I have
come to notice that we as a people have this idea of making God into what we
want God to be. If we want to do
something that is not biblical we come up with a thought that makes it ok. We say things like, well, I accepted God and
His love and I am sure that is enough.
God’s love is more than enough to cover all my sins past, present, and
future. I noticed that so and so whom I
go to church with watches this show so it is ok. But as we begin to dig deeper into the word
the God we come across pieces of scripter like this one, “Their judgment is based on this fact:
The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more
than the light, for their actions were evil.
They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay
away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be
punished. But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone
can see that they are doing what God wants.”(John 3:19-21) This is Christ talking in this piece of scripture;
He’s saying that we who come to God must come to hate sin. Not flirt with the idea of hating sin, not
commit sin and then repent later even though we knew better. But to truly come to a place in our life
where we love the light and despise the dark.
We
must shift from lust of the flesh to living in the spirit, Paul talks about
this in Romans 8:1-17. This is what the
first two verses of say; “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong
to Christ Jesus. For the power
of the life-giving
Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of
sin that leads to death.”
Did you see that Paul says we are freed from sin through the power of
the life-giving Spirit, God’s Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and body and
gives us the power to conquer sin. We
must realize that we no longer need to live under the control of the flesh, our
bodies are filled with corruption and sin but we can take hope in knowing that
Christ conquered all that through the cross.
We no longer need to live in the darkness but we must live in the
Spirit. Deep in our hearts the Spirit is
ready to guide and direct us closer to God, we must work hard to no longer live
in the darkness. Verses 9-12 tell us; “
But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the
Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those
who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)
Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin,
your spirit is alive because you have been made right with
God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus
from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he
will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you. So,
dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation whatsoever to
do what your sinful nature urges you to do.
For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the
power of the Holy Spirit you turn from it and its evil deeds, you will
live. For all who are led by the Spirit
of God are children of God.”
Let us give up living in the flesh and become
strong in the Spirit let’s allow God to truly rule our lives. Let us stop making excuses and start living
in the light and being the light. Let us
stop lying and saying we are following while we are only following who we want
God be. “We are lying if we say we have
fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living
in the truth. 7 But if we are living in the light of God’s presence,
just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of
Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.
If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to
accept the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is
faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. If we claim
we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no
place in our hearts.” (1st John 1:6-11)
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