Goodmorning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that I wanted to share something with you.
Colossians 1:21-23 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
In the church, we have access a lot of forgiveness with God. He is rich in mercy, and has plenty of it available. Jesus taught Peter to forgive a penitent brother up to 70 times 7. That’s quite a bit of grace, and hopefully we only need a small portion of it.
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
In order to receive forgiveness for sins, you must first confess and admit them. God gives us the grace that we need, so that we can get back up, and try it again, walking in His will. Young children take a lot of patience and grace, to eventually learn how to do something correctly. The church is filled with new born again children, who require grace to someday attain perfection, which is the final goal. This is why we need to be so merciful, learning to forgive and forget each others faults, so we can overcome issues in our lives. It requires grace, forbearance, and patience.
Colossians 3:12-14 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
It begins with repentance, which is having a change of your heart, causing you to apologize, and admit your error.
1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
God gives us grace so that we can learn from our mistakes, and get to the place where we go and sin no more. To become free from sin, it requires becoming obedient to God’s will, and to do that, we must receive His Holy Spirit. God wants to give it to us, but we need to reach out and ask for it.
Luke 11:9-13 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Paul taught about his struggle between the Spirit and the flesh in his own life. Instead of doing the right thing, you want to do the opposite thing instead. Rather than making good choices, the flesh tells you to make poor ones. Its truly a battle the goes on within each of us. But thanks to the riches of God’s grace, and following the leading of the Holy Spirit, we can overcome the carnal nature. We can come boldly to the throne of grace in time of need so we can walk the path that God wants us walk.
Romans 7:15-25 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
When you are in captivity, it means that you become a prisoner of your carnal life style, but all sin can be overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
The Holy ghost is a gift sent from God to help us defeat sin in our lives.
Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
We can be victorious through His Spirit
1 Corinthians 15:57-58 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
God gives us power to win over our human nature. Its time to get……
……. Filled with The Spirit.
Let’s think about these things for right now, and Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️
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