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Daily Ponderings: Flee

I'm currently reading Liviticus and can't help but notice how seriously God takes sin. For every sin, even unintentional sins God made the people perform lengthy sacrifices as atonement for their sins. So if a God who chose to sacrifice His Son as a the ultimate Atonement for our sins takes sin very seriously why don't we? If we are born again and have died to sin and have the One who overcame every sin and death live inside of us, why do we keep on sinning? If God takes even unintentional sin seriously why don't we think about how much more serious intentional sin is? When we know that what we are about to do is sin and completely ignore the Holy Spirit when He convict us, we stand in the scariest place before God- absolute rebellion against our Creator. After a pattern of going against your conscience, it starts to get quieter and duller- we become okay with sins that before were horrific to us and we excuse ourselves to partake in things that ultimately grieve our Savior. We also try to see how close to sin we can get without actually sinning. We linger around near sin instead of fleeing it the way Scripture tells us to do. Apostle Paul tells Timothy to flee youthful passions- isn't flirting with sin a youthful passion? I just want to encourage you guys to yield to the Holy Spirit. God provides us with every spiritual blessing to overcome sin. If you are saved, the One who overcame death lives inside of you! On top of that God gave us His Word which convicts us and shows us the example of a godly life. 

"Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness." Romans 6: 12-13

"One of the greatest evidences that a person is truly a child of God is that they will be
sensitive to the sin in their life... If you don't have a new relationship with sin, you
don't have a new relationship with God"


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