Suppressing sin is like holding a beachball underwater; it will eventually resurface. True change, however, comes from repentance, a complete change of mind and purpose, leading to a supernatural cleansing by God. Only by allowing Jesus to replace suppression with change will He be our Lord.
Suppression vs Change Read More
The author reflects on Larry Bird’s extraordinary influence on Indiana State University’s basketball team in the 1970s, which showcased community engagement and pride. This leads to the topic of God’s original intention for mankind and the failure of the first Adam to be humanity’s leader. However, Jesus Christ came, representing the final Adam, leading mankind in God’s greater plan for humanity.
Jesus of Nazareth, the Crown of Mankind Read More
The theologian Tertullian of Carthage, around 220 A.D., created the list of the deadly sins. There were nine to start with.
So, the rating czars decided that a show containing violence, sex, and drug use was ok for fourteen-year-old kids. Wow.
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. – 2 Peter 2:19 Video by fauxels from Pexels
During this time of tumult and trouble that is ripping apart families and friends, neighbors and nations, we need to stop pretending that we’re ok. That’s what Adam and Eve did when they dressed in fig leaves. They were not “ok,” and neither are we.
When, after millennia, Jesus, the Son of God in the flesh, stepped into the history of humanity, people didn’t know what to think of Him.
Err on the Side of Mercy Read More
There’s an aspect of this sin from which we all can learn and bolster our righteousness. Notice that Paul wrote, “make no provision.”
Make No Provision For Sin Read More
Leprosy was a “type” for sin: it was loathsome, spreading, incurable, and the Israelites were to avoid lepers. Yet Jesus, seeing the leper’s faith, reached into his condition, into “sin”, and touched the man.
For us that are in Christ Jesus, by faith children of God, to casually receive and allow worldly sins which the enemy of God uses to damn those made in God’s image to allow those sins to permeate our lives, now that is just unacceptable and needful of repentance.
