Holiness

In this day and age and with so many voices screaming for attention it would be good to turn the dial and neutralize the static. Where should we begin? How about our thoughts. After all, when we strip it all down, it’s all about us, isn’t it? Me, myself and I! As harsh as that may sound, most of the time it’s our reality. At the end of the day our lives are constantly adjudicated whilst we judge others and excuse ourselves, hoping that we will appear better than others to our fellow judiciaries. This mindset is what certainly drives our hearts and minds, we are consumed by the need to be accepted. And as I’ve told you in the past and emphasis this point. “Let God be true and every man a liar”. Why is this so important for us to grasp? If I strip away all the expository peaching (the correct way to unpack the interpretation of scripture - line upon line and word for word in context) which explains this truth in depth we are left with a simple phenomenon, God is holy and we are not. We have been corrupted by sin and he knows no sin. In other words we have been influence by sin. The Apostle Paul makes a brilliant point; “For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:14-15) – If we examine your own hearts and ask ourselves; how often have we known to do good but somehow found justification to stay our hand? Or found ourselves acting out leaving regret… God has none of that influencing him, those types of pressure have no impact on him. It would be something like you trying to fill a bottle with the lid locked in place, impossible! Now see the lid as a covering over the virus of sin. Break the cover and it is no longer airtight. Allowing sin in, break the seal once and sin is then able to influence our daily decisions. Now to see whether we have been effected by sin ask yourself this question, have you ever told a lie? If the answer is yes that is proof that you are a sinner and have been infected by the virus of sin. No different to any other virus, once you have it, you have it. So what do we do when we get sick, we see a doctor, right! God has never been influenced by sin nor can HE ever be. Satan on the other hand is the father of lies and proof that he too has been influenced by sin. “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (John 8:44) – Therefore we must conclude that sin is the breach of holiness. Therefore God is holy and we are not! This is why we can say with assurance “let God be true and every man a liar”. I trust you now understand the difference.

How do we now break the shackles of sin over our lives? On our own it is an impossible task, why? Because we have been effected by the sin virus. In fact we have all been born as sinners and all because of one man’s sin, Adam! Than is another topic for another day. Remember to ask yourselves have you ever broken one of God’s laws, the answer for all is obviously we have and are guilty as charged.

We need a doctor of sorts to help us with our predicament and because God is love he has come to our aid. There are very few if any who hasn’t heard of the Lord Jesus’ exploits, how he lived as a man under the yoke of sin and yet without every succumbing to the traps of sin. He alone achieved this. Quite a mind blowing achievement when we consider how easily we are sway by the power of sin. HE DID IT! And then he died to free us from the sentence that sin has over us all, death and then the judgement. The only way to escape the judgment of God is to be found NOT GUILTY! So, how is that possible, is it even possible? IT SURE IS! Kapow, enter the Lord Jesus… “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) – It’s now up to us as individuals to make a decision, will we look for the love of God in our lives so that we will not be found guilty on Judgment Day? Will we believe on the finished work of the cross and call upon the name of Jesus to save us from our dilemma? That is an individual’s choice, but here is what we need to do… “For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”” (Romans 10:13) – finally, God’s love sent his only begotten son to died and pay the price for sin, to squash its power and the need for believes to be judged as sinners.

How? Jesus was judged for sin and he was only able to achieve this because he never sinned. He was not a sinner like us. All of our looming judgement was place on him, if you understand the law a person cannot be tried for the same breech twice, which is known as double jeopardy. Therefore, we need his covering, look at the text of John 3:16 and how it has been worded, there is a condition attached to the love of God, we must believe on Him and what He achieve in full, his death, burial and his resurrection in order to find eternal life. “That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” Do not except to be saved and covered by the love of God if you are not willing to embrace the full story, it’s as simple as that. Reject the love of God and you will face HIS judgment and end up in the Lake of Fire with the devil and his angels; “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10) - Do you see how the masses have been swayed by so many differing voices and why we have so many differing religions and philosophies, it simple! Through DECEPTION!

 

I trust you now have enough informed information to make a wise choice, however the choice remains yours.   

But know this, we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, no one will escape that day.

 

Signing out

 

Tyrone