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Sin
is a contaminant.
Most folks do not like to
talk much about sin - at least their own - and that is because
they are under the illusion that sin is private.
That is not so.
Sin is on display to the entire
unseen world and to those believers who are sighted. A man who
is not right with the Lord identifies himself immediately to
those who are walking in the light because he is shading his
eyes.
He is like the little child
who thinks he is hiding because his head is under the chair,
but his whole bottom is hanging out. Those who know the preciousness
of confession and repentance know also the sweet, unhindered
presence of the Lord, and they immediately recognize the grieved
Spirit of God when something is awry in another Christian.
Brothers, do not listen
to evil against another brother. It will cause you to walk in
darkness, and you will have the odor of hell on your breath and
the replica of hell in your eyes.
Sin is never subtile.
Adultery can be hidden from human
view, but the aversion to the light is spotted on first glance.
A deliberate lie that goes
unconfessed has little effect on the conscience of the unsaved,
but to the saved who repeat it or believe it, it is a festering
open wound.
We must understand the value of
repentance.
Our God has declared Himself to
be Holy, and that is all there is to it. He is looking for humble
servants who will submit rather than defend themselves.
The Power of the Blood is active
constantly upon those who enter and submit to and in the flow!
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