Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
(Hebrews 10:26-27 (NIV))
How many people do you know who claim to be believers in the redemption bought by the Blood of Jesus Christ, yet continue to do whatever they desire to do? They claim that they are not perfect, but they are forgiven.
It is true that they are forgiven. It is also true that we have been commanded to turn from our sin and strive to take up our cross and follow Him. We have not been told that we could do whatever sinful act that we desire and then call upon the name of Jesus as if He were a magic genie who will make it all disappear.
What a minute!
Does God expect us to live a perfect life after we accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, after all, there has only been one man who was ever able to live a perfect, sin-free life? How can we, in our frail humanity be able to do what only Jesus, the Son of God, was able to do?
God sees the heart. If it is our desire to follow in His footsteps and to live a sinless life, then our daily errors will be forgiven. If we choose to follow sin on a daily basis without any regard to what Jesus would have us do, then our heart is hardened to what Jesus has taught us and we are not really His. Our names our not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Perhaps we should take that saying a little more seriously then next time we do something and we think to ourselves, “What would Jesus do?”
Copyright 1998 – 2014 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
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