What is sin to one
Posted by Donnie Crawford on Monday, May 6, 2013 Under: Preaching
What is sin to one person may not be sin to another. Scripture tell's us what things are of the flesh in Galatians 5:19-21. There is also the Ten Commandments and we are told in Ephesians 4:29 - Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, and Colossians 3:8 - But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Some people have had the holy spirit move within them and convict them of these things and to them these are sinful things but yet, Some people have not had the spirit to move within them and convict them of these things and therefore do not know or see these things as sinful things. Scripture tells us not to Judge but to teach Matthew 7:1 - Do not judge, or you too will be judged. Matthew 28:20 - and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The only way one can come to be filled with the Holy Spirit is to give their live to CHRIST and HE will pray the FATHER and HE will send one to comfort us and to be with us forever, John 14:16. Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. The only way a person not of the faith can become one of the faith is by the hearing of the word of CHRIST, Romans 10:17. How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
We that are of the faith and are believers in JESUS are to be teachers and fruit inspectors, not judges. We are to do as JESUS and to seek the lost sheep. We can only do this if we are as JESUS was and near to the lost. We must be living examples of the living GOD. Walking in spirit, speaking in truth and living a life pleasing unto GOD. Scripture says that those who have crossed over from death to life are new creations, 2 Corinthians 5:17 and that our home is now in heaven and that we are just passing through this land for a short period of time. JESUS commands us to Love GOD with all our heart, soul, and mind and to Love our neighbor as our-self, Matthew 22:36-40. To see one not producing the fruit of the spirit should cause us to hurt within our-self for that one and to seek to find a way to love them in such a way to bring them to the truth.
As I study the scriptures and the life of JESUS, I see over and over how JESUS went from place to place teaching to those who should have hated HIM, but to whom they loved and where grateful of HIS teachings. May we of CHRIST be more like HIM each and everyday that we may go about teaching and seeking the lost sheep that have gone astray.
FATHER, I pray that many will come to see the truth and that they may give their life to JESUS. I pray that you search all of our hearts and reveal to us the things that are not of you and that the Holy Spirit will teach us of these things and cause us to repent of these things and to allow you to remove these things from us and to give us the strength to not do these things any longer. FATHER, I pray that more of us in CHRIST will learn to be teachers of the truth and not judges of others. May we see that the Holy Spirit is the great teacher who instructs and convicts us all of the things that separate us from you. May we be the teachers that you would have us to be and may you be please with what we teach. May we learn to not quench the Spirit but to be the helpers and doers of the word. May we walk in spirit and lead many to the cross and to the person of who JESUS is. For we know that the only way to you FATHER is through the person of JESUS CHRIST. Forgive us this day for our sins as we have forgiven others and Thank you FATHER for your Mercy, Grace, Forgiveness and Love. In the name of JESUS our LORD and SAVIOR I do pray this prayer and give thanks unto you. AMEN and AMEN!
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