Confess

YES, NO, MAYBE?

Praying with sin in your heart is like eating tomato soup with a fork, useless.

 

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

James 4:3

 

I know you have heard it before, God has three answers to prayer; yes, no, and maybe. Have you ever heard there is one more “answer”? Well, in all actuality it’s not an answer, it’s actually total silence because He didn’t hear your prayer to start off with. Why? Because you didn’t ask according to God’s will. You asked according to the desires of your own heart. You asked for your own benefit. You asked contrary to God will.

Child of God, spending time in prayer is necessary. Spending time in prayer in God’s will is when God will not only hear but He will be moved to answer your prayers!

NOW HOW DID YOU FIND THAT OUT?

Sin, if not confessed, will be exposed.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:5

I don’t know about you but I had a smart Mom and Dad. Just when I thought I had them fooled about something I had done or was about to do, they seemed to know more about it than I did. They knew more about me than I knew about me. I used to think, “How did they find that out? Are they psychic?

Child of God, our Saviour knows our sin. He has a way of convicting us of our sin. If we do not confess and forsake it, He will expose it. Listen to a couple of scriptures;

Proverbs 28:13, “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

1 John 1:8-10, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

What will it take to get your attention about the sin in your life? Who will have to suffer because you will not confess or forsake? Child of God, take heed to the Word so God can use you for His glory, for your good, and the good of others!

NOTHING BETWEEN MY SOUL AND THE SAVIOUR

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you,” Matthew 6:33.

As we read in Exodus 20 we see the first of the Ten Commandments where it says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” When our vertical relationship with the Lord is right our horizontal relationships with our fellow man is correct as well. But when we become our own god, thinking we know what's best for our lives, when we, like Lucifer, exalt ourselves before our Lord and Saviour, judgment stands knocking at the door.

Make sure there is nothing between you and The Saviour this morning. If there is, confess and repent of it!

MIA- REPENTANCE

Sin and hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce. -Spurgeon

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

      I believe many people make salvation harder than what scripture proclaims. I believe they read into the Word of God something that just isn’t there. I do not know why they do this other than to make themselves seem to be more intellectual but many people are going to hell because they believe they are not and cannot be part of the chosen few.

      While I do believe there will only be a few that repents and comes to Jesus, it’s not because God doesn’t offer it to them, it because many will not repent and choose to serve God. They will not accept Jesus so they choose to spend an eternity in a devils hell.

Have you repented? Have you chosen to serve the Lord? Have you cried out to Him and asked Him to forgive you of your sins? If not—why not? If not now—when? Do not put off today what you’re not guaranteed of tomorrow! “…And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:31

LIFE IN CHRIST!

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. –Anonymous

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

Someone once said, “Invest in your life as if you will live for eternity but live your life today as if it will be your last on Earth.” That was some of the best advice I have ever heard.

Investing in yourself with the Word of God each day will not only help you today but for all of eternity! Just the knowledge of the Bible isn’t enough to save you though, Ye must be born again! Ye are born again if you have asked Jesus to save you, confessed, and repent of your sin! That my friend is how you have life and have it more abundant! That is how you have life in Christ!

Sin—the great divide between living right and being religious.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil. -Fuller

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. Proverbs 14:9

The Sunday School teacher teaches about sin. The Choir sings about victory over sin. The Pastor preaches hard against sin and the answer to it. Yet, time and time again we, yes we, chose sin over the Saviour. Paul said, “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” We fight against this old flesh day in and day out. Is there victory over it???? YES! Paul says in verse 25, “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”

We know where the scripture says, “….be sure your sin will find you out.” And believe me, someone will find out and God already knows! So quit hiding it and confess and forsake it! He is waiting are you willing? He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs 28:13