by David Brenneman
Take, in prayer, whatever has a hold of you that is sin and ask Jesus to remove it n throw it in the fire.
A possible strange way to put it I admit. However, we're to run from temptation. We're to lay our burdens at the feet of Jesus. If you read of what many of the righteous kings did upon becoming king you will see how they destroyed those things that were an abomination to the Lord. King Josiah burned many things to ensure they wouldn't be usable again. Reading in Proverbs there's much that's written about running from sins.
In the New Testament we read of fleeing youthful lusts.
Our sins, once confessed, are cast as far as the east is from the west by our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.
But we must confess them. Then we must turn from them.
We must treat sin as something we don't consider nor give the time of day to. Sin, no matter how small or how large, shouldn't be a thing we dwell on. Dwelling upon it leads to entertaining temptation which leads to sinful acts.
Consider as well these words of Paul through the Spirit "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete." 2 Corinthians 10:3-6.
In war many things of the enemy must be destroyed not just buried nor removed.
Sin in any form is an abomination in the eyes of our Holy God.
We should think on sin as He does.
We should find it as repulsive as He does. We should rather see sin destroyed than entertained.
This is another excellent example of what is meant in the New Testament of "considering your ways".
In what ways have we renamed sins and sinful behavior so that we don't feel as bad about continuing in it?
How many hobbies do we have that in reality have taken our attention away from our growing in Christ?
How many 'things of this world' really have us in their grip rather than the false freedom we think we have concerning them?
Oh we may joke about the things we say we 'love' but in reality are we really joking? Does the God of Heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, joke about such things? To be honest it's that train of thought that caused me to stop and consider before making statements about what it is that I 'love'.
Jesus took sin and its evil effects 100% seriously which is why He would not take a single step away from the direction of the cross.
What's more...Satan strived throughout the entire life of Jesus on this Earth to put an end to Him because even he knew what the destructive power of the cross would mean for sin.
Sin deserves to be thrown in the fire. Sin deserves to be destroyed, cast far from us.
We likewise need to stop seeing just how close we can get to that line without crossing over to sinning. Sooner or later that line WILL get blurry.
Sin is nothing to be trifled with.
Sin is why Jesus stayed on the cross.
Treat sin as the disgusting, revolting, ugly, utterly sinful thing that it is...and throw it in the fire.
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