Sin

A lot of times we humans shun people who sin, or more appropriately, people whose sins have been exposed. 'Oh gosh, how could he have cheated on his wife?', 'Oh what a horrible thing, he's addicted to drugs.' All those snotty comments we make about others, come to think of it, does it makes us feel better to talk about the wrong doings of others? Does it just give us the little assurance we need,’ I’m so much better than he/she is, I'm considered a fairly good person,'? The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 that ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. By all, God includes us 'RIGHTEOUS' people too right?
Just recently I was at a scene where someone very dear to me was caught red handed for committing an offense. He was a good person, and I assumed he was doing fairly well. It was shocking news to all that were present. If this incident were to happen years ago, I would really be mad at that person,' why didn't you tell me you had this problem? Why do you have to do such a shameful thing? Why do you have to hurt people around you like that?' Why why why????
But as he was sitting down, hearing his verdict and being punished severely in front of my eyes, I felt a gush of pity towards him. I felt like understood him. It wasn't like I ever committed any big time crime. I don't kill, don't steal, don't gamble....... But through the years I've read of people's struggles, those struggles that dealt with the inner parts of a person, and had my own fair share of them too. In shame and repentance, I came before God and now I can say that I’ve been totally free from them ever since. Nonetheless through that experience I’ve learned a valuable lesson: people don't sin because they are bad people or being selfish or whatever, they sin because they are being themselves, they sin because they are being humans. I mean, common, I sin too! I’m definitely no con-man!
Even Christ acknowledges the fact that all humans sin since the fall of Adam and Eve. ‘If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.’ I John 1:8 whether your sin is a big sin like murdering or embezzling, or even the tiniest sinful thought of lust or hatred, bottom line is, we all struggle with sin. So now the question is this, how then do we get out of sin? How then do we change and free ourselves from these sins?First things first, realize and identify your foe. Do not try to deny or give seemingly reasonable reasons to clear your conscience. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, Prov. 28: 13. Absolutely nothing is worth your integrity and righteousness that Christ had gained for you on the cross. Come before God in total repentance. Acts 3:19.Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Pray, fast, weep, do whatever it takes, no sins are impossible to get rid of. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Hebrews 12:4. And the next thing that most people don’t want to do is, tell somebody. Some people overcome their struggles passing this step, but they’re not the common, rather, the exceptional. Take God’s advice, ‘But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.’ I John 1:7. Brethrens are there to encourage you, give you the boost when you think you can’t do it anymore. And my dad always tells me this, ‘Non-believers never bother to tell people about their struggles because he knows that nobody can give him the answer to what he’s going through, he could only be grateful if it doesn’t turn into the gossip of the town! But to followers of Christ, there is prayer and love given by our brethrens that overcomes all difficulties and in that we could find solace.’ Last but not least, shake off the guilt! It won’t be of any help. If you have repented and determined to turn over a new leaf, God is happy. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, Isa. 1: 18 God won’t remember your sins once they are forgiven. Psalms 103:12- ‘As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed your transgressions from you.’ God forgets, now its up to you.

Dear friends, to conclude is none better than Romans 6: 12-23, May God bless your heart as you make it vulnerable to His spirit:

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.