SIN CONCIOUSNESS vs. GOD CONCIOUSNESS

We tend to be more sin conscious than we are God conscious, that is we are a lot more aware of our probability to sin, than we are aware of God’s presence. This is something am also guilty of, we tend to think that by feeling bad and beating ourselves over the head for whatever sin we committed; that God will see how bad we feel and forgive us. However, the truth is this; Jesus has died once and for all for the sins of this world. Romans 8 vs. 1 says THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit (AMP).

We wake up each day thinking of  the possibilities of sin we might run into, some just let the sins of the past get a better hold in their life. Hence, the sin takes root and torments us with guilt, making us feel less worthy of God’s love. Whenever we find ourselves in this situation we should never forget 2 Corinthians 5 vs. 17-19: This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation (NLT). You are now a new creation HALLELUJAH!

We should also remember that we did not choose God, but God chose us, so Philippians 1 vs. 6 says God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won't stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns (CEV). So even if you fall, do not stay there and wallow in self-pity, ask God for forgiveness (1 john 1:19), get back on your feet, and move on.

Refuse to let the devil get a better hold in your life, because you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, the daughter or son of Zion. Matthew 7 : 18 says if you are in Christ, then you a good tree, and a good tree cannot produce bad fruits, just as an orange tree can’t bring forth an apple. You are dead to sin and have the fruits of the spirit. So put to work those fruits of the spirit meditate on them day and night. Deuteronomy 30: 19 says we have been given two options death and life, blessing and curse, it also urges us to choose life that we may live the life we have been called to live.

So make up your mind to live a guilt free life.

Prayer: Thank you father, for I know am dead to sin. I know my life is hidden in you, so I put my hands in your hands, my feet in yours and let my motives and intentions bring glory and honour to your Holy name. In Jesus name. Amen

I will be putting up more posts on this site, Keep living a God filled life.
Blu Amber.



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La Vérité: A costly gift that we do not apprecitate

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

For God so LOVES the world that he gave his one and ONLY Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17

he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. Titus 3:5a

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice... “My Father, my Father, why have you forsaken me?” Mark 15:34

Shalom, Maranatha.
Inlovwitchrist.

La Vérité: So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Cor 10:12

We are now in what we call the end times. As young people in this time how do we stand fast in the faith, given all the pressures of what the society and our peers say is the norm. Do we stand as rebels against the flow or follow as the world goes? The Bible says in Romans 12:2

New International Version (©1984)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Even the world says "Stand for something or fall for anything", so either we stand for GOD or we fall for anything that comes our way. One thing to know as a christian is that GOD never promised us a smooth sail but rather HE said in Psalms 34:19

New Living Translation (©2007)
The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
The world will always come after us no matter what, because as heaven celebrates the conversion of one single soul, hell also rages at the loss of one soul. Seeing as the devil is the prince of this world, they definitely will be against us both physically and psychologically. So I ask, how can we stand firm in these days of great adversity? The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Daily fellowship with fellow brethren because iron sharpens iron, and a daily study of the word to renew our mind and clear out all the garbage we are feed daily by the media and society. Believe me the Bible said daily because the devil and the world always bombard us daily. We are also encouraged to pray without stopping in 1Thessalonians 5:17

New International Version (©1984)
pray continually;

New Living Translation (©2007)
Never stop praying.

English Standard Version (©2001)
pray without ceasing.

We also overcome and can stand by our testimonies in Revelations 12:11

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony,

And also more importantly we must put on the whole armor of GOD as instructed in Ephesians 6:10-17, then verse 18 goes on to tell us what to do when we are at our wits end

New International Version (©1984)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26

So brethren though the days may be evil we must stand firm, because HE said that
"To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God...I will not be hurt at all by the second death...I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it."
"To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'--just as I have received authority from my Father. He will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give him the morning star...he will be clothed in white, I will never erase his names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine...I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name...I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne."

So for this glory set ahead of us let us strive to overcome and run this race victoriously like Paul who said "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful." 2 Timothy 4:7.

Till next time my fellow youths in Christ Shalom, Maranatha.

InlovewitChrist.