Tag: Unconfessed sin

Ten Reasons Why Repentance is Absolutely Necessary

Our nation is becoming more and more perverse, as President Biden recently declared EASTER to be Transgender Day of Visibility, a direct insult to the sovereign, living God of the universe. This is a blatant abomination, and our nation and people are now facing judgment from God.

So it is absolutely necessary that we repent of our sins and seek the Lord for His protection, guidance, and peace, as never before, because:

  1. God is a holy, righteous, and jealous God. If we approach Him with unconfessed sin on our hearts, we are idolators, worshipping another god.
  2. Unrepentance refuses Christ’s gift of salvation. If we refuse His free gift of grace, we will be judged under the Law and found guilty.
  3. Unrepentance drowns out the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit. We lose our ability to discern what is from the Lord and what is from the evil one.
  4. Repentance frees us from the bondage of sin and death. When we retain sin in our hearts, we remain in bondage, enslaving our souls to the world, the flesh, and the devil.
  5. Conviction from the Holy Spirit is our friend, as it is a warning sign that we are straying off the narrow path.
  6. Unrepentance pollutes our witness to others. Unconfessed sin sends mixed messages about Christ and those who follow Him.
  7. Unforgiveness is a powerful example of unrepentance. And if we don’t forgive someone of their wrongs against us, our Lord will not forgive us of our sins.
  8. Unconfessed sin is a cancer to our souls, and we need to get rid of it before it spreads and takes over completely.
  9. Unrepentance opens the doors to demonic influence in our lives. Unconfessed sins attract demons like fresh meat attracts flies, but repentance closes those portals to our soul.
  10. There is no sin in heaven. If we arrive at the pearly gates with sinon our souls, we are refusing to die to self and live for Christ, which is the entrance fee to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Lord is sending us into the front lines of the great spiritual battle for the souls of men and women – the ultimate prize. But we can only do this if we are spiritually clean, have our spiritual armor on, and are in touch with the Holy Spirit.

If hold on to any sin and refuse to die to self, we are saying no to life in the Spirit – a great spiritual adventure filled with blessings, sorrows, and the joy of the Lord that only comes from His presence in our lives.

So let us repent, forgive, and go forth with the love and truth of God, for time is short, eternity is a very long time, and we are not guaranteed tomorrow.

To God be the glory

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Four Compelling Questions for Christians

Our nation and the world are facing challenges that could be devastating for our way of life and even our lives – war, financial crashes, and natural disasters.  When you interact with friends, family, and co-workers, here are four questions that may trigger a deeper conversation.  Follow-up questions are in italics.

  1. TOUCHING BASE – How are you doing?  What is happening in your life?
  2. HAND OF THE LORD – Have you ever seen the hand of the Lord in your life or sensed His presence?  When and in what was it like?  Do you believe we can learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit?
  • YOUR GIFTS AND CALLING – Do you know what your gifts are and what the Lord is calling you to do and become in this life? 
  • HOLDING YOU BACK – What is holding you back from fulfilling this calling in your life?  Is it
  • burdens you are carrying (that you haven’t given over to the Lord)?
  • sin (unconfessed sin)? 
  • not being in touch with the Lord / not spending time with the Lord each day in His Word and in prayer?

Finally, it would be good to ask what you can pray for your friend, and then go ahead and hold him/her up to the Lord in prayer.   You don’t want your friend to experience The Greatest Danger.

THE GREATEST DANGER

The greatest danger facing all of us is not that we shall make an absolute failure of life, nor that we shall fall into outright viciousness, nor that we shall be terribly unhappy, nor that we shall feel that life has no meaning at all – not these things.

The danger is that we may:

– fail to perceive life’s greatest meaning,

– fall short of its highest good,

– miss its deepest and most abiding happiness,

– be unable to tender the most needed service,

– be unconscious of life ablaze with the light of the Presence of God,

– and be content to have it so.

That is the danger – that some day we may wake up and find that always we have been busy with husks and trappings of life and have really missed life itself.

For life without God, to one who has known the richness and joy of life with Him, is unthinkable, impossible.  That is what one prays one’s friends may be spared – satisfaction with a life that falls short of the best, that has in it no tingle or thrill that comes from a friendship with the Father.     Phillip Brooks (1835-1893)