The Truth

Tag: SIN

  • WHAT IS SIN?

    No, not one is good. No one is perfect. All are sinners.

    Sin is lawlessness and disobedience to God. “Sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4). God establishes what is right and holy. When we knowingly reject His command, we sin.

    Sin is falling short of God’s glory. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). 

    Every time we commit sin, we crucify the Lamb. Sin is not merely breaking a rule; it is failing to live according to the holiness and righteousness God desires. Sin can be knowing the right thing and refusing to do it. “Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” (James 4:17).

    Sin can be what we do, but it can also be what we deliberately refuse to do when God has shown us what is right. When we miss the prayer hour and fail to wait at His feet, we sin.

    Sin can begin in the heart. The Lord Jesus taught that evil actions proceed from within the human heart (Mark 7:20–23). That means sin is not restricted to outward actions. Pride, hatred, envy, lust, deceit, unforgiveness, and evil desires can also be sinful.

    Sin is choosing our will over God’s will. Our Lord Jesus prays: “Not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). A person is considered good if he loves God, trusts Him, and submits his will to His. 

    The Lord Jesus was tempted, yet He was without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Sin occurs when temptation is welcomed, entertained, consented to, or acted upon. “Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed” (James 1:14).

    Sin separates you from God: “Your iniquities have separated between you and your God” (Isaiah 59:2).

    God does not merely expose sin; He provides salvation from sin through Jesus Christ. “Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

    And: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

    Sin is choosing our own way instead of God’s way, whether through our thoughts, desires, words, actions, or deliberate refusal to do what God has revealed as right. And repentance is turning away from that path and turning back to God.

    If one commits sin repeatedly, God will surely bring punishment. He will try to correct you, speak to you in your mind, and convict you that you are wrong; but if you repeatedly refuse to pay heed, you are inviting disaster into your life.

    “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:7, 8).

  • GOD FIRST, THEN THE NATION.

    “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not” (Isaiah 6;8,9).

    The youth of the present day seem to know everything except God. Many are being influenced and controlled by dark forces. They neither respect their parents nor honour their elders. They want to live on their own terms. They want freedom—freedom to commit sin.

    The youth are greater in number, and therefore, when sin increases among them, the burden of sin upon the nation becomes much heavier. Sexual immorality, adultery, fornication, narcotics, atheism, the New Age movement, and false religions are all on the rise. These things have attracted many young people more strongly than the sacrificial suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Patriotism and love for the nation, when placed above God, will not lead a person to heaven. God must come first, and then the nation. When an individual turns to God and fears Him, that person becomes a better citizen, and this, in turn, reduces the nation’s burden of sin.

    This world needs true, sincere prayer warriors—faithful intercessors who will stand in prayer for the youth of this generation, seeking the Lord Jesus Christ on their behalf and crying out for their salvation, deliverance, repentance, and restoration.

    “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)

  • DARKNESS, GUILT & SHEPHERD’S SACRIFICE.

    When you commit a grave sin—whether in secret or in public—you feel the resulting guilt, which the devil then uses to torment you.

    When Judas Iscariot betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ, he succumbed to this diabolical torment. By submitting wholly to the voices he heard, he was denied repentance and led to take his own life.

    When you yield to the whisper, you become possessed and indulge in that sin.

    Satan, within you, can you ask anyone to follow you?

    Our Lord Jesus Christ died for all our sins. He hung on that cruel cross for six hours, and He was put to shame to save us.

    He is the Great Shepherd, and yet He created Hell.

  • ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL

    Sin enters through the eyes and captures the mind. Sin torments. Sin brings a generational curse. Sin destroys the peace. Sin stains the soul and the spirit. Sin hurts God. Sin brings a gulf between oneself and God.

    Knowingly, if we commit sin, we kindle the anger of the Lord, and He will surely punish. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. He knows our thoughts, and the deeds are open to the Heavens. From the Heaven our dwelling looks transparent as though it’s constructed out of transparent glass. We can’t hide from Him. His eyes penetrate deep down the sea.

    Let’s watch and pray. Stay away from all that are ungodly.

    Abhor all that are evil.

    “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” (Jude 20,21).

    “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

    “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not” (Lamentations 3:22).