a holy God. And until that penny drops we will never apprehend what it is we (the Christian) have been saved from. Like I have mentioned many times before blinkers where designed for race horses and not humans and yet sin blinds its captives with varying illusions that others often recognize while the perpetrator is blind to their own breach.  

What amazes me is how seemingly successful the psychologist is when they get their patients to take ownership of their own actions when looking to repair damaged lives and yet Satan has blinded the world to their own pity-filled states before a Righteous God. A prodigious quandary the human faces, trapped by their own sin; “and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” A fact that should never be overlooked as a “light thing”! Sin is extremely destructive and it is what kept us (the Christian) from finding the true meaning of life.

This is how the miracle of repair happened; Jesus Christ the man came to live a life without sin influencing him, which in itself was filled with unspeakable opposition looking to derail him. Satan failed, and the Lord Jesus was victorious breaking the shackles of sin, once and for all time; but only for those who are born again and have been covered by the righteousness of His finished work upon the cross of Calvary. Those who are now sanctified by the risen Saviours shed His blood; those who where once blinded by the traps of sin. God became a man to rectify what Satan had destroyed, WOW! Do you understand this? I pray that God will expose our hearts concerning this truth and renew a right spirit in us where needed. 

Last night I had the most disturbing vivid dream; it was so tangible that I felt trapped by the weight of it. I was in a hopeless state and I could do nothing about it. The damaged had been done and it was time to face the music. The wake of destruction that it left in its path affected so many people. I was travelling in a vehicle with a loved one in another car which shadowed me. And just like any dream we never remember how we arrived there, that’s were it started; we were in transit travelling at a snail pace. Something urges me to exit the vehicle, and so I did without engaging the handbrake and before I realised what had happened my automobile was tearing down the embankment and gaining momentum. The other driver was in the process of trying to bring my vehicle to a stop using the other car as a barricade, it was a hopeless scenario, the harder she tried, the more havoc she incurred, it was no longer one car crashing through a campsite but two and eventually the damage done couldn’t be undone.

Sin is exactly like that, we try and conceal it and we go to specialists to deal with the damage created by the sin of others and the results of our own foolishness but all we will ever achieve is a band aid repair for a fatal wound (Jesus is the only solution for true freeing forgiveness). The joy of waking up and realising that what I had been apart of was only a dream; it was the most reviving feeling I had for some time now. To be freed from the weight of that experience was most welcome, whilst the dream was not wanted at all if I had any say in the matter.

The curse of sin is like an unwelcomed dream, it finds us out, regardless of how we feel about it. Hence the words of Paul referring to each and every one of us; “and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” It’s only once we wake up to the fact, that we are indeed sinners and in desperate need to be saved from our sin that the penny drops and we find relief. We must understand that it’s not our neighbour’s sin that has kept us from God but our own.

This is a crucial step in our conversion, without it we will view our rescue from the wrath to come, a “light thing” and hence the reason for Paul highlighting our standing before God prior to Him extending a lifeline to those who were helpless and doomed to face His judgement because of our sin against Him. It has been penned for us to sit up and take note, so let us remember who we were prior to the Lord Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. “We owe it all to Jesus”, praise His name now and forever more, Amen and Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone

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