- Aside DEATH, SIN is perhaps the last thing men want to talk about and it is no surprise, they are two sides of the same coin, “Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the SOUL that SINNETH, it shall DIE” [Ezekiel 18:4] SIN, synonymous with Satan’s REBELLION against God, the error was re-enacted in man’s DISOBEDIENCE to God’s commandment in Eden, “Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: CURSED IS THE GROUND for thy sake; IN SORROW SHALT THOU EAT of it all the days of thy life” [Genesis 3:17] SIN, that is DISOBEDIENCE, is the identity of EVIL in man, “For the good that I would I do not: but the EVIL which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but SIN that DWELLETH IN ME” [Romans 7:19-20] Take note, Satan was guilty of REBELLION, for which there is no repentance (Hebrews 6:4-6) Man fell into DISOBEDIENCE and enslaved to SIN; SIN by GRACE is dissolved in the BLOOD of Jesus Christ through FAITH (Ephesians 2:8) SIN is the reason we fall sick, die untimely, go through diverse emotional trauma, live in fear of death and many more; I have GOOD NEWS for you, “… BE OF GOOD CHEER; THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE” [Matthew 9:2]
- God loves you as a Father loves His children; He feels your pain and longs to comfort you with exceeding joy but there is the matter of SIN, “Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; … your SINS have HID HIS FACE FROM YOU, that he will not hear” [Isaiah 59:1-2] SIN cannot be wished away, it is a DEBT that must be paid in full; God made the law and will not break it, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou EATEST THEREOF THOU SHALT SURELY DIE [Genesis 2:17] Inasmuch as sinful man, enslaved to corruption is powerless to redeem himself from SIN, God manifest His LOVE for us in Jesus Christ, “… God commendeth his LOVE TOWARD US, in that, while we were YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US” [Romans 5: 7-8] Jesus Christ lived amongst us and was man as much as you and I; more important He was the fulness of God offering Himself in LOVE to REDEEM and RECONCILE us to Himself, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] Jesus Christ paid the debt of SIN in full on the Cross and for all, irrespective of race, gender and status, with the proviso that you REPENT and BELIEVE, “For GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, that he gave his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE” [John 3:16]
- God’s offer of FORGIVENESS is to WHOSOEVER will BELIEVE. Do you BELIEVE God was manifest in Jesus Christ? Those who do, REPENT and RECEIVE Him as Lord and Saviour are no longer enslaved to SIN, “But as many as RECEIVED HIM, to them gave he power to become the SONS OF GOD, even to them that BELIEVE on his name” [John 1:12] An armed robber, drug addict, rapist, scammer or what have you, who comes to God through Jesus Christ in genuine REPENTANCE and FAITH in Christ as God manifest in FLESH will have his SIN FORGIVEN and BORN AGAIN, “Being BORN AGAIN, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the WORD of God, which LIVETH and ABIDETH FOR EVER” [1 Peter 1:23] We are BORN AGAIN not of the will of the FLESH but of God and as Jesus died on the Cross, so did we when we BELIEVED, and “… BURIED WITH HIM by baptism into death: that like as CHRIST WAS RAISED up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in NEWNESS OF LIFE” [Romans 6:4] NEWNESS OF LIFE in Christ is opposed to SELF; I no longer live to please myself but Christ, and become what He wants me to be, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME” [Galatians 2:20] Jesus Christ gave His LIFE for me, He lives in me and I in Him; His LOVE as living waters refreshes my soul.
- We are Children of God, whose SIN are FORGIVEN, Sons in the likeness of Jesus Christ and JOINT-HEIRS of His eternal glory, “And if children, then heirs; HEIRS OF GOD, and JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST; if so be that we SUFFER WITH HIM, that we may be also GLORIFIED together” [[Romans 8:17] We are HEIRS of God’s infinite treasures yet must continue for a while in this unstable and miserable world till the appearance of Jesus Christ when we shall receive the reward of our FAITH, “Beloved, now are we the SONS OF GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2] Listen carefully, the GOOD NEWS of FORGIVENESS of SIN and SALVATION preached in the name of Jesus Christ has expiry date and the door is about to close as in the days of Noah “And THEY THAT WENT IN, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and THE LORD SHUT HIM IN” [Genesis 7:16] As soon as the door was closed, the antediluvian world was judged with FLOOD; the present world is condemned to destruction with FIRE, “… DAY OF THE LORD will come AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, … the EARTH also and the works that are therein shall be BURNED up” [2 Peter 3:11] Friend take the offer of FORGIVENESS today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, Amen.
YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN
voiceoflasttrumpets 
Leave a comment