Whatever Happened to Sin?

Whatever Happened to Sin?

9.22.15

"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Matthew 9:13

"What the church of God needs today is to get down in the dust of humiliation and confession of sin, and go out and be separated from the world; and then see if we do not have power with God and with man."

D. L. Moody

I was reading in Matthew this morning and it struck me..."Whatever happened to sin?"

It seems that nowadays, we hear excuses for certain behaviors and we see blame passed for this and for that, but we see very little confession and even less of people taking responsibility for their own actions.

Jesus came to redeem us back to Himself and offer forgiveness.  The enemy knows that men need an awareness of their great need of a Savior and Forgiver.... Maybe that's why society has pushed it so far into the background of things.

I feel humbled before the Lord this morning as I confess my failings. What a patient and forgiving Father we serve!! I fail time and again and He remains faithful.

In this age of self-help and self-esteem building and ego trips and self-sufficiency, maybe we need a little more tasting of dust and bowing before the God of All and confessing our nothingness and His sufficiency. Remembering that in humbling and bowing low, we are forgiven and lifted up.

May you seek His face before you face any other today!